Lenny, Alek and Rob's cyclo crossbromance

CramCycle

Anyone have one of these:

http://www.halfords.ie/cycling/bikes/road-bikes/voodoo-limba-cyclocross-road-bike

For a beginner next year who is not looking to win but just keep up. All the reviews online are either from commuters or from their old version of the bike which seems to be a different frame material and far higher specced so difficult to judge the reviews, although they are all positive.

Tenzor07

CramCycle wrote: »

http://www.halfords.ie/cycling/bikes/road-bikes/voodoo-limba-cyclocross-road-bike

I've full suspension MTB's lighter than that, i'd say it would be a real dog of a bike in a CX environment..

detones

Both my disc brakes on my new cx bike have a slight rubbing noise when I spin the wheels on the bike stand. Is this normal?

CramCycle

Tenzor07 wrote: »

I've full suspension MTB's lighter than that, i'd say it would be a real dog of a bike in a CX environment..

Well it is for someone starting out so they are never going to spend huge money. My opinion was the wheels and components would have to be upgraded over time but I had no idea if you could use it for CX.

i imagine a groupset and wheel change over time would bring it down to close to 10kg

This said their other (maximum of the range) was this:
https://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=88395

The tax man

This post is to remind Alek that entries are now open for the Fixx Supercross.
Can't say you weren't warned.;)

Alek

Ha! Signed in. 45 places left in B

wanderer 22

The tax man wrote: »

This post is to remind Alek that entries are now open for the Fixx Supercross.
Can't say you weren't warned.;)

Nice one - In!

RobFowl

In like flynn

Tenzor07

I doubt this race will sell out as quickly as the early season rounds...

Though it will be a brilliant course, plenty of work done on it as you'd expect from the Fixx CX Team..

stecleary

crosswords wrote: »

Hi folks. Regarding the course for the lenister champs.

There are no steps on the course. It's all grass, tarmac or forest trail. Nothing too steep but you will need brakes.

See you all on sunday.

Plenty of room to the right of them. Good to know people are easily scared the

daragh_

Tenzor07 wrote: »

I doubt this race will sell out as quickly as the early season rounds...

Though it will be a brilliant course, plenty of work done on it as you'd expect from the Fixx CX Team..

Might do the B race. What's the course like?

Tenzor07

daragh_ wrote: »

Might do the B race. What's the course like?

Mostly flat, small bit of forest track, open field with plenty of turns, and loops around a football pitch also, one small run up and couple of humps, one set of boards...

SuperSean

Signed up for Fixx

Looking like it'll be 3 solid weekends of CX with the last DCCX on Dec 20th aswell

Raam

Less than 24 hours till registration for Leinster Champs closes. It will close at noon on Thursday 3rd December 2015. No exceptions. This includes all races on the day.

dooverylittle

Raam wrote: »

Less than 48 hours till registration for Leinster Champs closes. It will close at noon on Thursday 3rd December 2015. No exceptions. This includes all races on the day.

Will there be a list of registered riders published in advance?
thanks

Raam

Change for the registration closure. Previous post corrected. Please spread the word.

detones

Fixx B Open sold out already.

RobFowl

detones wrote: »

Fixx B Open sold out already.

Few B vet places left (ye young suckers ye)

Beasty

Raam wrote: »

Change for the registration closure. Previous post corrected. Please spread the word.

So registration for Sunday's Leinster Championships closes at noon tomorrow

Raam/crosswords - are there spaces remaining in all categories/races (in case anyone is dithering on whether to enter)?

Caroline_ie

Beasty wrote: »

So registration for Sunday's Leinster Championships closes at noon tomorrow

Raam/crosswords - are there spaces remaining in all categories/races (in case anyone is dithering on whether to enter)?

I'm monitoring the entries. Just looked up my list and there is room in all cats.

Why? Did you get a CX bike?

Beasty

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Why? Did you get a CX bike?

Not a cat in hell's chance, but given the advancement of the entry deadline by 24 hours, didn't want anyone to miss their chance, but equally didn't want to build anyone's hopes up if any of the cats/races were already fully subbed.

scott.s

Tyre suggestions anyone?

Got a screw in the rear tyre on the commute home today Left a nasty hole so think I'll replace

Need it this week for the race on Sunday, so either chainreaction, somewhere else with next day delivery or a shop in Dublin.

Looking for clinchers

The tax man

RobFowl wrote: »

Few B vet places left (ye young suckers ye)

Age has its advantages.:)

Wishbone Ash

Raam wrote: »

I've not seen them in person, but from this pic they look more like small drop-offs with quite a large gap from one to the next. Nothing wrong with drop-offs. I think the rule is more to do with a series of closely spaced steps

:eek: That's myself in that pic!

There's loads of room around the large built up drain access at the top. We cleared a bit to the side of the middle one. The bottom one is fine - pretty sure you can go around it but can't recall now.

stecleary

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

:eek: That's myself in that pic!

There's loads of room around the large built up drain access at the top. We cleared a bit to the side of the middle one. The bottom one is fine - pretty sure you can go around it but can't recall now.

Oh you're going to kill me by the way, we cleared the wrong enterence

crosswords

There are NO Drop offs on the leinster course.

Seriously please stop freaking people out.

It's a cross race not a round of the enduro series.

Tenzor07

crosswords wrote: »

There are NO Drop offs on the leinster course.
Seriously please stop freaking people out. It's a cross race not a round of the enduro series.

People who've raced CX in the past need to remember courses like St. Anne's in Raheny which had a couple of actual drop off's....

wanderer 22

crosswords wrote: »

There are NO Drop offs on the leinster course.

Seriously please stop freaking people out.

It's a cross race not a round of the enduro series.

To be fair, I think there's been one half serious post (by me) expressing :eek: Other than that there's no else 'freaking out'!

Raam

crosswords wrote: »

There are NO Drop offs on the leinster course.

Seriously please stop freaking people out.

It's a cross race not a round of the enduro series.

Ah come on, I'm sure we could work one in

Raam

Also, registration for Leinster Champs closes in less than 2 hours.
http://swordscc.com/registration-2015-leinster-cx-champs/