Timeline for Cyclocross for road bike type of routes - Increased risk of INJURY?
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| Jan 15, 2015 at 20:05 | comment | added | Michael Lemberger | Better profit margin on road bikes, perhaps? | |
| Jan 15, 2015 at 5:02 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBicycles/status/555590922956976128 | ||
| Jan 15, 2015 at 4:20 | comment | added | Fred the Magic Wonder Dog | Find a new bike shop... | |
| Jan 15, 2015 at 1:37 | comment | added | andy256 | It doesn't make sense to me either. I would be asking him how the geometry would cause injury on the road but not in the park. And talk to other shops about your needs and plans. | |
| Jan 15, 2015 at 1:32 | comment | added | Batman | It depends on how aggressive of a cross bike it is in regards to how relaxed/comfortable you are. Your head position is more down than on most flat bar bikes, and your steering is faster, so that may have been some other issues. It depends on what he was steering you to. | |
| Jan 14, 2015 at 23:02 | comment | added | PeteH | also, road bikes come in many different geometries. An audax bike will have more relaxed geometry than a Tour de France bike, but each has their purpose and each is undoubtedly a road bike. Do you think he maybe had a particular road bike in mind that he wanted to sell you? Don't forget at this time of year the guy is looking to shift his 2014 stock to make way for the 2015 models... | |
| Jan 14, 2015 at 22:50 | comment | added | Goalhouse Moon | the guy in the bike shop said that the different geometry of a CX would be likely to cause me injury, if I would be riding road bike type of routes... he said my upper body would not be as comfortable as on a road bike. This surprised me, since I thought the position would be more relaxed on a CX bike anyway. | |
| Jan 14, 2015 at 22:41 | answer | added | paparazzo | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 14, 2015 at 22:33 | comment | added | PeteH | Yes the bike shop guy's comments surprise me also. However as I'm sure you're aware cx is big in Belgium so why not check out some of the race distances. I'd bet they are > 25km, so that should reassure you that it is possible to ride such a bike (comfortably, safely) over such a distance. It would be interesting if you knew why he said that... Maybe if you said to him "I'm only going to ride on the road but an thinking of buying a cx bike", he might find that weird and try to convince you otherwise. | |
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