The Bikes Determined - TBD's Equipment for Muddy CX
Cyclocross is a silly sport. We race on bikes and gear in conditions that road-adjacent bikes should never be put through. The thing is though, in cross, you can be at either end of the spectrum when it comes to gear. You can obsess over the tiniest of details or subscribe to “run what ya brung”, but at the end of the day does gear even matter when your jockey wheels look like the cover photo? So without further ado, here are the bike and gear choices (?) of the team from the wild weekend at Charm City Cyclocross 2022.
Yosef Fertel
Bike: Giant TCX
Pedal System: Shimano
Tires: What came with the bike. Maxxis All Terrane. Tubeless
Pressure: No idea. 22-23 psi maybe. Barb said it was okay.
Gearing: 40 11-40
Baker Donahue
Bike: Specialized Crux S-Works
Pedal System: Shimano
Tires: Maxxis Rambler 40mm, Tubeless
Pressure: 19
Gearing: 38 11-42
Matt Lloyd-Thomas
Bike: Cervelo Aspero
Pedals: Garmin Rally
Tires: Donnelly MXP, Tubeless
Pressure: What Emma set them at
Gearing: What came on the bike
Alvaro Soltero
Bike: Fuji Altamira CX
Pedal System: Shimano
Tires: Donnelly MXP, Tubeless
Pressure: Didn't measure
Gearing: 42 11-32
Rod Millot
Bike: Giant TCX 0 (the fanciest one)
Pedal System: Shimano
Tires: Challenge Grifo Hand Made Hard to Mount
Pressure: 25 day 1; didn’t end well; 30 second day
Gearing: 38 11-33
Diane Akerman
Bike: Specialized Crux
Pedal System: Shimano
Tires: Challenge Baby Limus, Tubeless
Pressure: 18ish
Gearing: 36/46 11-34
Ben Brown
Bike: Cannondale Supersix SE
Pedal System: Garmin Rally
Tires: Challenge Limus, Tubeless
Pressure: 28-30psi minus a tap or two
Gearing: 33/46 10-36
Scott Rettino
Bike: Giant TCX Advanced
Pedal System: Shimano
Tires: Challenge Baby Limus, Tubeless
Pressure: 20-25psi less a couple of taps
Gearing: 36/46 11-32
Lucia Deng
Bike: Cannondale Supersix EVO
Pedals: Garmin Rally
Tires: Challenge Baby Limus, Tubeless
Pressure: 19ish
Gearing: 38 10-44
Lisa Vandivort
Bike: Garneau Steeple
Pedal system: Shimano
Tires: Donelly PDX WC tubeless
Pressure: 18-19ish
Gearing: 34/48 x something too hard that I did one lap on and promptly decided not to race
Leah Goldberg
Bike: Specialized Crux
Pedal System: Time ATAC
Tires: Donnelly MXP, Tubeless
Pressure: 19ish
Gearing: 38 11-40
Barb Millot
Bike: Trek Crockett 5
Pedal System: Shimano
Tires: Day 1: Vittoria Mix Tubular; Day 2: Donnelly MXP, Tubeless
Pressure: around 18 - 20
Gearing: 40 11-32
Alex Malkin
Bike: Mosaic
Pedal System: Shimano
Tires: Clement MXP (they're old!), Tubeless
Pressure: ~32 in front, 17 in back (was trying to correct for leaking tires)
Gearing: 42 11-40
Day 1 Gallery - Scott
Day 2 Gallery - Baker
I am a New York City based cyclist formally from Melbourne. Races of less than an hour are my jam and I’m @wheresscott on the gram. You’ll find me taking photos to escape the accountant life and running through winter to escape the cold.
