When I read it quickly and saw “Lake Placid” and “XC” I thought “wait, she’s doing Nordic skiing too?”
We have the makings of a high altitude triathlon here: Break through the ice and swim across the rapids as the first leg?
A cross country cross between triathlon and what they seem to be proposing for Modern Pentathlon. Split the difference, call it a quadrathlon.
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CX still easily outpaces gravel for race registrations in the Canadian province where I live. But there are definitely more gravel bikes being sold.Gravelen gaat op termijn het veldrijden vervangen
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To be honest, Gravel is already a bigger than CX to the manufacturers; I'd guess there were more countries represented the weekend gone than in a CX Worlds.
CX has had 100+ years to become truly global; Gravel is getting there in about 10-15 years.
In the U.S. I’m sure there are now more registered (for tournaments) pickleball players than competitive tennis players. Most of them in the last 5 years. That doesn’t mean pickleball has eclipsed tennis in significance.Gravelen gaat op termijn het veldrijden vervangen
Discussie De schijnwerpers staan deze weken vol op de gravelsport. Dat terwijl het veldritseizoen aanstaande zaterdag ook weer van start gaat met de Exact Cross Beringen. In de wielerwereld rijst de vraag: gaat gravelen op termijn het veldrijden vervangen? Discussieer mee! Analist en...
To be honest, Gravel is already a bigger than CX to the manufacturers; I'd guess there were more countries represented the weekend gone than in a CX Worlds.
CX has had 100+ years to become truly global; Gravel is getting there in about 10-15 years.
CX is really only significant in 1, maybe 2 countries - and that's always been the problem. It's behind road, track, MTB almost everywhere else. Gravel will soon overtake it. I don't know why people have an issue with this view. It's had 100 years to become global, but hasn't; every other discipline manages to grow.
I realize cyclocross is a very niche sport. Discus throw has existed for at least 3 thousand years but does not have a global following. But I consider it a more significant sport than corn-hole toss. Just a matter of perspective I guess.
I think you’re right and CX looks to be declining at least outside Belgium and the Netherlands. It’s sad because it’s a beautiful discipline that safely brings you valuable cycling skills and it’s a perfect way for parents to introduce cycling to their kids. Maybe because it’s a hard discipline to master, very demanding on the equipment and maybe also perceived as not enough challenging in terms of physique but too much on technique. I hear both road riders and MTB riders make all kinds of excuses not to try CX.
Ask MVDP which world title he cares more about, CX or gravel. When the main contenders at the gravel worlds see it as an afterthought, the sport has a long way to go before it overtakes cyclocross in prestige. It's more of a hobby, a bit of fun after the real season. So in that sense the pickleball comparison is actually not that far fetched.
Which I thought/hoped would be the case when I set Saturday as the deadline for entering the Cyclocross CQ-style Game.
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