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Originally Posted by itrsteve
At no point did he state he was going to be riding over huge rocks and gnarly backwoods trails full of hazards. People widely under estimate the usefulness and versatility of cross bikes out of not knowing they even exist since on the surface they look like a normal road bike so it's not a category they're even aware to look for.
If he walks into a shop unsure of their intended use (like many do), he's going to get a shitty hybrid bike pushed on him that does nothing well since they always keep tons of those heaps on the floor.
A cross bike is perfect for mixed terrain, asphalt, gravel, mud... It does everything well with the right tire all the way up to rugged mountain/trail terrain (at which point there's a specific bike that only does that and only that well)
Here's a random cx race video on YouTube to showcase the versatility I speak of
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Your video is made in Belgium , and the top 5 of the world is Belgian like usual .
I met personal some guys from in your video because I drove 4 years in the Belgian competition but on the road and your video shows the highlights from the cyclo-cross season from the last 4-5 years .
Our cyclo-cross season is started 2 weeks ago , and I watch every single cyclo-cross .
So every weekend in winter we have races and here is the 2016-2017 cyclo-cross calendar =>
http://www.veldritkalender.be/
But the greatest Belgian we ever had in cyclo-cross was "SVEN-NYS"
He stopped last year at age 39 with the professional competition and won "291 professional races" !!!
SVEN-NYS .