Category: Kansas City

It seems like we’ve barely finished cyclocross season (we have) and road events are cued up. The 20th year of the Spring Fling kicks off on February 28th at Clinton Lake. Flyer should be available soon. Roger Harrison is putting in (as usual) a big effort for the three race ALS Road Series at Perry… Continue reading Road Racing Begins 2015

Still some snow in the forecast for February. Even with the occasional ‘nice’ day, area riders are spending a lot of time inside. Here are a couple of events to spice up things: The long running (and rowdy) KC Sprints Series is retiring on February 14th. One last go at Buzzard Beach: Details “Come join Olathe… Continue reading Roller/Indoor Racing

Monday February 2nd. Help an injured cycling friend. Live music, raffles, good bier. The event is at Kansas City Bier Company…all the details on this Facebook page

90% Chance for rain on Saturday January 31st; that means a bit more chaos for an event that revels in chaos: Street Cred This particular part of the series, the Urban Cyclocross is popular for very very good reasons.  The West Bottoms of Kansas City offers plenty of challenges. Don’t miss. Facebook page with all… Continue reading Street Cred Urban Cross 2015

The Kansas Cycling Association annual banquet distributed lots of awards: Photos by Roger Harrison The KCA has also released an updated calendar (not the schedule is not final, some more events likely): 2015 Races GRAVEL! With one of the biggest events in the country, the Unbound, just down the road, there are lots of folks… Continue reading News Shorts 1/26/15

Come celebrate the past year of racing at the Kansas Cycling Association Banquet on January 25th in Lawrence. Details are here at the KCA page, but you need to hurry, reservations need to be mailed by Januray 16th.

While watching the quite muddy Belgium National Championship this morning, our news staff received with disbelief word that the USAC Cycling Cyclocross National Championships (Sunday races, including Mens and Womens Elite) has been delayed or possibly cancelled. We’ll link to some national news stories on this: here and here. Obviously this affects local riders who… Continue reading CX Nationals Cancelled? UPDATE

Final results are still being posted for many of the Thursday races in Austin, but several KC area riders did quite well. Tom Price is a new age group National Champion, Glenda Taylor made the podium (3rd) and CORRECTION Jennifer Herrell-Rhoades took the hole shot and early lead in her race, finishing 4th (Nationals podium… Continue reading CX Nationals 2015/Locals Podium

The send off for Joel Dyke was truly big, just like Joel’s heart: video A big event that a number of metro racers have raced in recent years: UCI Masters Cyclocross World Championship RESULTS The biggest cyclocross race in the US this year will have plenty of KC and area folks lined up: USAC Cyclocross… Continue reading Big Stuff 1/5/15

December 31st, New Year’s Eve, last cyclocross race of the season. A traditional race for our area. Herman Laird Park will again be the venue; with the heated Town Hall for registration and after party with Series60CX awards. Come toast the New Year and departed friends after a very cold (it’s cyclocross, it’s supposed to… Continue reading ‘Cross Off The Old/2014 CX Finale