Distilled to its purest form, cyclocross is about two things:

(1) Pain. This is obvious to anyone who's ever lasted longer than 5 minutes in a 'cross race. It has all the anaerobic agony of a breakaway effort, but instead of being just a few short laps at the tail end of a criterium, it lasts a whole wicked hour. And unlike the mystic-like calm you can derive from the steady, repetitive nature of a high-speed paceline, the complete lack of rhythm to a cross race (pedal, dismount, run, jump, coast, curse, repeat) makes it impossible to regulate the depth of your suffering.

(2) Ridley. No company has a closer association with the black art of cyclocross than Ridley. They're Belgium's best-known, best-loved bike brand, and no country is more serious about their 'cross than Belgium. More 'cross races of note have been won on Ridleys in the last 5 years than every other bike brand combined. 5 of the last 6 cyclocross World Championships have been won on Ridleys, and 4 straight (2001-2004) were won on the Ridley Supercross. When you're looking for supreme performance from your 'cross bike without shattering your bank account, no bike delivers more than the Supercross.

The heart and soul of the Supercross is its featherlight scandium tubeset. The incorporation of scandium into the base aluminum alloy of the Supercross enables Ridley to build it with ultra-thin wall thickness without compromising its impact strength or longevity. At a weight of 1.35kg, you end up with a frame weight that rivals what you get in the monocoque carbon X-Night 'cross frame, not to mention esteemed road racing frames like the Colnago C50. Sub-1400g for a 'cross frame is astonishing, and when you combine it with the fact that scandium is also widely loved for the fact that it provides a smoother ride than any other aluminum alloy on the market, it's proof of why the Supercross is the standard against which all other alloy 'cross frames are measured.

The Supercross comes standard with the Ridley 4ZA Python monocoque full-carbon fiber fork -- the same fork that gives the X-Night such tremendous handling on even the most technical courses. It matches the Supercross' 4ZA carbon fiber seatstay that further adds to the smoothness provided by the scandium tubing. It's available in even sizes from 48cm-60cm in a striking White with Blue highlights. It also comes with an FSA integrated 1-1/8" headset. It requires a 31.6mm seatpost, a 34.9mm front derailleur. It has a 5-year warranty from manufacturing defect.

2008 Ridley Supercross Pricing
	Frameset	Record / Chorus	Centaur / Dura Ace	Ultegra SL / Red	Force / Rival
Supercross	$1399	3804 / 3436	2926 / 3733	3023 / 3730	3088 / 2751

2008 Ridley Supercross Geometry

Seat Tube c-c	Seat Tube c-t	Top Tube	Head Tube	Seat Angle	Head Tube Angle
48.0	52.0	51.5	11.5	74.0	72.5
50.0	52.0	52.0	12.5	73.5	72.0
52.0	56.0	53.5	14.5	73.0	72.0
54.0	58.0	54.5	16.5	73.0	72.0
56.0	60.0	56.0	18.5	73.0	72.0
58.0	62.0	57.5	20.5	73.0	72.0
60.0	64.0	58.5	22.5	73.0	72.0