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water. well, its supposed to be water. thats sweet, but ****ing dangerous unless someone spruced up the route.
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That looks awesome, man I miss philly. They don't do cool stuff like that here.
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That is SO awesome. Thanks for sharing.
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Originally Posted by dutret
most cx is pretty low key. This looks like a ****load of fun.
Any sport you can grab money out of beer cans in a race is beyond low key. |
Originally Posted by Shiznaz
haha thats way nice3r than the junkyard near me. You could get like 10 feet before you had 10 flats, and if you fell you'd probably die from all the toxic sharp crud on the ground.
Still looks like fun! |
Originally Posted by Aeroplane
Up here it's a lot of lycra and a lot of team logos. Or perhaps we have different ideas of "low-key".
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Originally Posted by dutret
I was thinking about this and I've decided that cross more then any other discipline necessitates lycra... It just wouldn't be anywhere near as fun in jeans.
http://static.flickr.com/111/313965314_dad65bbb61_o.jpg |
Originally Posted by Rikardi151
Tell that to this guy: (who by the way had cut the soles off a pair of clipless shoes and used drywall screws to attach them to some workboots)
He's also on an MTB with insanely low gearing which makes cross a lot less cross-like too. |
I know, I know, I just thought it was an appropriate picture. The dude is wearing workboots, jeans, a t-shirt, and no helmet while flying over a pickup truck on a mountain bike. It wasnt a very serious cross race.
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update:
2nd annual race was yesterday, a bunch of us made the trip up from dc for this and it was sooo worth it. the course was a blast, there was food and beer, and lots of nice folks hanging out. thanks much to all who came and to bilenky cycle works for putting this on. it was even more fun than it looks http://www.bilenky.com/Cyclocross%20...s/IMG_6887.jpg http://www.bilenky.com/Cyclocross%20...s/IMG_6848.jpg http://www.bilenky.com/Cyclocross%20...s/IMG_6837.jpg http://www.bilenky.com/Cyclocross%20...s/IMG_6879.jpg http://www.bilenky.com/Cyclocross%20...s/IMG_6883.jpg http://www.bilenky.com/Cyclocross%20...s/IMG_6893.jpg http://www.bilenky.com/Cyclocross%20...s/IMG_6898.jpg http://www.bilenky.com/Cyclocross%20...s/IMG_6901.jpg http://www.bilenky.com/Cyclocross%20...s/IMG_6911.jpg congrats to ryand for winning the b race. |
the dude in the evel kenevel getup is my hero
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congrats to stet for impaling his face with an sti lever.
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Originally Posted by c0urt
(Post 5780013)
the dude in the evel kenevel getup is my hero
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2262/...96660c6143.jpg
Originally Posted by ryand
(Post 5780041)
congrats to stet for impaling his face with an sti lever.
also impressive was the dude in a suit who did the short race while smoking a cigarette. |
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that looks like a blast
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I am so very jealous that looks like a lot of fun.
I had a junkyard dog the other day... bad idea. |
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