Goldstream Sports Fairbanks Alaska

Cross Racing looks sweet

Over the last couple of days Joel and I have seen some amazing racing and some very cool bikes and components.  We both got our first dose of cross racing and are hooked and want to get into it as soon as possible.  Cross racing is about going very hard and then around a few tight corners and then hitting a couple of barriers where you have to leap off your bike. Once you leap off the bike you throw the frame over your shoulder and sprint at full speed up the hills and over the barriers.  At the end of the barrier section the rider then has to remount the bike with a flying leap that lands them back on the saddle again and pedaling at full speed.  We had a great time watching all of the races and trying to figure out a new sport.

For the future it would be great to do some cross racing in Fairbanks.  We have the fall bike season before the ski season that we could have an amazing season of fun action.

Check out the crowds...

Check out this amazing looking cross bike if you are into a carbon and bamboo mix.  I saw a couple of really amazing bamboo bikes, they were light and supposedly have a very smooth ride.  This one below has a full bamboo frame and all the joints are wrapped with carbon to hold all the tubing together.  In the end it is stunning. I wish I could have ridden one. just to see how Bamboo actually rides.  I guess I will have to get a cross bike now to be able to ride in our cross series.  I don’t think you will be seeing a lot of bamboo frames out and about since every single frame has to be hand built one at a time and totally custom they are not cheap.  At least some lucky people are able to make them and allow the rest of us to look at and admire.

bamboo single speed.

This is a single speed belt drive bamboo bike. amazing…

Bamboo steel lugs, this has steel lugs, bamboo tubing, and a drive shaft to totally get away with a chain or belt.

More to come later…Tyson