‘Cross Off Course Grooming

The promoters of Thursday’s ‘Cross Off the Old Year race at Stump Park put in a full day of grooming/snow removal. The City of Shawnee (co-sponsor of the event) brought out the heavy machinery to assist. The 2.5 KM course will get some additional grooming tomorrow. A chance of snow means at minimum some more… Continue reading ‘Cross Off Course Grooming

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Holiday Week Starts THIS Week

The Belgians are polishing off “Christmas Week” of cyclocross. We in KC start a few days later with our “Holiday Week” of CX events: December 31st, bring your party hats for the second edition of ‘Cross Off The Old Year. The race will be held at Stump Park in Shawnee, a fresh venue for cyclocross… Continue reading Holiday Week Starts THIS Week

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Livestrong Army

It’s the time of year for unveiling new teams, new kits, roster changes. Click on the attachment for details and mission of the Livestrong Army Cycling Team.

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A Series Of Series

Click on the attachment below for final series results for the Boss Cross events. Series racing continues with 3 more events in Series60cx. And if you want to compare to the DeStad Van Kansas Cyclocross races that ended earlier, go here.

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Guru’s Grinder

Need some miles? Great for staying tuned for the rest of the cyclocross season, starting your base, or beating cabin fever: Check out these mixed media rides, starting Sunday Dec. 20th.

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2010 Mountain Bike Racing

It’s healthy! Click on the attachment for the United Federation of Dirt’s big offroad schedule. Two states full of Mountain bike races.

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Dirty Tire Talk

Confession. I work for Vittoria. Confession. I love their road tires. Confession. Last year I thought their Cyclocross tires needed some work. Starting this 2009-2010 season, the designers at Vittoria did some major reworking of the cyclocross tires. The three models: file tread XN, All purpose XG, and made for mud XM all come in… Continue reading Dirty Tire Talk

MoKan CX Winter Races

Yup, you can head North for cyclocross this weekend near St. Louis: Concordia Christmas Cross or catch several races in the Kansas City area betwwen New Year’s Eve and January 10th. Get your veldrijden on!

Bad Goat Barnyard

Manhattan did the nice thing for locals unable to go to Bend by duplicating the weather conditions as closely as possible. The Bad Goat folks put together a twisty turny snowy icy muddy flume ride. Excellent warm registration and changing area, nine gallons of chili and beer rounded out the perks. The localcycling news team… Continue reading Bad Goat Barnyard

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