Wiggle CX Century – Preparing the Bike

Paul Horta-Hopkins

To ride the Wiggle CX Century, here’s how I went about Preparing the Bike

If you’re going to cover one hundred miles off road, what would be your first choice of bike? A fully suspended 29er? Classic 26″ hardtail? Or a cylo-cross bike?

If you were the organiser of the Wiggle CX Century then you would have chosen the ‘cross bike and decided that there are plenty of other riders out there that were willing to have a go as well!

I put my name down for this first official, ‘cross bikes only, attempt on the South Downs Way in a day. In my last article Wiggle CX Century Preparing the Body, I covered the kind of training needed to get your body in shape for the CX Century, but what can you do to your ride to make it as efficient and comfortable on the day…? Read More >