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...who also does not have millions of manat to blow on this...
I just did my first cross session and absolutely loved it. However, despite my bike being (a very much entry level) cross bike, and the conditions being very dry on an 'easy' race course, my bike (and myself) struggled a bit.
I'd be interested to know
1) what training users would recommend to improve cx fitness? I currently do around 30km 4x a week at 32km/hr in city traffic, and aside from lights and Iranian taxis drivers it's more or less a constant speed/rpm. I found myself blowing in seconds on cx!
2) what incremental (i.e. one step at a time, cheap) modifications I'd need to look at to improve my bike for cross?
I'm currently riding a heavy (11kg) all aluminum cross geometry bike (Norco CCX3) with 50/34 and 12/27 gears (which were a struggle) and 27 wide tyres.
Everybody laughed at my bike (not all of us can go and buy a $5k frame and then DuraAce it to the max) - but what small things should I look at now and over time to improve my riding and my experience.
This is my one and only bike, and I use it for everything from daily ride, to my first triathlon, so I don't want to compromise it's all-rounderness too much.
Thanks for any help from a CX noob.
Koba
I just did my first cross session and absolutely loved it. However, despite my bike being (a very much entry level) cross bike, and the conditions being very dry on an 'easy' race course, my bike (and myself) struggled a bit.
I'd be interested to know
1) what training users would recommend to improve cx fitness? I currently do around 30km 4x a week at 32km/hr in city traffic, and aside from lights and Iranian taxis drivers it's more or less a constant speed/rpm. I found myself blowing in seconds on cx!
2) what incremental (i.e. one step at a time, cheap) modifications I'd need to look at to improve my bike for cross?
I'm currently riding a heavy (11kg) all aluminum cross geometry bike (Norco CCX3) with 50/34 and 12/27 gears (which were a struggle) and 27 wide tyres.
Everybody laughed at my bike (not all of us can go and buy a $5k frame and then DuraAce it to the max) - but what small things should I look at now and over time to improve my riding and my experience.
This is my one and only bike, and I use it for everything from daily ride, to my first triathlon, so I don't want to compromise it's all-rounderness too much.
Thanks for any help from a CX noob.
Koba