My first West Coast post
I recently moved to the home of cyclocross that is Portland. I’ve heard of the epicness that it brings and I’ve done a few races here in the past..but now I’ll be reporting and racing from PDX.
My first race of the season was the Molly Cameron Grand Prix
I raced in the A race today in 35+.. got the holeshot and got into a groove..too hot for cyclocross but I managed to get 4th place. The bike rode awesome, but I cracked a wheel on a rock.
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- Jared Roy
Oregon cyclocross action: Halloween race!
This past weekend in Astoria, Oregon (Goonies R Good Enuf!) saw plenty of cyclocross fun. Unfortunately Mother Nature has not been kind to the PacNW AllStarz. Will turned into beef brisket and wasn’t able to attend (get well, Will!), Guy caught some nasty bug, and despite deploying some good ol’ HTFU, wasn’t able to finish his race. I’m dealing with a crappy sinus infection so every bump and rut on the course felt like electric shocks jolting through my upper teeth. Plus the previous week’s inactivity while dealing with the worst of the illness left me with nothing to give in my legs and lungs. (Hey– I don’t mean to sound like I’m whining.)
It fell to Jim to give a good account for the Crossniacs.
He put in a solid ride and scored a decent mid-pack finish, just missing the bell lap. Good show Jim!
Photos of costumed madness to come in a day or two…
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 92280 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" does not fix chain problems.