http://www.blackbirdsf.org/christopheoncx/

Morgan

That is so freeking cool.

Am I right to assume that this is the Christophe responsible for all those toe straps I used to use?

Thanks for the great article.

Ron

That is so freeking cool.

Am I right to assume that this is the Christophe responsible for all those toe straps I used to use?

Thanks for the great article.

Ron

Yeah, I believe so. Thanks go to Joel Metz, who translated and posted that article.

It is cool. I like the part about "The manner of crossing a thicket". I know someone who's had to do that more than once to evade a ranger and a ticket for poaching singletrack.

Morgan

http://www.blackbirdsf.org/christopheoncx/

Morgan
I saw this posted at classic rendevzous as well, great article describing the origins of 'cross.

http://www.blackbirdsf.org/christopheoncx/

Morgan

One of the most common mistakes I see today is the too-early remount after an uphill run-up. Just like Christophe says, wait to remount until the slope is gone!

A+

Philippe

http://www.blackbirdsf.org/christopheoncx/

Morgan

That was a very interesting read.

Can you imagine the outcry today if somebody had a cross course that went over half the stuff shown in those pictures and described in the article. Now that is jungle-cross.

think he's the guy who went to a town to braze his cracked fork back up and kept riding in 1913 tour?

think he's the guy who went to a town to braze his cracked fork back up and kept riding in 1913 tour?

Yep, same guy. Search for "Christophe":

http://www.torelli.com/raceinfo/tdf/tdfhistory1910.html

That's true grit.

Morgan