Category: Kansas City

This just in to the news desk. The Swope Park Criterium scheduled for April 15th is being postponed (UPDATE: new date pending)  due to potential bad weather. Stay tuned.

Roadies, don’t miss this new event! Sunday April 15th is the Swope Park Criterium. A great course with a little bit of elevation change in one of the premier parks in the Midwest. Good prize list and part of the Womens Race KC Series. FLYER

Frigid temps, wind and flurries. None of those things were able to stop the area racing over the past weekend. The Gravel Nationals should have RESULTS up very soon. Here are some pics from Roger Harrison. Bazaar Road Race lived up to it’s epic reputation. Again, RESULTS coming soon. This week on Tuesday and Wednesday… Continue reading News Shorts 4/9/18

Saturday April 7th it’s the Gravel National Championship. Hosted by the United States Endurance Cycling Federation, the long course competes for Champion’s jerseys in a range of categories. Check out the website here for final details. There’s are also non-championship events, including family rides. A full festival!

It’s a good news/bad news road season for the metro. Good news is there are a fair amount of road events on the calendar. Bad news? We’ve lost some. Next up is the Bazaar Road Race on 4/8. A hard classic. FLYER Swope Park Criterium follows on 4/15. A fresh venue.  Time Trials on 4/21… Continue reading State of Road for Kansas City Area

The BEST comprehensive calendar of group rides of all varieties is maintained by the good folks at Cycling Kansas City. April brings showers (and sometimes freezy stuff) but it also brings the start of many local rides: CALENDAR

The first block of Spring Road racing finished up with finals from Spring Fling and Perry Road Race RESULTS overall Spring Fling and Perry Dam Race Series The Bazaar Road Race is next up on April 8th. As Belgian as it gets around this part of the world: FLYER  

A health contingent or riders from the KC area headed to Stillwater, OK over the weekend for the LandRun 100 offroad event. Conditions were dry and plenty of good performances were recorded: RESULTS Roger Harrison continues to capture the action from Spring Fling in his immense photo archive. We expect RESULTS asap from Spring Fling… Continue reading News Shorts 3/19/18 UPDATE

While the weather is slowly marching towards reasonable, the weekend’s  area road events were still contested in sharp wind and cold temps. Spring Fling Three RESULTS First race of the Perry Dam Series RESULTS More from both series this coming weekend!

Froze Toes Road Race is postponed. Originally scheduled for Sunday 3/11/18 This just in from the promoter: ” 20 mph north winds and a high of 38 degrees makes hypothermia a concern for racers and volunteers. There is a prediction of snow accumulation at the north end of the course.I am very sorry for any… Continue reading 2018 Froze Toes Postponed