The one thing that is nice about 'cross is that you don't get cold even on a cold, damp day, because you aren't out for that long, and you are going fast. I was wearing shorts and short sleeves in November in Seattle!
I understand the "unracer" ethic, but I don't think it means that you cannot enjoy going fast once in a while. Cyclocross is about as "unracer" as you can get, since you can race almost any bike and almost any outfit - and believe me, people do! It's not like racing, where you have to wear team kit and get dropped on the first hill if your fitness isn't at the top level. In 'cross, you are racing (in a friendly way) the guy ahead of you and the one behind you. And at the end, it's smiles all around, and nobody really cares who won. Unless you've been to a race and tried it, it's hard to pass judgment. Jan Heine Editor Bicycle Quarterly Seattle WA USA www.bikequarterly.com Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
