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[dcv]

I’m thinking the 40 miler, like loops.

[Anonymous]

@KayakCyndi 85101 wrote:

2. Who wants to join me?

If you do the 40, possibly me.

[culimerc]

Sorry, isnt that memorial day weekend? I’ll probably be outta town. If you push it to Monday I *might* be able to make it.

[KayakCyndi]

@culimerc 85255 wrote:

Sorry, isnt that memorial day weekend? I’ll probably be outta town. If you push it to Monday I *might* be able to make it.

Nope. Memorial day weekend is the weekend before. So now you have no excuse. Go sign up. I’m going to do that later today. dcv, acl you in? Any others?

[Harry Meatmotor]

I’m almost ready to register for the 60 miler. Last fall I rode the Fairfax CCT from Reston to a bit south of Accotink on my cross check and it was a hoot.

[culimerc]

You know if you wanted to make it a nice round century day, it looks like it wouldnt be to hard to ride to the start and from the finish.

[KayakCyndi]

@culimerc 85263 wrote:

You know if you wanted to make it a nice round century day, it looks like it wouldnt be to hard to ride to the start and from the finish.

Are YOU going to do that? I’d be game if you are …. You can call it training for your Hilly Billy.

[jabberwocky]

I did the 60 last year. I thought the 40 looked boring (not a fan of gravel grinding or whatnot; I’d prefer to ride an actual MTB on actual trails). They have things setup this year to mostly stay on actual trails rather than a long slog on the CCT.

The trails they are riding are doable on a cross bike (I’ve ridden many of them on my old cross bike with road tires) but I don’t really think its very fun to do so.

[Phatboing]

I’m maybe probably thinking of possibly the 40 miler. I’ve biked sections of that route at different times, and can put up a reasonable masquerade of not endangering myself.

I will also very likely bike to the start and from finish, because … well, that’s how I get around.

[vvill]

Interested – I might try it on my CX bike too this year (40 miler, tops).

[hozn]

@jabberwocky 85267 wrote:

The trails they are riding are doable on a cross bike (I’ve ridden many of them on my old cross bike with road tires) but I don’t really think its very fun to do so.

I am always the advocate of riding those trails on the cross bike. I think it’s a blast. It turns fairly non-technical trails into something that is really engaging. I will say, though, that I have enjoyed putting larger (38-42mm) tires on my cross bike for those trails. Especially the newer more technical stuff is more fun on bigger tires. Of course, I went bombing down that hill to the creek and cut my sidewall a couple weeks ago, so I learned that it’s still not quite a mountain bike Previously I would always ride (usu. w/ GuyContinental) on 32mm tires and while my Kenda Kommandos (tubeless) made the trek through Lake Fairfax many times (without flatting once!), one does have to ride carefully on the small tires. It certainly is different than riding on the MTB. Log hopping, in particular, tends to make a mockery of the much-more-roadie geometry of my cross bike. But if one was going to ride there and back, it seems like a great option (faster on the pavement or gravel sections for sure).

[Phatboing]

@hozn 85317 wrote:

I am always the advocate of riding those trails on the cross bike. I think it’s a blast. It turns fairly non-technical trails into something that is really engaging. I will say, though, that I have enjoyed putting larger (38-42mm) tires on my cross bike for those trails. Especially the newer more technical stuff is more fun on bigger tires. Of course, I went bombing down that hill to the creek and cut my sidewall a couple weeks ago, so I learned that it’s still not quite a mountain bike Previously I would always ride (usu. w/ GuyContinental) on 32mm tires and while my Kenda Kommandos (tubeless) made the trek through Lake Fairfax many times (without flatting once!), one does have to ride carefully on the small tires. It certainly is different than riding on the MTB. Log hopping, in particular, tends to make a mockery of the much-more-roadie geometry of my cross bike. But if one was going to ride there and back, it seems like a great option (faster on the pavement or gravel sections for sure).

Psh. Cross bike.

(Just that one ride made me a wee bit better at MTB techniques)

[jabberwocky]

To each their own, I suppose. After a fair bit of trying to ride a cross bike off road, I decided that an actual MTB is waaaaaaay more fun and sold the cross bike.

[americancyclo]

Did I pass you this morning on 4MR on a single speed between W Glebe and Mt. Vernon Ave? Those handlebars look pretty distinct.

[KayakCyndi]

@hozn 85317 wrote:

I am always the advocate of riding those trails on the cross bike. …. I will say, though, that I have enjoyed putting larger (38-42mm) tires on my cross bike for those trails.

I’ll run fatties on Viaje. Picking up some new Clement X-Plor 40s from Bikenetic this week!

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