The video has Chris cutting about aboard his cyclocross bike, hitting roots, rocks and rivers at speed and  with more grip than anybody with fatter tyres would have a right to.

Meanwhile, whilst most of us like to tell ourselves we’d be hitting those lines quicker on our mountain bikes Chris goes and smashes some cyclocross trials. Well, it wouldn’t be a Chris Akrigg video if he didn’t cycle up a rock or two…

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