Sorry if this is total nonsense, but having never done the Keilder 100, and having never owned a cyclocross bike.
a) would it be possible?
b) would there be any advantage?
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Is the Keilder 100 possible on a cyclocross bike?
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Is it allowed in the rules?
It would be possible, if one (miketually) can do it rigid singlespeed you could do it on a cyclocross.
It may be a bit quicker but no more so than a rigid 29er.Posted 2 years ago # -
a) possible, sure. you can ride just about anything, on just about anything. i suspect it might be quite unpleasant though, even if allowed in the rules
b) advantage? not IMO.
but then who knows what this year' course will be like.
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Knowing that part of the world, I think 100 miles on fairly skinny tyres on those surfaces would age your joints (and yer ricker) by about 20 years.
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Have you not got a mountainbike?
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...and have you entered, because entries are closed.
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They were banned in the rules last year... had to have 26" wheels.
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They were banned in the rules last year... had to have 26" wheels
Yay!
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So where is the 26" wheel rule listed?? - I was planning on using a 29er (obviously that's only of I can't master the unicycle by September
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Strange then that men's the winner rode a 29er!
I think maybe 20% of the riders were on 29ers, myself included, in fact, I'd go so far as to say I've never seen such a concentration of 29ers in one race as at the Kielder 100.
Besides which, it's a very rough course in parts plus some of the trails are Red graded so I think you'd be well advised to not even contemplate it.
Some peolpe, eh.......?
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Have you not got a mountainbike?
yes I do but I am choosing my c2w bike at the moment and wondered if it might be a viable option, I will forget it after the posts above.
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Yeah, I was amazed at the amount of 29s there last year. Are entries closed? so thats the full 700 filled 4 months before the race? amazing! must step up training, done a few 6 hour+ rides already, but need to up that to 8hours over the next 2 months
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There were a few folk did it on CX bikes last year. Including the winner.
Fine on the fire roads, crap everywhere else.
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There were a few folk did it on CX bikes last year. Including the winner.
No there wasn't!
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I came 63rd on a spacehopper.
Can you prove I didn't? Eh?
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there seems to be a fair amount of confusion/bs about what was allowed/actually there....
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Yes there were. Loads of inappropriate bikes with the wrong size wheels.
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I'm just playing devils advocate but what would stop a person from riding what ever bike they liked? Disqualification? I can't see how that would matter unless you were aiming for a top three finish.
I can't imagine a marshall on a qaud bike would knock you off and nick your seatpost and saddle.Posted 2 years ago # -
Fine on the fire roads, crap everywhere else.
and yet the winner rode one. so not too 'crap' then?
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Well, since the route was almost all fireroad, I'd say yes.
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There doesn't appear to be any rules regarding bikes on their site just the registration process & minimum kit requirement
Fire up the KTM
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The winner rode a 29er, not a cyclocross bike.
here he is winning:
NOT a CycloCross bikePosted 2 years ago # -
Shit! They look like 39" wheels, forget 29"
There's something wrong with that picture.
I've just looked at it again. The front wheel is bigger than him!Posted 2 years ago # -
The winner wasn't on a cross bike, where's that come from?
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The winner wasn't on a cross bike, where's that come from?
someone doesn't understand the difference between the 2Posted 2 years ago # -
might as well be a CX bike. goppingly ugly big wheeled thing that it is.
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They're esentially the same. Big wheels, crap offroad.
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The winner wasn't on a cross bike, where's that come from?
very, very different. crap offroad? You've obviously not ridden one then.
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"Big wheels, crap offroad"
I beg to differ.
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They're esentially the same. Big wheels, crap offroad.
I hope this is a joke
Great example of someone being proved wrong and then coming out with
"Its all bollox anyway"Posted 2 years ago # -
Different geometry, different tyres, different riding position, different gears, different brakes, different bars, different frame construction and one has suspension.
Other than that, exactly the same.
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I remember reading the rules last year and it said no CX bikes, mountain bikes only. Trying to find a link, but not being very succesful.
Guess it's an insurance thing. Of course, it could have changed for this year.
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It's MTBs only, but I'm sure maybe you could ride a 29er with relatively skinny tyres and niche handlbars?
There was nothing majorly technical, so I'm sure it'd be doable on a cx bike. You'll be knocked to bits though, so would be better off on a MTB.
Rigid 29er would be/will be/is my choice.
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Rigid 29er would be/will be/is my choice.
will you have 'it' by then?Posted 2 years ago # -
will you have 'it' by then?
No idea. I have a saddle
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