Category: Kansas City

Steve Tilford and Catherine Walberg repeated finishing top of the podium at day two of the weekend’s cyclocross racing at Wyandotte County Park. Sunday’s event was the combined championship for Kansas and Missouri. Riders from both states and around the region contested in the frigid weather. Since day two was held under USCF rules, an… Continue reading 2005 Kansas and Missouri State Championships

Shawnee Mission, Kan. – Steve Tilford (Verge/Shimano) pulled away from Alan Factory’s Matt Kelly on the second-to-last lap to win the Elite Men’s race at the inaugural KLM Marketing Solutions UCI Cyclo-Cross Race Saturday. Photos of the race here. Kelly and Tilford traded the lead early on in the 60-minute event through a tree-lined course… Continue reading TILFORD WINS KLM UCI WITH LAST LAP SURGE

Don’t miss another minute of the exciting action at Wyandotte County Park during today’s KLM Marketing Solutions UCI Race or Sunday’s Kansas and Missouri State Cyclocross Championships.

  Got your attention? Even better, how about free beer? This weekend you can  watch the KLM UCI Cyclocross and the Kansas/Missouri USCF Cyclocross Championships, drink free beer (provided by sponsors Michelob Ultra) and see some great bicycle racing. Guaranteed fun. Bring a cowbell or other noisemaker and cheer the riders on. If the frigid… Continue reading Beer and Biking

Trek Bicycle Store of Kansas City and the City of Shawnee, Kansas present an all new cyclocross venue for a January 8th, 2006 race. Herman Laird Park (next to Old Shawnee Town) in the heart of downtown Shawnee will feature a real Belgian flavored race with possible epic weather conditions. The course design will feature… Continue reading Grote Prijs Shawnee Cyclocross

Riders can still register for this weekend’s cyclcocross events, both UCI and Kansas/Missouri Championships, on Friday at The Trek Bicycle Store of Kansas City during packet pickup. All entrants receive a long sleeve T-shirt with some cool cyclocross graphics. Packet pickup details here.

FreeRide Bicycles and Boards will be flying like Mr. Claus in downtown Shawnee this Friday night. The City celebrates it’s Christmas Around Town festival with lots of activities including BMX and Skate demos.

Keith Walberg sends this report: All five travelers in the "Tilford Van" competed in yesterdays "Jingle Cross Rock" cyclocross races in Iowa City and all five finished "in the money" with good results. The headline for the Topeka crew was Steve Tilford’s solo victory in the Elite men’s race. Tilford finshed more than two minutes ahead… Continue reading Topeka Van travels to Jingle Cross Rock and garners good results!

Racers planning on the Men’s Elite event at this Saturday’s KLM UCI Cyclocross will need an International License. These may be purchased on line at USA Cycling or at the two registration/packet pickups at the Trek Bicycle Store of Kansas City on Wednesday and Friday. An International license purchased either way is good until the… Continue reading UCI License Needed for Elite Mens Race

The promoters of this weekends KLM UCI Cyclocross and Kansas/Missouri State Cyclocross Championships have extended online registration for all events until Wednesday at Midnight. The KLM folk also noted that Masters category racers at the state championship races will be competing for medals in 5-year increments for both states.