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platbr
10-07-2010, 01:41 PM
CYCLOCROSS! The 24 Hour Comic Book (aka The Little Golden Book of Cross).

http://slonie.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/cx-comic/

This is a work of pure genius. Enjoy.
Steve in SLO
10-07-2010, 01:48 PM
Perfect!
Thanks for posting that. :beer:
BengeBoy
10-07-2010, 02:02 PM
excellent
bigflax925
10-07-2010, 02:16 PM
Love it!

And I don't even race cross... yet.
LiteFM
10-07-2010, 02:28 PM
http://slonie.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/cx17.jpg?w=478&h=640

Hah! I'm in the process of converting (taking off all the retro grouch stuff) an older Bridgestone RB-T to a CX bike to race Staten Island cross this year. I hope Grant would approve. This is quite inspirational. I wish someone made a 1" threadless carbon CX fork!
Slonie
10-07-2010, 02:41 PM
I'm glad you guys all like it! I'm listening to everything people say about it, and will probably start adding some pages soon... :D

(also, hi everyone! I'm glad to have contributed something besides buying stuff out of the classifieds now..) :beer:
BengeBoy
10-07-2010, 02:43 PM
I'm glad you guys all like it! I'm listening to everything people say about it, and will probably start adding some pages soon... :D

(also, hi everyone! I'm glad to have contributed something besides buying stuff out of the classifieds now..) :beer:

I said excellent, above, but since you are reading this I just wanted you to know I think it's *really* excellent. Great writing.
rcnute
10-07-2010, 02:52 PM
http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2010/10/spending-power-whos-1.html
AFS
10-07-2010, 03:00 PM
That was some fun reading...now I need to get a cx bike.
Great job Slonie!
platbr
10-07-2010, 03:21 PM
I'm glad you guys all like it! I'm listening to everything people say about it, and will probably start adding some pages soon... :D

There is so much truth in this. Love it. My favs:

1. CX bike + balls = mountain bike.

2. CX bike + slicks = road bike.

3. TIP: don't let your friend stop at a drive-thru with your bike atop the car. "Did you hear that?" "Clang?"

Last week, I had to build my friend a new rear wheel after driving his Ti Cycles through the McDonald's drive thru at 6:15 am, on our way to CX practice here in Seattle.
Slonie
10-07-2010, 03:30 PM
TIP: don't let your friend stop at a drive-thru with your bike atop the car. "Did you hear that?" "Clang?"

Last week, I had to build my friend a new rear wheel after driving his Ti Cycles through the McDonald's drive thru at 6:15 am, on our way to CX practice here in Seattle.

Ouch! Luckily the 'warning clang' stopped us before he got all the way into the drive through... :crap:

As you can imagine, everything in the comic comes from personal experience (well, besides the part about riding over an active volcano...)
fiamme red
10-07-2010, 03:38 PM
That was great. I enjoyed every panel. :)

If you're interested to know what cyclocross looked like 80 years ago, don't forget to check out Joel Metz's site:

http://www.blackbirdsf.org/cx/

Eugene Cristophe's advice about cyclocross:

http://www.blackbirdsf.org/cx/christopheoncx.html
Slonie
10-07-2010, 04:56 PM
That was great. I enjoyed every panel. :)

If you're interested to know what cyclocross looked like 80 years ago, don't forget to check out Joel Metz's site:

http://www.blackbirdsf.org/cx/

Eugene Cristophe's advice about cyclocross:

http://www.blackbirdsf.org/cx/christopheoncx.html

I must reiterate that these are both must-reads... Hence its inclusion as one of the only three "to learn more" links included in the comic!

My 'history' page wouldn't exist without the information from Joel's page, and I wish I had gone back to more eloquently relate the "spirit is the same" feeling that I got from reading Eugene Christophe's article.
dogdriver
10-07-2010, 05:19 PM
Sweet. I forwarded it on to a local buddy with a soft spot for CX who runs a cycling blog.
Slonie
10-08-2010, 12:58 PM
Sweet. I forwarded it on to a local buddy with a soft spot for CX who runs a cycling blog.

Thank you very much! Enough people have seen this now that the pressure is on to make it better!
Dekonick
10-08-2010, 03:57 PM
Hehe!

That was great!

Makes me actually want to race - just for the hell of it... and I don't race. :beer:
Slonie
10-14-2010, 01:34 AM
Hehe!

That was great!

Makes me actually want to race - just for the hell of it... and I don't race. :beer:

Thank you very much, that's a meaningful endorsement! Don't come after me too hard once you realize it hurts... ;)

SIDE NOTE: I've started to draw for my CrossVegas/Interbike report...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/5079301589_5bd833280e_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/slonie/5079301589/

Not sure where I'm going with it, but I thought people who liked the comic would like this too.
rwsaunders
10-14-2010, 06:08 AM
Nice post.