Saturday February 1st is the date for another local gravel grinder: Chucky’s Challenge near Jamesport, MO. No more local cyclocross on the calendar (last year there was at least one post World’s event) BUT there are rumors. Stay tuned. Spring Fling dates are up at the KCA page. Roger Harrison has his flyer ready for… Continue reading News Shorts 1/30/14
Category: Kansas City
Urban ‘Cross Video 2103
Very well attended Street Cred CX edition. Here’s the film of the fun Thanks Thad.
Street Cred Urban CX
Just a reminder for the last blast of scheduled local cyclocross: This Sunday, January 26th it’s Street Cred’s annual homage to veldridjen (perhaps ‘alleyrijden’?). It’s a unique flavor and it’s FREE. Check out the details on the blog here. Things like the Edge of Hell are mentioned.
Gravel, Gravel, Gravel 2014 UPDATE
It’s a new trend (an old one for a few) and it’s definitely hot: Gravel riding. While there has arguably always been an area scene (think ‘Death Ride’ in the Flint Hills), you can now find an event on weekends throughout the calendar year. Equpment? Early on it was all Mountain bikes, then a scattering… Continue reading Gravel, Gravel, Gravel 2014 UPDATE
News Shorts 1/15/14
The Cyclocross National Championship in Boulder was a tough course with some challenging technical features. Big weather changes between the early and late week races. All results are here. Locals Doug Long and Glenda Taylor made podium. Other riders that travelled to our ‘tune-up’ races medaled also. How about a bicycle themed art show? Friday… Continue reading News Shorts 1/15/14
Last KC CX 2013 RESULTS
The old year was crossed off on New Year’s Eve. The finale of Series60CX was raced on the identical course as the previous Sunday’s Grote Prijs Shawnee; The weather conditions were considerably milder. A fair number of riders were using this event to tune up for Nationals beginning next week in Boulder. RESULTS ‘Cross Off… Continue reading Last KC CX 2013 RESULTS
Arctic Grote Prijs Shawnee 2013
One of the coldest races in several years. A redesigned Grote Prijs Shawnee course included plenty of power straights as well as tight turns and hoppable barriers. Indoor registration, changing and beer drinking took the edge off the cold RESULTS Photos from Roger Harrison Tuesday December 31st will give racers a ‘do-over’ on a very… Continue reading Arctic Grote Prijs Shawnee 2013
Boxing Day CX 2013 RESULTS
Early racers faced some slippery snow cover, late races picked up a small amount of mud, but nearly all described the Mission Farms course as heavy. RESULTS here. More great photos like the one above from Roger Harrison here. This event was the first of Kansas City’s version of Cyclocross Christmas Week. Next up is… Continue reading Boxing Day CX 2013 RESULTS
Series60CX/XMAS Week
Three more local races on the KC cyclocross calendar, all part of our post Christmas Week: Boxing Day Cyclocross at Mission Farms (yes, there will some snow on the ground for this one). Here’s a video link from last year’s Wintery Mix using the same course. Food truck and beer this year. Grote Prijs Shawnee… Continue reading Series60CX/XMAS Week
Mud. New Longview Cyclcoross 2013
Roger Harrison has posted a fair amount of photos (like the one above) here. Here are the RESULTS. The New Longview Cyclocross course became sloppier then stickier throughout the day. Several spectators noted that they could look across the course at any point and see someone running instead of riding. A tough day for a few with… Continue reading Mud. New Longview Cyclcoross 2013