Cross Your Heart
November 17th, 2009
As promised. Here’s the new CX steed in show-pony mode. The tyres are far dirtier now, and the frame has had a semi-decent coating of grit and mud. After Tassie’s endless wet winter I feel somewhat bad that I’m spending my days secretly hoping for rain.
Entry Filed under: Bikes,Cyclocross,Photography
8 Comments
Add your own1. Benny | November 17th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Beautiful build MP.
2. Benny | November 18th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Light blue panties, my minds at ease..
3. Cxhater | November 18th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Bikesnob sums it up pretty well:
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/5684963/
“While the above is only a dramatic reenactment, there is little doubt that cyclocross has entered the consciousness of the trendy cyclist. Really, any form of cycling of which there are pictures from the 1970s containing people in hairnets, wool jerseys, and sideburns is going to capture the trendy imagination. (“Hipsters” don’t like mountain bikes because the discipline was not yet fully formed aesthetically in the ’70s.) Right now we’re in the phase where most “hipsters” will state their intention to try cyclocross, but won’t actually do it, preferring instead to incorporate the word into existing forms of “hipster” cycling (such as in this “urban fixlocross” race, whatever the hell that means) or else to simply look at the bikes and pretend to understand them, just as they did with the word “track” five years ago. We’re also on the cusp of the next phase, which is the “add a ‘cross bike to your stable phase.” The “hipster” cross bike slots in neatly between the track bike and the vintage road bike, and it’s also completely tarred and feathered in a way that only a “hipster” can manage.”
4. SurlyDave | November 18th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Nice.
5. L-dub | November 18th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
St(k)ick stand appreesh! What Benny said, nice build, digger.
6. Mischa | November 18th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
I can’t figure out if I jumped on this trend just in time, or just too late.
7. Ben | November 18th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Hmmn, MP think you better throw a Dyno hub on the front, rack on the back and come over to the world of Audax with me.
..I think the BnC interest in CX stems from doing long rides out in the country and not wanting to stop when the tarmac ran out..
8. Benny | November 21st, 2009 at 6:10 pm
http://www.bottlesandchains.com/?p=610
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