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I'm doing the Alpe dhuez long course tri in July. Road bike training is fine but iv been thinking and tried yesterday a long climb on forest roads on mtb.
It's the longest climbs I can get and the gradient varies so I think it would work a treat.
I'm looking at getting a cyclocross bike for this purpose rather than mtb as it would hopefully get me in a similar position to road bike.
Any views on this?
Forest road you say? Not a forest footpath, or forest singletrack? ISTM you already have a bike perfectly suited to that...
If you're only sticking to the roads why not just use your road bike and maybe get some grippier tyres for it.
They are roads but very very stoney. Road bike not a chance. It's the roads at Glentress and Innerleithen.
Can't say I know those particular forest roads, but unless they're hugely different to every other forest road I've seen, then I've ridden a road bike on worse. What exactly is the advantage you perceive you'll get from a CX bike?
MTFU and ride it on the road bike
any excuse to get another bike is a valid reason imo
Advantage would be similar position to road bike and less punctures , more grip and ability to venture onto the unknown more easily.
And the video is 2 mins from my door 🙂
Even work with the guy in it .
Advantage would be similar position to road bike and less punctures , more grip and ability to venture onto the unknown more easily.
I thought you were wanting to do forest road climbs? You won't get punctures riding them on a road bike, nor will you have a problem with grip. I guess venturing into the unknown might be better on a crosser, but that wasn't in your original spec. - it seems you've not captured your user requirements properly.
Oh, and your road bike will probably have quite a similar position to your road bike.
I thought you were wanting to do forest road climbs? You won't get punctures riding them on a road bike, nor will you have a problem with grip. I guess venturing into the unknown might be better on a crosser, but that wasn't in your original spec. - it seems you've not captured your user requirements properly.
Oh, and your road bike will probably have quite a similar position to your road bike.
Ok I didn't say forest roads were bad but I do know my road bike has a similar position to my road bike?
The forest roads I'm looking at I would have no chance on a road bike especially a new road bike for racing on! Ouch ahhhh ouch my frame !!!!
Maybe the old road bike but widest tyres are 25! Not wide enough....