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[aprilstarchild]

I meant to leave the house FOUR HOURS AGO. Oh well. *sigh* Better late than never. I'm packed up to leave after I post. I think I've just been dreading the hour-plus I'm going to spend on the bus, especially since I have to transfer buses a few times.

In other news:

I've been thinking about trying cyclocross for something close to three years now, ever since I went to a bikeportland meetup and started talking to a member of Team Beer. At the time I only had the Raleigh, and he was trying to convince me to ride 'cross with it, because "You'd get sooo many cheers just for the audacity of doing it with that bike!!"

There are a lot of women who ride 'cross in Portland. I can't deny that that's part of the appeal. It looks like 10x more fun than road racing. I went to a Cross Crusade race last year and the women's race has plenty of amateurs in it. The Portland races are awesome--some are costumed, even.

And now that I have a lightweight bike with a diamond frame, it's a conceivable notion, as I can pick it up and put it over my shoulder to run/get over barriers when I need to.

So yup. In a few weeks I'm going to attend this. Dunno if just one night or all three. I have no idea if I'll sign up for any races after that. Worst case scenario: I learn more about 'cross and get lessons in bike handling, which I could probably use anyway!!

Comments

[encapsulate.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing your Miyata has 27 1/4" tires. You may have trouble finding knobbies for it.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

I wasn't planning to use knobbies. I was just going to try it with what I have. At least for the training races.

[encapsulate.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Thinking back, my uni had cruiser tires on it. I didn't run into any trouble until the mud.