Category: Kansas City

The Boulevard Cup race has a stellar field preregistered, Beer tent, and some favorable weather forecast. Reset your clocks and come out and cheer or jeer. Flyer with schedule of events.

Since 2000, the metro area has hosted 3 USCF national championships and 2 UCI level cyclocross events. 2007 brings back some of those events and more. Here's what's happening now. Check out this press release that just hit the newsdesk:

Last Saturday's important meeting regarding Shawnee Mission Park's future was rained out. Rescheduled for this Saturday:  The Johnson County Park and Recreation District will be holding a public comment forum on October 28thst to solicit input regarding future use of the Oakridge Farm area and Mack House at Shawnee Mission Park. This area is due north… Continue reading Trail Meeting Rescheduled

From the Maxxis folks: "The stage is set! Cold Weather, Cold Boulevard Beer, Crazy Fans and Cyclocross! The 1st race of the 8 race series kicks off this weekend in Kansas City, Kansas at Wyandotte County Park. The KCOI/Boulevard team will host a pre-registration party at Boulevard Brewing Company on the Historic Southwest Boulevard (25th… Continue reading Maxxis Cross Series Opens

Thursday night packet pickup at Boulevard Brew Tasting Room. Check the race flyer for Blvd Cup Cyclocross Race for details. Also, if you've got to run, there is a nice running event on the same course as the CX. Tell your friends without bikes: Flyer. How do you use our newer calendar features to find… Continue reading News Shorts 10/24

We've heard through our rumor mill that this kinda' fun vehicle will be in town tomorrow. We haven't heard exact times, but it's also rumored there may be a pub crawl in tandem (ahem, that's a pun intended) with it's appearance. Give the folks at Acme Bicycle Company a shout for more info on other… Continue reading Crossroads Happenings

This important annual meeting elects the decision makers for much of metro racing. From the Kansas Cycling Association website: "The 2006 KCA Annual Meeting will take place at the Lawrence Visitors Center in Lawrence Kansas starting at 6:00 pm. (ed. Nov. 11th, 2006) USCF Regional Coordinator Tom Vinson will be present to talk about the… Continue reading KCA Annual Meeting

Area riders were doing the Veldrijden thing arond the region. Omaha featured two days of racing. Some results at both Nebraska Cycling and Cowtown. Bill Marshall reports that several other Team X folks headed south to race in Tulsa. Shadd Smith handily won the 1/2/3 race with Marshall third. Other details to follow. Meanwhile the KCOI folks sponsored a 'training' race… Continue reading Cyclocross Roundup

Don't forget the public meeting at SM Park about Mountain Bike Trails today: Details. We (localcycling.com) recently moved to a new server. Please excuse us as we debug a few things. We noted last night our calendar feature isn't up and running. We'll be fixing things over the weekend (and adding new features.)

Local pro cyclist Kelly Benjamin has been named to the National Track team heading for Sydney, Australia in November for World Cup Competition. Kelly who recently had very solid performances at Track Nationals, told Localcycling.com that a major goal has always been, "…to race for my country." While the selection process for teams can be… Continue reading Kelly Benjamin Makes National Team