I can’t tell you how excited I was to have this series end…I just wasn’t having fun. J-Bone, i_r_beej and Smitty made appearances during the series…only Brian (aka i_r_beej) raced just about every race.

As for me, I skipped 2 of the races due to extreme heat and overall wussiness. I volunteered for all 7 races so I could race for free. In general, I used the races to fine tune my bikes so trail riding would be more enjoyable. I rocked it singlespeed for 2 races and on the geared bike for 3.

The bikes looked different each race as I was constantly playing to find the best combination of parts that were comfortable and performed flawlessly. I’m look to get my bikes dialed in before ‘cross starts so I’m not messin around with them so much.

As far as race #7 went, the race was what I expected…hard. The course was super soft and really dusty. Things got off to a rocky start as the start loop was easier & shorter than everyone anticipated so we saw quite a bit of bottle-necking. This meant lots of yelling and rubbin’. Kristen (my gal) told me I looked like I was having fun so I guess that’s all that counts.

The Pac NW is excited to see the Cross Natz come to Bend, Oregon this year. In addition, there is a 10-week cyclocross skills clinic put on by uber-babe & Veloforma racer, Tina Brubaker as well as Vanilla/Portland Bicycle Studio’s pro ‘cross racer, Molly Cameron.

In addition to USGP in December and the nation’s largest ‘cross series, www.CrossCrusade.com; comes the addition of the the Pac NW’s first ever cyclocross stage race. For a calendar format of Oregon’s ‘cross race schedule, follow this link.

From the Pac NW AllStarz, peace.

-Buddhabelly on behalf of: