Crossnaics Expand to Hawaii

Welcome Matt…he’s representing all the way from Hawaii

The Evershed

oh baby….

Corcorn Race 2

Fall was over quickly this year. Woke up by my 4 year old the night before the race at 3am to see snow coming down sideways. Had a feeling it was going to be a fun weekend of racing. Fitness is not where it needs to be judging by my results but love drifting the wheels through the slippery stuff.  Erik P

Corcoran A Race – Mud, Snow, Sweat, and Gears and a Podium

A good day. Snow on the ground at the start turned into greasy mud. I usually am not a fan of “epic” conditions, but now with the right tire choice they suit me. The Dugast Rhinos stuck like velcro and shed mud like Pam. It was a race of attrition. Who could stay up right and who didn’t have a mechanical. I got a crappy start, but just kept plugging away and ended up 12th overall and 3rd in 35+.

Jared….AKA Wah

Pics stolen from.F/Go

Cyclocross Nationals Registration Opens Tonight

Cyclocross Nationals Registration Opens Tonight
Online registration will open the weekend of October 10th.

Masters registration (Cyclo-cross age 30 and up, men and women) will open at 12:01 AM EDT, Saturday October 10, 2009.

All other categories will open at 12:01 AM EDT on Monday October 12, 2009.

Late registration will begin at 12:01 AM EDT November 19, 2009. The schedule of late fees are as follows:

Juniors and Collegiate will be an additional $15.00
All others will be an additional $25.00.

Cyclo Cross Crusade team competition standings update

Uh oh. Looks like we tumbled a few spots. HTFU. That is all.

This is still for fun. And subject to computer verification and paid dues.

Candi

1    Hammer Velo    58
2    Sorella Forte    62
3    Cyclepath Racing      72
4    mountain  View Cycles    90
5    River City Bicycles      96
6    bicycleattorney    104
7    Portland Velo    121
8    Specialized/River City Bicycles    142
9    Team S&M    152
10    Sunnyside Sports    170
11    Gentle Lovers      180
12    Team Lazy Tarantulas    220
13    Tireless Velo      236
14    Yakima Bike Vigilantes    239
15    Bend Bike and Sport    243
16    Ironclad Performance Wear    247
17    webcyclery    247
18    BBC    324
19    Showers Pass    324
20    Artisan Family Racing    364
21    Team Beer    386
22    Pacific Power/Blue Sky    396
23    Veloce    405
24    Therapeutic Associates Cycling/GENR8      409
25    Team Rose City    428
26    filth & Fury    442
27    Half Fast Velo      462
28    Guinness cycling    479
29    Revolver Cascadia    541
30    Bike City Racing    553
31    Team Oregon    560
32    Cyclecone    561
33    Hutch’s    580
34    Grundelbruiser    584
35    Capitol Subaru Cycling    607
36    Word/RCB    632
37    Super Relax    634
38    Signal Cycles    636
39    Veloforma    641
40    Organic Athlete    657
41    Staccato Gelato    664
42    DeSalvo Custom cycles    668
43    The Royal Family    676
44    Pacificpedaling.com    680
45    Vanilla Workshop-Speedvagen Racing    695
46    HUP United    704
47    Veloshop    704
48    HTFU    706
49    NoMad Race Club    716
50    Team Awesome    761
51    Portland Bicycle Studio      762
52    Ten Guys Named Alex    766
53    NoLimitz/ICE    769
54    Capitol Velo    786
55    Chinook cycling    788
56    Motordome    792
57    Hudz/Subaru    806
58    Bridgetown Velo    811
59    Buy Local    815
60    Hank Built    816
61    Team Dirt    817
62    OSU    836
63    Finnegan’s Toys    858
64    Green Submarine Records    859
65    Rapha Racing    859
66    Pdxcross    869
67    Ruckus Test Team    872
68    Bike Gallery    875
69    PSU    886
70    HP Chiro    892
71    Waterfront Bikes    893
72    Southtown Velo    895
73    Team cthulhu    898
74    CAPA Cycling    905
75    Flywheel Bicycle    908
76    Coffee Plant    910
77    Bike Central    913
78    Fred Meyer    918
79    Land Rover-ORBEA Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation      922

80    Eye Health NW    930
81    Landshark    935
82    Courage Cycles      938
83    3 Rivers Racing    943
84    IRA Ryan Cycles      945
85    rogue Bicycle Works    946
86    Exisistential Velo    960
87    Sprout Cycles    1008
88    Crossniacs    1013
89    Bob’s Red Mill    1016
90    Code 3 Racing    1020
91    Cedar Mill Velo    1024

Oregon Cyclocross Action: Alpenrose “Blind Date” #3

It was dark so there’s not much to say. I pretty much navigated by bumping into the cones– If I felt them bumping my left foot I drifted right; bumping on the right and I drifted left. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Jim had a bit of bad luck– a little chain suck resulted in a twisted chain.

Results will be posted in a day or two when OBRA makes them available. Next week we’re going to be all bling-blonged out with blinky lights and stuff.

Jim discovers that "just jammin' on it" doesn't fix chain problems.

Jim discovers that "just jammin' on it" does not fix chain problems.

Orono from the back of Mike’s seatpost

Cross Crusade 1

Bay Area Super Prestige #1 @ McLaren Park

The first round of BASP is always well attended, and this year was no exception – my race (Men’s B) had 77 finishers and Men’s C had 107(!). Insane.


photo © Cyclocross Magazine

This course absolutely KILLS me every year… no matter how good I feel leading into it or how well I do in the flatter races, the combination of massive elevation gain and my single-ring setup pushes every shortcoming to the surface and I usually end up getting spit out back by the end. But I’ll be damned if it’s not fun as hell, even if my result did get botched (this has become an annoyingly often occurrence in the last year). Big thanks go out to the Freewheel Hayes crew for letting me share their tent and Mark, Matt and Gabe of Squadra Ovest for providing me with a brat and recovery beer after the race.

Some media from around the web:

The HUGE run-up
sandy switchbacks on the upper portion of the course
teaching the young’ns a lesson – grab the dollar, don’t bunny-hop it
racing music

As always, there’s lots more pics and video @ NCNCA Racing blog.

- Nick in SF