Cyclocross: a winter olympic sport

[jpembroke]

it'd be great, wouldn't it?

 

[Steve Austin]

Oh YES!!

 

[Dave5N]

In the snow?

 

[palinurus]

Why not?

 

[Dave5N]

BRRRRRRR cold

 

[jpembroke]

In the snow?

yeah, with studded tyres. It'd be hilarious.

 

[Dave5N]

Studded tyres are illegal. UCI Technical regulation 1.3.018

 

[palinurus]

Well, it'd be even more hilarious with non-studded tyres.

 

[Dave5N]

Somehow I don't think the UCI approves of hilarity, either...

 

[jpembroke]

Damn. But what the hell: it's a winter sport, isn't it? So, get it in the winter olympics. They could run it on the cross country skiing circuit.

 

[Pottsy]

At the same time as the skiers but in the opposite direction, that'd be funny.

 

[palinurus]

Couldn't find much on YouTube

 

[Dave5N]

Fascinating!

Only the first eleven seconds of that matter! The good guys, who were gridded high and got a quick start all made it. Because they had taken the corner BEFORE they hit the snow. It got more chaotic later when people were choosing more and more erratic lines. They went down when they corrected.

Make a good coaching film, that.

 

[jpembroke]

LOL! Did I hear some American dude shout: "oh my god, it's a rugby scrum!"

ha ha

love it. What a great sport.

 

[palinurus]

I also came across this one. I'm posting it because I like the fact the ambient sound has been retained and no music added.

More snowy cyclocross