SSCX Only!

No trust in eyetalians who doesn't sweat post race.

If anyones interested i've some All city nature boy forks over in the classifieds...

TCX SLR prototype.

I'm into that.

I'd love one of those.

New to the idea of SSCX, have ridden track bikes on the road for 3 years now and have an idea of what gearing to run for certain types of rides/ terrains based on how fast I want to go balanced with how hard I want to push.

I'm going to be building an On-One Pompino over the winter and in the spring there is a race locally that is a gravel road/ CX race (road race format with some really soupy sections due to it being the second week of march, and in canada LOL)

I would like to ride fixed rather than SS so I'm curious what people are thinking as far as gearing if it has the possibility of being fast in parts but extremely muddy in others. as a indicator of strength and what i can spin I'm pushing 47 15/16 (double fixed) right now and normally average about 30-32 km/h on rides around 60-70km's.

If I'm posting in the wrong area, (My bad first post) I'll try and find a better spot but I figured here would be a good place to start.

Cheers, Nate

Nate you've come to the right(eous) place aka. The Joy. FixedGearCX is indeed possible - and people do it with remarkable results (I for one finished an 8 stage race in one day Sweden based run). When you are that comfortable as you describe riding fixed, you wont be worned down on the 150rpm descends that every course inhabits. But there is a leap you'll have to work on to reach your optimum performance on a cx'ish track - and that is choosing when to get off the bike, whenever the course gets too technical or lack of traction on uphill muddy sections. The goal is not to remain seated on the bike the whole course, but complete in the fastest possible effort.
When you cancel out the technical muddy stuff in your gear-of-choice calculator - you'll probably find your self comfortable between 60-65 GI - dependent on thousand factors.
Keep us posted on how it turns out.

I don't race but over 50% of my riding is off road and I am happy with 63GI on a brakeless fixed track bike. Still allows me to go 30+ mph off road and can still do all the climbs (although I live in the undulating but not overly challenging New Forest which is compact stone rather than much mud letting me get away with road/touring tyres)

what hoods/brakes are those?

These brakes, with SRAM Red 22 hydro shifters.

uh, got to get hylex then

I really hope SRAM bring out a SS hydraulic lever set.

hopefully. The reach on hylex levers is quite huge, dunno if they fit me.

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/TRP-Hylex-Hydraulic-Disc-Brake-system-for-Road-Levers-Front-Black-160mm-Rotor-/00/s/OTAwWDg0Ng==/z/A7sAAOxypNtSfYO7/$_35.JPG

What is the thing to attach the shifter there called?

Retroshift

Lovely forrest out there today
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9980640/fixieking/IMG_20131214_154118.jpg

Retroshift

I don't really understand what Retroshift are selling.

Are they selling the entire brake lever, hood, clamp, and shifter perch? Isn't there a product that allows you to attach a DT shifter to an existing brake lever?

Nate you've come to the right(eous) place aka. The Joy. FixedGearCX is indeed possible - and people do it with remarkable results (I for one finished an 8 stage race in one day Sweden based run). When you are that comfortable as you describe riding fixed, you wont be worned down on the 150rpm descends that every course inhabits. But there is a leap you'll have to work on to reach your optimum performance on a cx'ish track - and that is choosing when to get off the bike, whenever the course gets too technical or lack of traction on uphill muddy sections. The goal is not to remain seated on the bike the whole course, but complete in the fastest possible effort.
When you cancel out the technical muddy stuff in your gear-of-choice calculator - you'll probably find your self comfortable between 60-65 GI - dependent on thousand factors.
Keep us posted on how it turns out.

not too worried about dismounting as for the most part it will just be gravel roads with 2 sections of rail trail. ( 2013 Steaming Nostril Start and First Section - YouTube
) I for the most part dont mind pushing a hard gear to gain top end but i do realise that with the possibility of deepish mud that I'm going to want a low gear for pounding through.

Hulsroys awesome CX-race promotion video (with at least one SS, me) at our local velodrome.
AÌŠMK CYCLOCROSS 2014 on Vimeo

The camera was set to SSCX :-) (50 mm f1.7 / 25p)