Welcome to our special coverage of the 2009 Cyclocross season brought to you by Bike Gallery.
Another Cross Crusade is about to get started.(Photos © J. Maus) The Cross Crusade cyclocross race series is set to get underway this Sunday and organizers expect a record turnout of competitors. Portland architect and urban planner Rick Potestio is one of the founders of the Cross Crusade. He says Oregon Bicycle Racing Association officials … Read more
Torsten Kjellstrand(Photo © J. Maus) The seasoned crew of professional photographers that publish the PDXCross blog are back at it again for 2009. Last year, “the improbable group of un-hipsters” established their site as a must-visit destination following the weekend’s cross action. Their photographs are poignant, expressive, exciting, and funny — and that’s just a … Read more
I just came across the event poster for this year’s Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships and felt it was worth sharing: Here’s the copy from the top in case you can’t read it: “Racers searching for their destiny… A tribe of spectators waiting for a hero… In a race battling to survive, they face Portland determined … Read more
A cyclocross race, Las Vegas, and Interbike make for quite a combination.(Photos: Caroline Paquette for BikePortland.org) BikePortland’s reporter on the scene at Interbike, Elly Blue, couldn’t make it out to Cross Vegas — billed as the “Biggest Cyclocross Race in America” and held on the first night of the Interbike trade show — but we … Read more
A setting sun, and even nightfall, didn’t deter ‘cross racers from enjoying a romantic eveningof racing at Alpenrose.-Slideshow below/Gallery–(Photos © J. Maus) The new Blind Date at the Dairy cyclocross race series debuted last night at the Alpenrose Dairy, just a few miles southwest of downtown Portland; and for the 271 racers that showed up, … Read more
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