Video: Shralping & Sending Downhill on Orange's Cyclocross Racer

 No excuses, just ride!

 Because he can

 Why not? It's a bike. Just because it doesn't have suspension and isn't long, low and slack doesn't mean it won't go down 90% of the trails people ride on mountain bikes.

 To prove to the world that bike parks are not paved paths as the critics claim but rather they're slightly rougher, compact dirt paths!

 Lol yeah, I didn’t see a single bump or rut

 there is a lot of beer on regular cx you might like it.

 www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNPpKrt9qPk
Here's Yoann hitting some more techy trail and skinnies on one.

 I've done a similar trail but with less log features and more roots on my gravel bike. Its an absolute rocket and a blast to do for about 18 minutes, then everything starts hurting. lol

 I've raced almost every discipline of mtb and road and I'd rank cyclocross as the most difficult out of the bunch.

 You should try some norcal CX and/or Gravel courses sometime... tech with no suspension while in the red for an hour...

Not all CX is a hike in the mud.

And even those are harder than most any trail ride / XC race I've done.

Have fun with 160mm of travel on ya flow trail byeee

 @dontcoast: I knew some folks would get bent out of shape over this, but ive seen more than enough crossbike videos of people riding laps/carrying their bikes around grassy fields/ silly obstacle courses. I even own a cross bike and love riding gravel in norcal. But cross country mountain bikes are far better suited for this kind of riding. It seems like a silly half measure for folks who dont want to ride real trail. I've also ridden with many roadies who refuse to ride anything on a trail that resembles a mountain bike as if there's some badge of honor that comes with riding something inefficient. We'll have to agree to disagree.

 Its actually a lot of fun after 18 beers.

 @IsaacO:

You're not wrong, I'm just being sassy...yes, cross bikes get ridden by timid riders on roads, by racer purists, by crazies in inappropriate situations, and that's ok. Ride what you got wherever you want. Silly obstacle courses while hyperventilating included.

When I grab my CX/gravel freakbike to hit a sweet trail, it's because i'm pedaling 30 miles of road to get there. Or doing a 30 minute paved climb workout with a fun firerroad/flow descent. Wanna do that on your XC bike? Go for it.

 @dontcoast: gonna take my cross bike the long way home from work today in your honor haha. i fully concur about rides that include long pavement sections. To me that's the genius of a crossbike and why i bought one. and they are remarkably capable, as my original comment states. Im sure there's bad ass cross races out there...but this video puts a lot of cross races to shame ( my only point)

 @IsaacO: yea this video puts any cross race to shame. And agree the bikes are way more capable than many CX courses demand.

Just sayin' that they ain't all snoozefests with grassy laps. Some of my recent faves - the people you're making fun of were crashing and running those days:

www.instagram.com/p/Bamkiidls50/?taken-by=hellaboris
www.instagram.com/p/-IVSpEQ9xY/?taken-by=dontcoast

PS have a fun ride!

 Seriously, sometimes in CX it’s about risk management, sure I(we) could bunny hop or clear the feature on the bike, but after 30min in the red, you get off and run rather than risk a DNF especially when you doing good or worrying about points in your series @dontcoast:

 @TSR497: well aware. in this case ii think the discussion is more about the course quality (i.e. having rideable technical stuff, not just grass lap->barrier-grasslap)

 Variety my friend...variety is the spice of life. Why would one ride a road bike anyway when mountain bikes are more fun? Why would one canoe when they obviously should be kayaking as it's faster? If everybody did what WE like to do, well imagine all the 'variety' of people showing up at your local trailhead. Fun, no?

 i can almost see it...now the industry might try marketing 622mm/ 700c wheels for mtb's.

 Dropper post-ed