would this bike work for cyclocross ?

[loona]

....possibly

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[atpjunkie]

no, no clearance for big mud tires and no cantilever bosses

[loona]

cyclocross bikes must have canti-lever brakes to be legal ?

[atpjunkie]

cyclocross bikes must have canti-lever brakes to be legal ?

fat tires with road calipers, no clearance

even with narrow tires your wheels would clog and you would stop

[Sizzle-Chest]

Do you imagine slicks working well in mud?

[loona]

just asking because i don't know.

[jroden]

no, the issue is the mud and crap builds up quickly under the brake arch and brings the bike to a halt. You need big tires and they won't fit on that bike. It's a road bike with a few tweaks, but it would be silly to try and race cross on it. Cross is a real equipment wrecker sport, no need to get some nice bike like that out on the pitch.

Who the heck needs a special bike to bomb down dirt roads? Any old road bike is fine for that stuff. They come up with the goofiest crap to market to people.

[Sizzle-Chest]

And for $6,000 you could buy a much better cross bike and have money left to buy a road bike, if that's the goal.

[loona]

i was looking at the 1200.00 model
with iso tech

i want to build the carbon Chinese cyclocross bike

[atpjunkie]

And for $6,000 you could buy a much better cross bike and have money left to buy a road bike, if that's the goal.

2 3,000 bikes

or 2 $2000 bikes and another $1000 in extra wheels and tires