June 25th, 2010

As I’m sure you’re all aware by now, Cyclocross is the new black.  Or the new tweed ride.  (Or something cool anyway.)  Just ask these guys….  Hipsters discussing CX

The Brunswick Cycling Club is running a great 3 race series which we’re using as an excuse to host the inaugural Bicyle Black Market – an opportunity for all of us to either fill up (or clear out in the case of stall holders) our bike parts bins.

We’ve had a couple of really nice cyclocross bikes through the shop recently.  We grabbed a photo of one – an amazing Lynsky titanium beast equipped with a new SRAM group.  Nice hand-built wheels with Chris King hubs and Open Pro rims.  The bike is a pretty amazing mix of light, stiff and agile.

There was a great cyclocross race in Warburton a while back, in which Huw raced, using an old Peugeot with really noisy Mafac brakes set up single speed.  He did pretty well even though in the final analysis his gearing was way too high and his brakes could have been a bit more powerful.  this just goes to show that even if you don’t have an amazing cyclocross bike you can still give it a shot.

There’s even a series of races coming up to try you luck at.  Check it out here They’ll be running two categories, one for 700c cross bikes and one for mountain bikes.  There are some pretty strict regulations for what counts as a cyclocross bike in UCI events (tyres under 32mm wide, etc) but I don’t think they’ll be pushing that for this event.

If you’re looking for some inspiration for a build of your own check out this site or come in and have a chat with us.

Finally, if you think of a bike to make, and it doesn’t meet the UCI regs, then we have the perfect venue for you to source your parts.  Under cover of darkness, away from the prying eyes of roaming UCI officials we’ll have a bunch of unshaven men with long jackets selling the good stuff.  Time trial bikes with 650c front wheels, saddles with lumbar support, cyclocross tyres in 38c, fairings and EPO all in the one spot.  After the event we’ll be screening something Cyclocross related to get people fired up for the next race.  Shoot us an email if you’d like to set up a stall, otherwise just rock up and check out the stalls.  Bring your monstercross bikes.  23rd of July, from 5pm.