Revolutionary? Yes. Practical? No. …’Fixed-cross’ was born on sunday.. the product of an unholy matrimony between a Mountain-cross (or 4X if you prefer) track and a fixed gear bicycle.. The concept emerged from the post boozy friday night minds of four Bottles and Chains riders after watching Danger-Tim roll the Glenorchy Mountain-cross course on his XC bike.. It was suggested that his effort was a tad ‘blousy’ and that we could rail the track faster on our fixies.. ah, and yes, we did attempt to prove this point. The Mountain-cross course was ridden fixed three times, each time a tad faster than the last but just let me state.. no land speed records were being broken. Is this the start of something new? I doubt it.. but at least we’re keeping those BMX’esque ‘Mash-style’ fixed riders honest with a bit of Tasmanian dirt!
(oh god.. who let me touch a key-board pre 9am monday morning sans coffee??)
revolutionary my arse. get back to me once you’ve done a 100km on your fixie, or talk to buddha about riding the marathon at ourimbah.
revolutionary my arse. get back to me once you’ve knocked out a 100km race like the ‘angry doctor’ on your fixie…
What date’s that 100km ride you’re already registered for Ben?