[Sportsandrec] Tandem Cyclocross...

[PghJohn11 at aol.com]

What is a "cyclecross" race?
 
 
In a message dated 10/7/2010 10:03:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kthornbury at bresnan.net writes:

Has  anyone else on list tried to tandem a cyclocross race??? Recently, 
several  club members (probably jokingly) mentioned how much "fun" a 
cyclocross  would be on a tandem, and last night one of the members and I 
tried it.  With only two "practice" laps (the first spent mostly off the 
bike  
discussing how to handle different obstacles), we entered the "Juniors,  
Women, and Group C (beginner) men" race (we're a small club, and only hold  
two categories...the really fast and the rest of us. We came in last, but  
by 
the end of the 30-minute race we had enough technique to keep up with  the 
last of the single riders...Losing ground on the obstacles but  catching up 
in between dismounts. It was quite ugly (but if you have to  go, go big, go 
early, and go ugly, right?!?), and a whole lot of fun. I  sure can see why 
this is not an UCI event, but just maybe if there is  growing interest...  


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