Get ready!(Photo © J. Maus)

Organizers of the the wildly popular Cross Crusade cyclocross race series have announced the dates, venues, and other changes we can expect this coming season.
In a statement, Race Director Brad Ross wrote, "The Knights of the Crusade have been feverishly working to line up race locations and dates that we think [...]

A national cyclocross race series stops in Portland this weekend.(Photo © J. Maus)

For the next two weekends, the attention of cyclocross fans across America will be on Oregon.
This weekend is the Stanley Portland Cup, the fourth and final stop of the United States Gran Prix of Cyclocross. Next weekend, the action moves [...]

Story written by race reporter/photographer Pat Malach of Oregon Cycling Action.

A scene from past Crusade action at Barton Park.(Photo © J. Maus)

The world's most popular participatory cyclocross series winds up its 2010 run Sunday when Cross Crusade #8 invades Barton Park off of Highway 224 east of Clackamas about 20 miles from downtown Portland.
Recently crowned [...]

Not your average 'cross race.(Photo © David Haines)

This past weekend, the Cross Crusade headed to Astoria for a double-header of racing and Halloween fun. I wasn't able to make it up there this year, but I wanted to share some of the hilarious costumes and scenes from the event.
Thanks to photographers Dave [...]

Racers young...

and old gave it a go at Rainier.(Photos © J. Maus)

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Coming soon to Oregon high schools!(Photo © J. Maus)

The Oregon Bicycle Racing Racing Association (OBRA) has announced details of the first-ever High School Cyclocross race series. The new series will consist of five races and will be run under the existing Junior Cyclocross Series, which is in its second year.
OBRA has named seven regional [...]

Rapha Performance Roadwear, whose North American headquarters are in North Portland, has partnered with Focus Bicycles USA to field a professional cyclocross team for the 2010-2011 season. The Rapha-Focus Team will consist of young up-and-coming racers Chris Jones (Auburn, California) and Zach McDonald (Seattle, Washington).
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I know many people out there are jonesing for cyclocross season. Unfortunately, racing won't start until fall (usually mid-September), but tonight you can satisfy your 'cross withdrawals by attending a product preview event hosted by local cyclocross pro Molly Cameron of Portland Bicycle Studio (4829 NE MLK Blvd.).
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"What could be more romantic than spending the evening under the lights at Alpenrose? How about spending the evening at Alpenrose riding through the mud with a few hundred other people?"

Alpenrose will host even more 'cross fun this year.(Photo © J. Maus)

That's the hook OBRA is using to get folks excited about their newly [...]

Learn to master corners at a cyclocross skills clinic.(Photos © J. Maus)

This time of year in Portland, if you listen closely enough, you can almost hear the buzz of cyclocross season in the air. With just about a month before the first 'cross race of the season, the telltale signs are all coming into view: [...]

Portlander Molly Cameron is flying the Vanilla Bicycles team colors while racing in Belgium.(Photo: Nielsdewit.be)

Local racer and owner of Veloshop, Molly Cameron, is "living the dream" by spending her holiday racing cyclocross against the world's best on a multi-week trip that includes World Cup races in France and Belgium.
Another Portland rider, Sue Butler, is [...]

A scene from the action at the 2004 'Cross Nationals held in Portland.(Photo © J. Maus)

Local cyclocross racers and fans looking for some good news now that the season has ended got it yesterday: USA Cycling has officially awarded Bend, Oregon the honor of hosting the next two editions of the Cyclocross National Championships.
The [...]

This just in:
USA CYCLING AWARDS 2009 & 2010 CYCLO-CROSS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BEND
Event returns to region for first time since 1976
(BEND, Ore.)—USA Cycling today announced that it has awarded the 2009 and 2010 Cyclo-cross National Championships to Bend. The announcement comes on the heels of a recent site inspection and city tour [...]

Big crowds turned out last year.Slideshow below(Photos © J. Maus)

With the massive success of cyclocross in Portland this year, it should come as no surprise that the season is set to end with a bang.
This weekend offers up a buffet of 'cross events that just might hold everyone over until next year (although I doubt [...]

A bit of "lunacy" and big crowds were the norm on the 'cross circuit this year.(Photo © J. Maus)

It was a banner year for cyclocross in Portland.
According to official statistics compiled by the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA), the Portland-based River City Bicycles Cross Crusade series grew an average of 25% each event [...]

Cover of new book based on Portland cyclocross images.

One of the biggest stories about this year's cyclocross season (besides the record crowds) has been the emergence of PDXCross.com.
The site launched back in September and offers a weekly photo slideshow of all the glorious, painful and muddy action. The work is a collaboration between a [...]

This weekend, the Cross Crusade makes its final stop at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Hillsboro.
Last year (check out my report here), Hillsboro was the sight of an epic battle between man and mud that still brings back fond memories for me both as a racer and as a photographer.
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The puddles were over [...]

The Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships (SSCXWC) event on Sunday was much more interesting than my Front Page recap was able to convey.
I came across an excellent report by Johnathon Allen of Bicycling Magazine's "This Just In" blog. Here's one of his many great passages:
Uni-cogged competitors were barraged with silly-string, smoke bombs, and cheap pilsner [...]

A 'cross racer dressed up like a swamp monster riding through a huge wall of bubbly foam: It must be SSCXWC.Slideshow below -- Gallery here(Photos � J. Maus)

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A scene from last year's SSCXWC.(Photo: PJB Photo/Flickr)

If you're trying to decide what to do on Sunday, you might want to roll over to Portland International Raceway to partake in a special edition of the Cross Crusade.
In addition to the typical Crusade craziness, this weekend is also the second annual SSCXWC -- the Singlespeed Cyclocross [...]