Originally Posted by smontanaro

If you have a C&V cyclocross bike, post it here. I'll start.

I've never tried cyclocross, but was thinking I'd give it a whirl this fall. COVID has nixed that idea. Still, over the past couple years I've acquired a few used cyclocross tubulars, a couple Dugasts, an FMB and a Challenge. All are in the 33-34mm range size-wise and seem to sort of be in decent shape. I don't actually have a proper C&V cyclocross frame though. Today I finished messing around with the Dugasts. The base tape was coated in what I took to be tubular tape residue (there is some question about that though) and stitching on one of them had torn. The glue/goo took a bit of effort to remove, but I have them cleaned up enough that I feel I can safely glue them up. I test fit them to a pair of Wolber Aspin/Campy Record wheels, pumped them to 20psi and hung them on my Schwinn Super Sport. It's clearly not a real CX frame, given the Schwinn below-the-top-tube cable routing and lack of canti posts. The tires just fit. I think they give the bike a bit of a bada** look (yes, I know the brake cable loops are too big - I'll fix that one of these days):



I'll try to get them glued up in the next couple days and take them out to the local park. Low gear will be something like 42-28, so I imagine I'll wind up walking up a couple of the one hill (Mount Trashmore).