Cyclocross - CX and SSCX races and training

Will keep an eye out for your new bike!

West Midlands cx league hits 699 participants this year. Looking forward to it 😃

Thanks for this, will purchase the bronze licence

Fuck it, I’m going to enter Coombes Farm I think. I’ve had 4 weeks off the bike the wrist/ hand isn’t perhaps 100% but next few weeks will be tricky so why not!?!
Anyone else fancy joining, could probably give a lift but I’m going to be V40 and need to be back in SE4 by 3:30.

I'm racing too, but my race is later than yours and won't be done until 2:30 at the earliest. The race timetable has changed this year with the v50s being the penultimate race, where as before it was the first of the adult races. I think the v40s now have that slot?

Yeah 11:30 start for me. Bit annoying I’m not in better shape as seems like a course that would usually suit given it seems to have more climbing.

You've still got Palace, Somerhill, Canada Heights and Hog Hill with plenty of climbing to come.

all hail the hoggenberg

I say this watch me do worse in those now haha although hard when already last

I'm racing v40 too. I'll be on a mtb which might be abit of a slog up the climb especially as I've done no specific cross training but it's local to me and the forcast is good so might as well. Big field with loads of decent riders so I'm fully expecting a good hiding.

I’ve waited for this moment. Tyre chat!
Thoughts for Sunday?
I just got soaked it a light training session over the local park.

Thoughts for Sunday?

You’ll need some.

I have one pair of tyres so I'll be using them. If its not dried out by Sunday I'll be falling off alot

I've been so far very impressed with the Michelin Muds I picked up on here a few weeks ago. Handled a very slippy (and steep) training ride in the woods last night admirably!

If you're not on FMBs you're not really racing atmo

PSI talk to me, with tubes and 85kgs

Start at 30 psi, work your way down. If you're hitting the rim more than once a lap, you've gone too low.

Anyone racing WMCCL this season? First race tomorrow. I’m gonna be shit as I have 300km in my legs already this week but gonna give it the college try just to get my eye back in.

Not this Sunday but next for sure if the workshop can fix my bike rack electricity

Second to last of the finishers. Was tough

The heat made it extra tough today. I gave you a wave on my way through. I was happy with how I went considering zero preperation on a big ol mtb and starting at the back

What bike/ kit? Sorry I was in survival mode early. I was over geared, also cough still isn’t cleared I could easily DNF’d today.

Fluro pink and yellow kit fat tyres and wide flat bars. I came back through right at the bottom of the course with one lap to go

Nice. Where did you place? Were you carrying water/ fluid??

At least you finished. I got caught in a traffic jam on the A23 on the way down, and only had time to do a 5 min warm up. It wasn't enough. Blew my doors off first time up the hill and didn't feel right second time up so called it a day.