Category: Kansas City

Sunday's Boss Cross Two delivered everything promised. A harder more technical course, some winter weather and lots of fun. Check out Roger Harrison's photos here and the results. While the Hawk Cross race in Lawrence is cancelled, if weather permits there will be a Wednesday practice session on the Epic Holiday Cyclocross course this week.… Continue reading Boss Cross Slide

We did a little digging and found the basics for the upcoming cyclocross race in Lawrence on the Day of Infamy: Hawk Cross a.k.a Campus Cross. This should be a cool venue. UPDATE 11/29: Unfortunately we just received word that Hawk Cross has been cancelled. Better news: Jeremy Haynes dropped by the newsdesk today. The… Continue reading Hawk Cross UPDATED

The localcycling.com newsdesk got pretty excited this afternoon. Local KCCX/Verge rider Chris Wallace has been selected for the Euro Cross Camp, an intensive developmental program to help refine the best cyclocross racers from the U.S.A. Mr. Wallace is currently leading the USGP Series for Juniors 17-18 years old. The camp is located in the heartland of… Continue reading Wallace To Belgium!

Jeremy Haynes reports an update on the Boss Cross site (plus a bit of history). This weekend's Boss Cross 2 is in Platte City. It's getting down to the wire for Hawk Cross in Lawrence on December 7th, but our sources tell us that a cool course has been developed on the KU campus. The… Continue reading Cyclocross Updates 11/25

There's a lot going on with the run-up to the 2008 Cyclocross National Championship here in Kansas City: The SRAM folks are providing neutral support, the EXPO is starting to fill up, fun events like the Mud and Blood Ball (with a screening of the Zero Traction film), and cool souvenier merchandise. Also there are… Continue reading Cyclocross Nationals Updates

Liberty Hall in Lawrence will feature the ZEROtraction world premiere tonight: Wednesday November 19th. "Be among the first to see the first ever documentary on the entire four-day event that is the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships." Showtime is 7PM. Here's the link to the website for the film.

Here's the info on the weekend's KanBikeWalk meeting: "the state-wide bicycling and pedestrian advocacy organization, is having their annual meeting on November 22nd in Topeka, and anyone interested in advocacy is encouraged to attend. There is a also a pre-meeting bike ride around the city. This is a great chance to learn about advocacy efforts… Continue reading Kansas Advocacy Meeting

Carlene Shipfmann sends some photos of recent races. The DeStad Series page has some wrap up of their series and more pics. The localcycling news team predicts that the photography for the next half of the season will likely NOT show sunny days and green grass: Muddy Series? Muddy Series too?

The 2008 Kansas CX Championships had nearly 4 times the turnout of the 2007 edition. The weather conditions of the two events no doubt being a huge factor in the difference. Sunday's '08 weather was cold in the a.m. but dry; opposed to last year's snow and ice. The course featured two sections of brick road,… Continue reading Kansas Cyclocross Championships 08

Scott Capstack sends this cool news: Kansas City Parks and Recreation in partnership with Earth Riders Trails Association (ERTA) will host the grand opening of a planned 16 mile primitive, recreational trail system within Swope Park.  The formal dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled at 10:00am Saturday, November 15 followed immediately by the official… Continue reading Swope Park Trail Opens