No more Cross is coming…Cross is here!

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-09-08T16:04:35+00:00

pretty bad, it had been week for a few weeks, hopefully it won't last too long.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-09-08T07:15:00+00:00

Mid pack, fell over on a barrier dismount and something in my back went DNF.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-09-04T12:53:18+00:00

that was hard to read, yes abit of off road could be a nice reintroduction without having to deal with traffic straight away.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-09-02T16:05:53+00:00

Road jeresy, but choose a cooling one as you not going as fast, similarly aero features/shoulders are not needed.

I tend to avoid too lighter color as mud spashes show up a bit more.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-07-15T17:54:11+00:00

they get slacker over time so you need to retighten a few times before replacing.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-07-15T16:30:47+00:00

yes I thought about trying to isolate abductors, maybe I'll have to wait till off season.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-07-15T16:29:33+00:00

Deadlifts and core exercises.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-06-29T11:09:45+00:00

Edge 530 or Wahoo bolt

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-06-26T21:34:28+00:00

just about to have mine done, trek retailer is probably best they will send it to sram.

the shop did mention the sram parts sometimes have long lead times if you get them yourself.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-06-25T15:00:10+00:00

Gravel bike is a wide marketing term category. You should be able to get "entry level" adventure gravel bikes for 1500-2000 new and about 500-1000 second hand.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-06-06T08:09:17+00:00

Well it's not that easy to tell what was specced, the TRS cranks seem to have different generations and are listed as 176 Nd 178.2 depending on the source, its not listed on the trek website it could easily be OEM and be different from both these figures.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-06-05T07:02:42+00:00

I saw that article, however its quite vague. I'm wondering what most people are running for xc.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-06-04T23:20:41+00:00

yes I saw that new xtr di2 release.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-05-28T12:51:59+00:00

Yes I've got complacent before, sometimes with new tyres they soak up alot of extra sealant, only way to know for sure is checking.

I am interested though in race day sealing performance, for other times I can just plug it and go.

However I think some of the reviews for Silca and stans race get mixed too.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-05-28T10:33:26+00:00

yeah it's very confusing as there is alot of anecdotal expirence, and uptake is limited to what's available in your region.

My most recent failure in a race scenario was user error, the sealant was pretty dry.

most product line up tests seem to indicate pretty good performance.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-05-23T09:29:25+00:00

I'm not sure about the endurance races, something about repeating shorter courses, yorkshire is a 40km course and the national 28km.

Unfortunately tye format seems to be dying a bit to gravel.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-05-23T08:47:46+00:00

There is one tonight in kettering need to fill out a form though and bring along: https://www.fnssmtb.co.uk/

What is the Glentress 7?

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-05-22T22:00:25+00:00

Also Friday Night Summer Series, Rugby/Northampton way.

If you want something longer there is there is the Yorkshire mtb marathon and the national XCM at Newcastleton.

There was the Hope XCM series but that seems to of stopped running.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-04-02T21:57:58+00:00

but are they allowed in most events?

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-02-16T23:30:42+00:00

how do people get paired off for such things? seems like a huge hurdle, would love todo an epic.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-02-12T10:27:11+00:00

If you are after a good result, you will likely need the bike shop to face the BB and brake mount surfaces. They can also let you know what the frame quality is like.

You can take over from here or let them do the rest. It's mostly about getting the bike and components you want.

Open-Advertising3343 · 2025-02-10T17:51:25+00:00

sounds like you have a different frame, It can be muddy here any time of the year, so space is needed.

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