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• FS: Planet X Stealth Pro Carbon track bike

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• FS: Planet X Stealth Pro Carbon track bike

  in Complete bikes and frame & forks • 1 year, 3 months

  

  Medium (56) - 5'10" to 6'2"

  Only ever ridden on the track. Currently geared 86", but comes with another (larger, I think) chainring, a few alternate sprockets and a brand new Vittoria Pista spare tyre. Wheels are hand built Ambrosio Excellight on Token hubs.

  Looking for £450, but make me an offer if you think the price is bonkers. At the full price I'll chuck in a set of Elite Parabolic rollers.

  Collection from Richmond/Kingston.

  Full geometry here: https://support.planetx.co.uk/hc/en-gb/articles/360018444360-Track-Bike-Sizing-and-Geometry

• Cyclocross - CX and SSCX races and training

  in General • 6 years, 2 months

  

  Fair point!

  I normally run an extra 5-10psi at Herne Hill. Tubs stay at home, but I killed a couple of tubeless tyres with sidewall gashes before I started pumping them up harder. A bit of extra sideways action is a small price to pay for making it all the way to the finish in one piece...

• Cyclocross - CX and SSCX races and training

  in General • 6 years, 2 months

  

  I think you can fix it anywhere you like, so long as you don't receive outside assistance (and obviously good not to get in anyone's way). Pits allow you to get help/kit from other people. I was chatting with someone who left the course to get first aid treatment a couple of weeks ago. The comms then allowed him to rejoin the race, the only stipulation being that he do it from the same point he'd left, so I doubt you'd upset anyone if you ducked under the course tape to perform your repair in a safer location.

  For league races, no need to be sneaky about wider tyres; it's totally legal. If it wasn't, newcomers to the sport wouldn't be able to try it out on MTBs, which would be a really bad thing. You only need to stay within the 33mm limit at National Trophy races and above; the comms in Derby yesterday had a jig, and were checking tyres before riders were called up at the start of the elite races.

• Cyclocross - CX and SSCX races and training

  in General • 6 years, 2 months

  

  Online entries for the Kingston Wheelers race close Tuesday evening - don't get caught out! Entry link here.

  We have unlimited entries on the day, but it'll cost you an extra fiver and you'll be gridded at the back.

  Results from other leagues will be taken into account by the gridding committee, so visitors who pre-enter should get a fair gridding!

• Cyclocross - CX and SSCX races and training

  in General • 6 years, 2 months

  

  That mudfest could have been Berkhamsted (Ashlyns School)...

• Cyclocross - CX and SSCX races and training

  in General • 6 years, 2 months

  

  ^ Everything @andyp said.

  The course is probably about as newbie-friendly as they come. It's wide, to encourage overtaking, and fast. There's a bit of everything, but the emphasis is on big sweeping curves, designed to be ridden at speed, rather than dead turns. You'll probably get lapped (as will half the rest of the field), but the riders lapping you will have no issue getting past; no need at all for you to get out of their way. The ground is very well drained, so anyone expecting a mudfest is going to be disappointed, it'll look nothing like the photo above.
  Parcours is probably 80% grass, 20% gravel track. There's a set of steps that some people were riding last year, though I suspect running was quicker, and two pairs of hurdles. There's a couple of hills, but nothing brutal; single speed will be fine.
  You can race on pretty much any bike you like, so long as it has bar end plugs, 2 brakes and a freewheel. I've actually ridden the course on a road bike, but that might be a bit sketchy in the wet.
  Races are 1 hour for Senior, 40 mins for Vets and Women.
  Entry and race times here or you can enter on the day, no limit on numbers, but it'll cost you an extra 5 quid.

• Cyclocross - CX and SSCX races and training

  in General • 6 years, 2 months

  

  Lol - I'd say I was sorry, but that would be lying...

  Andy - all good thanks! Racing most weekends (Central League mainly). Once again trying to get fit solely by racing, which is not an approach I'd recommend...

• Cyclocross - CX and SSCX races and training

  in General • 6 years, 2 months

  

  Hope I'm allowed to plug our race on Sun 14 Oct. Same as last year, only better! Great course, great food, great atmosphere. Easily accessible by train; if you're anywhere in West London, ride there as a warm-up.

• Cyclocross - CX and SSCX races and training

  in General • 7 years, 1 month

  

  I found at least two separate rocks (felt a bit like bricks) in the water feature, I didn't particularly think they were an issue though. The endless bumps at the top of the course though, Ugh!

  Would have been fine on a singlespeed I reckon, so long as it was about 30"...

  Great course, proper old-school. I really enjoyed/hated it, if you know what I mean...