peaches, will you be rideing the event next year on a CX bike and then you could tell us after it it takes more skill to race the CX bike or MTB after. 
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haha yeah maybe...but i'd still be aiming to conquer all the descents and technical sections - running would be an absolute very last resort. that's my point!
the death chute for example - which would be quicker running down it or riding it?
fact is, riding is always quicker if you can do it. if you haven't the skills then running is probably the best option for you!
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Peaches Riding God:
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err... riding isn't always quicker, sometimes running is - why would the good guys be running if not?
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"fact is, riding is always quicker if you can do it. if you haven't the skills then running is probably the best option for you!"
Ha! Ha! Yet more craap!
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i wish i was a engine that could just keep going, rather that the technical riding god that i am............
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haha - that other guy got in my way on that one - cleaned it on 3 of my other laps with a dab on one other. never claimed to be a riding god. what's pwned??
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To be fair guys. If going uphill fast is your ting, and going downhill ain't and it's a race wadda ya gonna do?
Cross is about picking it up and running when the times right. Like wise in a cross race you'll find MTB'ers granny'ing some climbs when it would be faster to carry. That's not to say they're poor riders, more of a mindset thing.
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"fact is, riding is always quicker if you can do it. if you haven't the skills then running is probably the best option for you!"
Ha! Ha! Yet more craap!
is it though?? i don't think so but happy to hear an explanation of why you think that it is not true. running down a descent vs riding down. running up vs riding up.
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fat unfit belgian, a race is won by the first person across the finish line.
and a comment about the photo above, how much time was lost by crashing, how much time would running have cost.
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I only started racing cx last season and went through exactly the delusions you're having now.I'm not exactly shabby in the bike handling dept
and took the "ride it all" perspective-and got my arse handed to me until I wised up.
I did ride all the techy bits at HtN even though it was a bit slower and a lot more risky.But I was there for fun..and a bit of a race.If I was being deadly serious I would have run the "death" descent and the stream crossing....and I might have not given away all my gels and water!!Posted 1 year ago # -
Why did he even bother turning up?
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Mountain Bike rider showing how to ride the "Death Chute".
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A gurn that even Terrahawk would be proud of!
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All that saddle remounting is surely a recipe for crown jewel crushing
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Only if you do it wrong
(you're supposed to land on the inside of your thigh)
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Zdenek Stybar - Current World Cyclocross Champion, clearly a crap bike handler!
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