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2010 Colorado Cyclocross Championships – senior men open category.

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Answer by Wes
It’s basically a road bike with mountain bike tires.

Question: Should I consider a cyclocross?
Looking for a road bike that can handle country and city roads. I was looking at a fuji cross comp and the Schwin fastback cx and was liking the bigger more rugged tires as compared to the very thin tires on most road bikes.

Looking at road rides from 25 to 50 miles per day. Maybe an occasional crushed limestone trail. Want something above entry level. Budget is about $ 650 to $ 700.

Ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

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Answer by just_hanging_out
I picked up a Specialized hybrid for a few hundred over your budget. Also for the reason of the WHEEL BUILD. Three cross, 36 spoke. I am a little too heavy at this point to hop on one of the common race wheels now! Maybe in a year or two.

Anyways, a hybrid is probably what you want, but if it comes with knobby tires, you might convince the shop to swap them out with a set of good slicks. You don’t want to ride that far on knobbies. And the slicks should be fine on the limestone, if it is anything at all like a smooth dirt path.

Question: Why don’t cyclocross bikes have disk brakes?

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Answer by wle ņ│ã∩╬α ░░▒▓▓▒░░
is there something your brakes aren;t currently doing for you?

wle.

Question: Carrera Roll cyclocross bike?
I am looking at buying a used one of these bikes. Not sure of the year, but it is yellow and black with a Campy Centaur groupset and Mavic open pros. I cant find much on the web about this bike so I am asking for opinions. thanks!

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Answer by madmac13
did a search and came up with halfords. havent heard much good about halfords. the components however are decent . the campy cenetaur set is roughly the equivelent of a 105 set and i run mavik open pros on my bike and havent had any probs. again i dont know much about the frame but you have piqued my interest as this seems to be decent equip for a bike from halfords. was it stock or did the prev owner build?

edit- carrera is used by 2 companies. 1 $ #!t and the other brilliant. halfords caries the $ #!t. look for a made in stamp or take it to a bike shop for a look over, if te seller is legit he shouldnt mind given the credibility issues with the name. if the frame is made in italy you are straight. if its made in roc, tiawan or vietnam, its quality is questionable. there are alot of great products made out east but in a vacum of info such as this its hard to really tell.
good luck

on an aside, i just purchased a cross bike my self and did a bit of research prior to purchase. im unsure of your pricepoint but i fell in love with the lemond proprad, and the scott cross. i ended up buying a 2006 cannondale optimo disc. i liked the component set and got a great deal. if you are actually going to compete in cross events be warned that the uci does not allow disc brakes in their events so choose accordingly. if however you are not competeing and just need a bike to beat the hell out of. disc brakes are nifty and novel and great for rainy day rides and muddy trail runs. i havent gotten any crap from any but the most snobish of roadies and that was as i passed them (quickly) so im ok with it.
let me know what you end up getting.

Mountain Biking Bay Area GoPro/Flip HD. Clouds Rest to borel hill to the sea, and to the ridge trail. Footage by Ryan Corley Watch original unstabilized www.youtube.com Stephen Anderson wrote the score. You can download the song on iTunes in the link below. itunes.apple.com You can also contact him here. www.stephenjanderson.com

25 April 2010.NPS 2nd round. Very exiting race, featuring ” The Edge Team “, expert, from West Cork. Difficult but dry track with spectacular views and unfortunate crashes. Music track: ‘ Underdog’ by ‘Kasabian.

Harry and old man on the norco’s up the masts riding far side

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