This phrase starts flying around once this time of year arrives.
Are you ready for the coming season?
What kind of season will this year be?
Aiming for a higher category than last year, thinking this is the year to stand on the All-Japan stage, or perhaps it's a personal challenge. Every racer standing at the starting line has their own thoughts.
That season is just around the corner once again this year.
And, with the season fast approaching, a new bike has been completed. A CX bike, of course.
A Holeshot Disc painted in BreadWinner's new standard color, "Anthracite".
The new bike for a CRC member who participated in the Rapha Prestige Niseko.
He is a tough rider who, during the Prestige, broke his rear derailleur on gravel, but performed an emergency repair to switch to single-speed and finished the race. This bike, which demonstrates its power not only in CX races but also on gravel, will take him to a new world once again.
Yes, racing is fun.
But riding a CX bike changes how you enjoy winter in ways beyond just racing.
A little snow doesn't matter, and the thrill of cyclocross is being able to go wherever you want to go, whether it's paved or unpaved. Come to think of it, I was the same way. There are roads I only came to know because I rode a cross bike. There are views I only saw because I rode a cross bike.
That season has arrived once again this year.