Globalti
Legendary Member
Since I took up road riding I've hardly touched the MTB, a nice titanium hardtail built up for XC with a rigid carbon fork and it's languishing in the garage gathering dust. Yesterday in the Dales we saw some people on 'crossers practising for the Three Peaks Cyclocross race and having spent some time this morning looking at videos of past races it strikes me that:
1 - A 'cross bike could replace an MTB easily for the odd off-road trip including up mountains. I have no interest in trail centres.
2 - A 'cross bike would make a fine winter bike, especially in snow.
But......
The bike would have to be steel as I have a strong prejudice against aluminium frames and it would have to have disc brakes.
In the event that I decided actually to ride a cyclocross event, I believe discs are now allowed, aren't they?
Am I thinking along the right lines here?
1 - A 'cross bike could replace an MTB easily for the odd off-road trip including up mountains. I have no interest in trail centres.
2 - A 'cross bike would make a fine winter bike, especially in snow.
But......
The bike would have to be steel as I have a strong prejudice against aluminium frames and it would have to have disc brakes.
In the event that I decided actually to ride a cyclocross event, I believe discs are now allowed, aren't they?
Am I thinking along the right lines here?