Cyclocross, what I hear you say is that?  Well it is a cross between a mountain bike and a road bike but looks like a road bike.  It is a road bike frame with disc brakes (like a mountain bike) and fatter tyres.

I am lucky enough to have a bamboo bike that was made by my good friend, James Wolf in Vietnam.  Their company grows the bamboo there and he makes the frames.  Niels was my bike mechanic and kitted it out for me.  Now, what would a bike be without a name, introducing Bam Bam:).Here is their website and the Fat bikes are awesome.  http://boobicycles.com/

It was Bike Week in Brisbane last week and they had some events and one of them was a come and try cyclocross, so off I went.

It was held in the middle of the old velodrome and was like an obstacle course with logs, ramps and small fences that you had to get off your bike and lift it over.  I had my own personal photograph who captured the event.

It was also a fancy dress and Batman made an appearance. 

The highlight of the night was watch Robbie McEwen competing who is a triple winner of the Points classification, Green Jersey, in the Tour de France was arguably the fastest sprinter in the world. He is on the far left of the photo below.  

I had a great time out there and it is harder than it looks, not only the skill required but all the fitness as you are accelerating and braking all the time.