Originally Posted by
no_ster
So maybe a CX bike isn't for me. msu2001la, if you bomb over roots and rocks on a mountain bike, your suspension will take the load off the wheels, for a CX bike, I'd imagine its wheels wouldn't take half the beating as a full suspension mtb. Indeed CX courses aren't as technical as XC mtb courses, but for CX training I could imagine finding myself on trails that are too rough for road wheels.
Some are more technical and the lack of capability of the CX equipment makes it more interesting and is at the core of the sport.
Most boring thing in the world to watch is a fully geeked out mtb thrash through a cross course.... *yawn* because anyone's grandmother could ride that.
The saying in cross is "Every lap there are 100 things to remember/do. On your best day in your best race you'll get about 50% of them right."
Remember back at the turn of the century when mtb racers started getting ticked off because their courses were so non-technical and non-challenging that racers started showing up and racing them on cross bikes and winning?