Category: Kansas City

Some of ths reporter's fave films are by Stanley Kubrick. But with the exception of a BigWheel rolling around a scary old hotel he didn't do much on the topic of cycling. Here's your chance to remedy that: KC Bicycle Film Festival.

There's a Tour of Missouri Press Conference we'll be covering today, but these guys claim to already know the inside skinny. P.M.: These guys were dead on. A start in St. Joseph plus an extra day of racing. The accounting folks crunched the numbers for last year's race and figured the event had a 26.2… Continue reading Sneek Peak (Updated)

Roger Harrison has some pictures of the weekend's American Cancer Society Fund Raiser Ride in Leavenworth. The KCA folks have published the most updated calendar of racing events in our area. Note some new road races and some earlier time trial events. And Randy Rasa has a nice new site with lots of good info… Continue reading News Shorts 1/28

Here are a couple of galleries of photos from the recent UCI World Masters Cyclocross Championships in Mol, Belgium. The Localcycling.com news team and crew have made this pilgramage four times and are already planning next year's trip. The 2009 visit will include a trip to Hoogerheide, Netherlands again, but this time for the Elite… Continue reading KC Goes to the WK

Even though there's snow on the ground now, it's not many weeks before the Tuesday Night Criteriums and monthly Gardner Time Trials start up with some new features for 2008. Check out the flyer and the Masters category being offered. Also in February, one of the more challenging weekly rides in the metro, The Wednesday Night Hill… Continue reading Upcoming Training Events

Here's our first report on today's Masters World Cyclocross Championship in Mol, Belgium. The races were run under damp conditions, but the temperatures were in the high 40s (F). Mark Thomas reports that the course was super-fast and only two or three international incidents have occurred so far.  Here are the tentative results of the… Continue reading Masters Cyclocross Worlds News!

Dean Parker has sent another great batch of photos from the Grote Prijs Shawnee. Here's the gallery (the first shot is of some Drill Instructor in a Fez…very weird). Dean also has photos from other events here at his Flickr site. The DeStad van Kansas Cyclocross Series standings are posted here.  Chris Locke says that… Continue reading Photos, Points and Scoring

Beautiful weather for the first metro bicycle race of 2008, which was also the final local event of the 2007-2008 cyclocross calendar and the DeStad Van Kansas Cyclocross Series. Roger Harrison kept the crowds entertainied on the mic and Boulevard 'Sixth Glass' ale refreshed everyone. Roger Harrison photos are here.  A little video here. AND… Continue reading A Sunny Day In January (updated)

Some new photos by Dean Parker of the Epic Holiday Cyclocross have hit the newsdesk. Also Bob Gregor sends some more pics from the National Championship. Sunday is the final local cyclocross race of the 2007-2008 season: The Grote Prijs Shawnee. You can expect some nice temperatures to race or watch and some free Boulevard Beer.… Continue reading News Shorts 1/3/08

Yesterday's Epic Holiday Cyclocross race lived up to it's moniker. A challenging course with sketchy frozen (and muddy) corners was groomed and taped by volunteers on Saturday (definitely an 'epic' job). The venue, Tuileries Plaza, featured a combo of cobbled Euro style streets, a single runup (no barriers needed because of the slippery conditions) and… Continue reading Epic Holiday Cyclocross Results