‘Cross bike setup is a bit different to setting up your road bike. Here are a few tips to get you started.
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With its technical nature, it pays to have a well set up cyclo cross bike. By this, we’re mainly talking about tyres and your position.
You’ll need to change your position a little bit from your road bike.
Tyre pressures are much lower than a road bike – Simon explains all in the video.
Gearing is different too – shoot for a 46 outer ring and a cassette that’s around 11-28.
We’d recommend playing around with the release tension on your pedals. There aren’t any hard and fast rules, so again, get out on your bike with an allen key and play around to find out what works for you.
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What is the bike called and what year is it from??
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Deep section carbons they go through mud better
Are the stock tires on the TCX SLR 2 2017 clinchers or tubular?
40 PSI? Most clincher seems to have a 55 psi minimum…
Do you guys have an opinion re carbon vs aluminium rims for disc wheels?
It seems to me that most of the downsides are lost along with the braking surface, the only possible gripe being impact resistance, but then some say otherwise…
I’m building up a ‘gravel bike’ / ‘super commuter’ frame for all year road/path use and I’m not sure which sort of rims to be looking at, I’ll be getting hand builts.
Thanks.
“If you are in unseasonably warm conditions …or if you actually live somewhere nice” Classic comment. UK weather certainly is unique.
39:28 for lowest gear? might be ok for a whippet, but the rest of us will need at least 34:32 if doing serious territory.
Good old Challenger Clinchers you can run at 18psi easy! Extremely useful
I don’t see the point of being hunched over with drop handle bars when max speed isn’t an issue in rough terrain? Os it just so you have the option to go on road?
tubeless?
What’s the bike brand/model?
Hi guys! Another great video “THUMBS UP”. I also liked the “presenters bikes” videos. Can you make another of these, but with the CX bikes? And can you tell us your (presenters) opinion about aluminium vs. carbon frames in CX bikes? (for normal persons of course, not the PRO riders….) . Thanks!
Ahaha I finished a cyclocross national recently with 15PSI! But I am 14… And a girl so I don’t weight too much!
What’s the difference between a road bike and a cyclocross bike? Can I just pop in bigger and knobbier tires on my road bike and call it a cyclocross bike? I’m kinda new to bikes and I live in an area where it’s 40% dirt/mud and 60% asphalt on every 7km trip. I currently ride it with a hardtail mountain bike but I feel slower on the roads. I was hoping to get more speed and buy a road bike, now this CX bikes are getting me confused.
Any tips on which should I get? Should I change my MTB tires to smaller knobs for road speed or get a road bike with knobbier tires or buy CX?
what is the bike name/brand on the video?
This might sound like a stupid question but could you buy a road bike with discs and large clearance and just change wheels and tyres at the start of each season road or cross meaning you could use the bike all year round. Obviously you would change saddle height if necessary.
Is the frame of a crossbike the same of a roadbike? I can’t spend to much on a bicycle, so I’m thinking in buying this roadbike (that has disc breaks) and just add a wider tire. http://www.viking-bikes.com/products/Road/6246-Pursuit.html
When do you Guys make a video How To Setup your Track bike? 🙂
great info!
Can you also make a video of how to set your gps onto your bike because I don’t know what to do putting it in my back or placing it on my steer what is the best way please help me !!!
Nice vid there mate! Just what really is the difference of a cyclocross and a road bike?
Can these bike handle 110-120kg riders?
how much is this bike cost ??
Thanks for the great video!
I just bought my first cyclocross bike (Pinnacle Arkose Two). Being 183cm tall with an 87cm leg inseam I was suggested by the shop to go with a size Large. To my surprise this comes with a top tube length of 54cm! Much shorter than the 58-60cm I am used to riding.
I can set the bike up to roughly the right saddle and handlebar position, but the seatpost is almost all the way out and the farm feels a tad small overall…I am wondering if I should move up to an XL size which has a 58cm top tube length…
What would you suggest?
Thanks!
What if I don’t have a road bike
I thought the tyre pressure was interesting. I’d expected a mention of “bottoming out” the tyres if pressure is too low. Im a 65kg rider using 32mm clinchers. I’ve not had any problems running at about 20-25psi. Area or course specific maybe?
Is there any chance you could make a video on tire tread choice please?
is that the boone 9?
… +Global Cycling Network How large should the seat to handlebar drop be in cm for a “normal” rider 😉 ? Can you give me any recommendation, please?
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i ride a 58 road but only a 54 cross bike just like the smaller feeling bike under me when the surface is slippy
Looks like the Boone 9. Im not sure about Di2 in cyclocross conditions though. Mud, water and electronics don’t mix.
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how Long is he and what size bike i neef to buy iam 1.80
lemme have a laugh… I run 20 psi on clinchers XD