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where I live now and where I used to mostly ride your average 'XC' ride is more technical than pretty much any trail centre I've ever been to. Or does XC specifically imply tame BWs etc?
That's what a large number of people have on their doorstep mate. We're not all lucky enough to have decent riding.
If I get a puddle on the Ridegway I have to ride around I get all excited and overcome with fun and joy.
XC round here is BW's, lanes, tracks and paths....
If I get a puddle on the Ridegway I have to ride around I get all excited and overcome with fun and joy.
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XC round here is BW's, lanes, tracks and paths....
Fair does - wasn't meant to be a brag or anything (well maybe a little bit 🙂 ), just always wondered. I reckon I'd be on a CX bike for that kind of thing to try and make it more challenging/fun.
I'm never sure what people mean when they say they use a bike for trail centres but it's 'too much for XC'
He didn't. He said
It's too much bike for XC riding but an absolute hoot [b]on more technical or faster/higher trails[/b].
Anyhow I'm just being pedantic; I know what you mean. For some people their local bridleways are pretty tame but for others - me included - we're lucky enough to live near some pretty rocky and technical bridleways and other rights of way.
[b]It's only ever been used in trail centres[/b], the Alps and Tenerife really.[b] It's too much bike for XC riding[/b]
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Just being pedantic. 🙂
Anyway, to me the definition of 'XC' can encompass a whole broad range of stuff in fact any kind of off-road riding that involves pedalling/climbing basically which in my case usually (but not always) involves some steep rocky stuff - whereas for some it seems to imply tame byways etc.
😆 touche
I think for old giffers like me who were riding in the late 80s/early 90s, XC simply meant riding a bike off-road, whatever that might entail. It means a very different thing now.
My Pitch was great for Xc in the Lakes. It sucked balls on the South Downs...
Is one over-biked or under-terrained?
I live very close to weeksy and the local riding is pretty tame although there is miles of rows . Lots of it is a bogfest for 6 months of the year as well . One of the main reasons I'm moving soon.