Hmmm....we just had this discussion on my running club's boards. From one of our cyclists:<br><br>
"A cyclocross bike is like a mountain bike with bigger tires. Kind of.<br><br>
The cyclocross has the brake system of a mountain bike-cantilever or disk giving more clearance between the tire and frame/brakes but uses the 700 mm wheels/tires of a road bike instead of the smaller diameter 26" mountain bike wheels and tires. The cyclocross also has the drop style handle bars of a road bike instead of the straight bars of a mountain bike.<br><br>
Plus, the frame of the cross bike is a little beefier, to take some offroad abuse, than that of a road bike<br><br>
So, if a road bike and mountain bike were able to have sex <img alt="shock.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/shock.gif"> , I guess this is what their offspring would look like."<br><br>
JR or Ronbo will have more technical details.
"A cyclocross bike is like a mountain bike with bigger tires. Kind of.<br><br>
The cyclocross has the brake system of a mountain bike-cantilever or disk giving more clearance between the tire and frame/brakes but uses the 700 mm wheels/tires of a road bike instead of the smaller diameter 26" mountain bike wheels and tires. The cyclocross also has the drop style handle bars of a road bike instead of the straight bars of a mountain bike.<br><br>
Plus, the frame of the cross bike is a little beefier, to take some offroad abuse, than that of a road bike<br><br>
So, if a road bike and mountain bike were able to have sex <img alt="shock.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/shock.gif"> , I guess this is what their offspring would look like."<br><br>
JR or Ronbo will have more technical details.
