Monday, September 13, 2004

'cross season

time to start getting ready for cyclocross season... i'm done with mountain bike racing for the year, just lots of good rides, some fun volunteering, and some 'cross races... the douthat camping trip is coming up, BikeDC and VentureQuest - both fun events to volunteer at and spend the day hanging out with friends, and the MORE fall trailwork series is underway... cyclocross season gets going in october, with lots of races in the mid-atlantic... don't know which i'll do yet, but there are a half dozen or so within an hour of the city, and a few more with a longer drive...

rode my cross bike to the City Bikes team meeting tonight to get a feeling for it... looks like my position needs to be tweaked, feels like the bars need to be lower... first cross-specific workout on the bike tommorow, then a mountain bike ride and a quick run on wednesday...

4 comments:

DT said...

Definitely looking forward to the cross season. Don't know how many I will be able to get in, but it's a good pain. Hopefully I can get my rear fixie wheel rebuilt before the season.

joe said...

this rain is driving me crazy... i was going to try to get out to schaeffer early this morning for a ride, but that went out the window quickly as soon as i looked out the window...

DT said...

Yea, I'm not too excited about the rain, even less excited about the upcoming weekend of rain. But at least my quad is hurt so it's not like I would be doing a lot of biking anyways. Weather looks to suck for BikeDC though, hope they have a tent for registration.

On the bright side, all this rain is perfect for practicing cross, no?

joe said...

yeah, it's not riding in the rain that bothers me, it's just the rain in general...