With the amount of abuse dealt to a bike in the event, I think a steel cyclocross frame is the way to go. I’m not saying that just because I build with steel, but because it has certain properties and lends itself to abuse in a way that aluminum and carbon don’t.
Strengths of a Steel Cyclocross Frame
Durability is a necessary thing in CX, unless you’re a pro who can afford to lose a rac…
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Steel Cyclocross
Mmmmm….Steeeeeel.
So I’ll be bluntly honest with you — when I started learning the craft of framebuilding, I owned exactly one steel bike and it was the first I’d owned in, quite literally, more than a decade. That bike, a Surly Cross-Check, has since been stripped down and the frameset sold in order to fund stuff for this little business of mine. My fleet was that, two scandium Salsas, and a Cervelo P2C…
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