What is Cyclocross?

For those of you out there that read posts about cyclocross and wonder what all the fuss is about, here are some videos that I found that will help illustrate what it is and why it is so addictive, while at the same time making you want to vomit.

Here is a definition of cyclocross that I used in an old post last year:

It's the least understood but most emphatically enjoyed faction of cycling. It's mud-bogging, sand-squirming, barrier-hopping, wet-grass-slipping, steep-pitch-scrambling fun.

It will make you want to puke. It will make you want to fall over. It will make you feel alive, and once your heart rate comes down, you'll want to do it again.

It's called Cyclocross, and it's like no other cycling discipline (but somewhat like all of them).

On to the videos.
Right-click and open this in a new window:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJkzC1JFrkw

Right-click and open this in a new window:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UTsv53qDTQ

This one is a little bit long and silly, but it starts to hit on why it is so addictive:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_W8AsilPMM

Here is one taken at a local race in Seattle last season. I was racing that day, but I don't think you see me in the video.

Seattle Cyclocross - South Seatac from Jeff Evans on Vimeo.