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A race is a 45-60 minute circuit race that takes place on a short loop.
It takes between 5 and 10 minutes to complete one lap.
The course is a mixture of grass, dirt, asphalt, and hopefully mud and snow.
The racer's route includes several forced dismounts and running sections. Dismounts are created with barriers that are 15-20 inches high and are placed in sets of 2 to 4.
To maintain speed, riders will approach a set of barriers at full speed, dismount and begin running while lifting their bikes and jumping over the barriers.
They then set down their bikes, remount on the fly, and resume pedaling.
The bikes are usually somewhere in weight between a road bike and a light XC mountain bike they need to be as light as possible because of the significant amount of lifting and carrying of the bike that is required over the course.
Front shocks are very rare, since most courses have very little in the way of rocky or rooty sections, and they would add too much weight.
Pedals are often double-sided clipless SPD style, used with off-road shoes that sometimes have spikes or knobs under the toes to improve traction in slippery running conditions.
... amazingly painful discipline of cycling.
In the beginning it was intended for road cyclists interested in training and racing during the winter off-season in Europe.
In countries like Belgium, France, Holland, Italy and Switzerland, it enjoys tremendous popularity.
Many racers focus their season on it as their main racing format.
In the United States the popularity of it has been uncertain in recent years, making it difficult to find a race - many Americans have never even heard of the sport...and Estonians too
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