Cyclocross Racing

A really great way to stay in shape and to practice racing skills is to race cyclocross in the off season. Cyclocross is primarily a winter sport which means that it won't interfere with mountain biking. Cyclocross is a sport where rain and snow is accepted and even encouraged and the toughest of the tough persevere. Cyclocross is also very versatile in the sense that you can use a specific bike for cyclocross, a mountain bike, or even a road bike. Cyclocross is considered too hard by many, yet some love it and it is their main focus. The courses are usually around a mile or a little more and they have barriers that you can either run over or bunny hop. Cyclocross courses also generally have one or more very steep hills and some very twisty and tight turns. I have done 3 cyclocross races and it is very hard. I would've gotten 4th in the state championships but I got a flat tire. To be completely honest, racing cyclocross isn't actually very fun. I didn't enjoy my first race but I slowly started liking them more and more as the season went on. I ended up selling my cyclocross bike because half of the time it was broken. Next year I plan on racing cyclocross on my mountain bike.