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Motocross vs Cyclocross - What's the difference?

motocross | cyclocross |

As nouns the difference between motocross and cyclocross

is that motocross is a form of off-road motorbike racing while cyclocross is (cycling) a form of bicycle racing consisting of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles and requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike whilst navigating the obstruction and remount in one motion.

motocross

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A form of off-road motorbike racing.
  • An event where such racing takes place

    • Synonyms

    * scrambling

    External links

    * ("motocross" on Wikipedia) ----

    cyclocross

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia cyclocross)
  • (cycling) A form of bicycle racing consisting of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles and requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike whilst navigating the obstruction and remount in one motion.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=July 15, author=George Vecsey, title=Nod to the Past Stirs Memories of a Friend, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Roby was an old cyclocross champion from the ’40s, a rugged man built for traversing the bumps and ruts of off-road competition, but he had also ridden in the Tour for several years. }}