Chris Horner’s Cyclocross Essentials

Dec 14 2009

So now that the domestic ‘cross season has (more or less) wrapped up, it’s time to reflect. Did things not go as well as you’d planned? Did the big investment in equipment and training still not pay off on the results sheet?

We at Cyclocosm think that, next season, you could benefit from a better approach:

[right-click for iTunes-compatible download]

There’s also a version on YouTube and a more-or-less complete list of source material.

And we also have t-shirts and a variety of other Cyclocross Essentials merchandise.

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29 Responses to “Chris Horner’s Cyclocross Essentials”

  1. Jon Shea December 14, 2009 at 1:59 am #

    Amazing, Cosmo.

  2. EDnl December 14, 2009 at 9:11 am #

    Fantastico! Thanks for the laugh. (One thing: crowd control is by Bart Wellens, not Erwin Vervecken).

  3. ryank December 14, 2009 at 9:16 am #

    This is fantastic. I really want Erwin Vervecken’s Guide to Crowd Control.

  4. Al December 14, 2009 at 9:28 am #

    Gold!

  5. Brayt December 14, 2009 at 10:02 am #

    Excellent work Cosmo.

  6. cosmo December 14, 2009 at 11:23 am #

    Gah! No wonder it was so hard to Google. My apologies to both racers.

  7. iamtedking December 14, 2009 at 11:42 am #

    Please pardon my near swearing, but that was freakin’ hilarious. I love the Angry Pirate and Are These Fake Yet?

  8. Hulkster December 14, 2009 at 1:15 pm #

    Brilliant.

  9. Jake December 14, 2009 at 3:12 pm #

    So that’s Bart Wellens, not Erwin Vervecken?

  10. LeGimpe December 14, 2009 at 3:42 pm #

    Karate Kid Bart Wellens

  11. DJ December 14, 2009 at 5:00 pm #

    great work!

  12. Nick December 14, 2009 at 6:37 pm #

    Nice!! Just paypaled my money over. Hope this helps me improve as much as my zipps.

  13. Anonymous December 14, 2009 at 6:38 pm #

    That’s funny, you’re making fun of Chris Horner and you don’t even know what the 3 time World Champion looks like.

  14. cosmo December 14, 2009 at 7:13 pm #

    First of all, Wellens and Vervecken don’t exactly look night-and-day different.

    Secondly, it’s not like the kick picture is a particularly clear shot of Wellens’s face. The source image I used even has text on it identifying the kicker as Wellens right on it—I just mis-remembered who the kicker was from 2005 and never bothered to check.

  15. dave December 14, 2009 at 11:52 pm #

    A+++++ would buy again

  16. Anonymous December 15, 2009 at 1:37 am #

    Yeah, Belgians, they all look alike. Misremembered? Pulling out the Clemens defence, you must be from Boston.

  17. project letour December 15, 2009 at 2:07 am #

    tres bon!

  18. Anonymous December 15, 2009 at 5:23 am #

    the step and hop haha

  19. rainbow December 15, 2009 at 5:37 am #

    I don’t get it, why is chris cross?

  20. CD December 15, 2009 at 7:49 am #

    I love the people who disregard the greatness of this video only to point out that they are true superfans and are disgusted that you would confuse Wellens and VerVecken…people like this are why motorists try to hit us on our rides.

  21. elanoregon December 15, 2009 at 7:25 pm #

    Genius. Thanks for the laugh. I regularly use all these moves on the course and, yes, at the Disco.

  22. LDR December 17, 2009 at 1:33 am #

    “. . . people like this are why motorists try to hit us on our rides.”

    Great line! Can I steal it?

  23. sean December 17, 2009 at 9:07 pm #

    that anonymous guy is real tough with the anonymous name

  24. League December 21, 2009 at 1:42 pm #

    Almost as good as the “Performance” video from MC Spandex.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn29DvMITu4

  25. sausageparty January 6, 2010 at 3:51 pm #

    Wellens, schmellens, for some real real punchy action trawl around video sites for Richard Groenendaal giving it to spectators on different sides of the course. He’s got a good right cross for a skinny biker. Vervecken is taller than Wellens and would have struggled to maintain balance whilst administering the roundhouse kick. Bart’s low centre of gravity paid dividends in this instance. That and some fast releasing pedals….

  26. santiago benites December 16, 2010 at 1:51 am #

    Sorry, but you ruined it in mistaking Wellens for Vervecken. It wasn’t bad up to that point, but parody has to get the facts straight to be funny. Your excuse really didn’t help the cause much either :(

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