Brian Johnson

Don't do a thing to your mountain bike to make it more suitable for
cyclocross.

I raced my first season of CX on my MTB-- the only thing I did was
buy a pair of inexpensive ($15 each) 1.25 knobby tires. My 2.5 tires
were just grabbing too much mud.

Before the season was even over I had vowed to buy a real cyclocross
bike for the next season. And I did. You will too! :)

You'll just be wasting your money on the fork, wheels, etc. Save that
for a real cyclocross bike. Seriously-- for the price of a rigid
fork, wheels, tires, and a cassette, you could probably buy a used CX
bike or put a good down-payment on a new bike.

See you at the races!

-Brian

> I'm interested in dabbling in cross, but I don't pop for a cross-
> specific bike quite yet. I do have a mt. bike with a suspension
> front fork. Could it be modified to be sufficient for cross - say
> fixed fork, lighter and narrower wheels, tighter gear cluster, ?

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