 This is really what CX is normally like, the skill involved in jumping off the bike on that sharp bend is rather good!
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 It looks pretty intense how long do races last?
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Usually only an hour or so, and courses tend to be a loose figure of 8 shape, with a pit area, the top guys will have spare bikes, to swap mid lap so one can be cleaned. Must admit I've never actually done it, always say 'next year...'
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 Usually only an hour or so An hour plus a lap is the norm. So the exact length depends how fast you are. Real short courses, lots of laps, fast, running. It's really, really hard work - I'm more of a fan of "recreational" cyclo-cross myself 
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I think I could handle that for an hour, now who's going to lend me a bike? 
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Well I've got a Kinesis 4T, sell you the frame/fork, then I can get that Yeti
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Hmm...I'm thinking of the Tricross sport but the Mrs will kill me, it has carbon seatstays. (the bike not my mrs )
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 sorry , but i really dont get it isnt it like trying to eat peas with a knife? or go off roading in a ferrari?
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I had a Tricross before the Kinesis, it's heavy, heavier than my Epic in fact, but virtually bombproof! Very high front end too, which was the actual reason I flogged mine, just couldn't get on with the geometry.
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 Your 'Mrs' hates bikes with carbon seatstays?
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 Genius Nick... best clip in ages - plus a great Tomac shot - and a beautiful yeti - best Bikemagic selection in years!
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 The fist clip had me LMAO! That guy who goes ovetr the top, after collecting his bike trots off! Second clip, I can feel my lungs exploding!
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I just don't see the point. why would you want to ride a road bike offrroad? and I don't care what you say they ARE road bike with slightly better brakes thats all
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 I was once riding the Apedale Road (W-E) when I met a bunch of riders coming from the other direction. The leader was on a cross bike, caning his mates on their MTBs (uphill). I don't care what you say they ARE road bike with slightly better brakes thats all Or a rigid 29er with slightly worse brakes....?
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 why would you want to ride a road bike offroad? Well for a start they do predate MTB's, so when cyclocross started its wasn't like there was another option. Secondly, within the confines of a cyclocross track, they are faster. Many events allow mtbs to compete, and its not unknown for them to win, but generally cyclocross bikes have the edge. Finally - and this is the driver behind the current surge in popularity - cyclocross bikes actually make a lot of sense. Not as offroaders per se, more as super tough road bikes. Using a car analogy, road bikes are like racing cars - extremely fast but fragile, usable only on good roads. Mtbs are like 4x4s, tough and versatile, but lacking performance. That would make a cyclocrosser a rally car - some slight offroad ability coupled with much of a road racers performance. Why does this matter? Well if you wanted a super fast, rugged commuter something like the Specialised Tricross or Kona Jake makes a lot of sense. Indeed, many of the cheaper cross frames are deliberately makes with mudguard and rack bosses for exactly this reason. Such a bike could handle potholes, and the occasional shortcut along a towpath better than a road bike, whist being faster than an mtb. All that said, I too fail to see the point of those who buy race bred (ie no bosses) crossers and then don't race them.....
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they may predate the mtb but things move on and cx bikes are out of date. the are a morris minor in a world of WRC cars
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