From road racing to mountain biking and everything in between, browse the headlines below for coverage of Portland’s competitive racing scene.
Yesterday the Cross Crusade Series continued its march toward mayhem with a fantastic race out at Flying M Ranch in Yamhill. It was my first time at this annual party that calls itself a cyclocross race and it more than lived up to its reputation. The beer flowed and the hilarious costumes showed that Portland’s … Read more
[Pre-race focus.] Yesterday in North Plains, 700+ cyclocrossers enjoyed perfect weather at the third stop on the Cross Crusade. A very challenging course offered little respite to racers for burning legs and lungs. Unfortunately the usually festive atmosphere was hampered by a serious crash that sent one rider to the hospital via helicopter. No update … Read more
The Cross Crusade series continues this Sunday at Horning’s Hideout, 35 minutes (by car) west of Portland in North Plains. It’s the third race in the six race series.
[Erik Tonkin] Sometimes, you just gotta wait for it. Here’s the situation… When I was out of town racing the other weekend, I heard that back home my pal Jeffrey was sick and couldn’t race. He’d trained well at our Thursday early morning ‘cross practice, and he was excited for the weekend’s two races, neither … Read more
Yesterday I ventured out to Hillsboro Stadium for the 2nd race of the Cross Crusade series. It was my first cross event of the season, and although I didn’t race, I still managed to have fun, get muddy, and after shooting over 600 photos, I was even a bit tired. [This is what racing is … Read more
[Ouch!]Photo: Herald Sun Portland-based professional bike racer Doug Ollerenshaw—who I rode with back in February—is currently in Melbourne, Australia battling with world’s top road racers in the week-long Herald Sun Tour stage race. On Monday, at the finish of the second stage, Doug was in a crash. From the picture you can tell it was … Read more
The PSU Cycling Club is hosting a free screening of the cyclocross film “Pure Sweet Hell” at PSU tomorrow night (10/7). Shot entirely on 8mm film, the film tells the story of cyclocross, which according to filmmakers Brian Vernor and Willie K. Bullion is “a sport that has emerged as bike racing’s punk rock cousin.” … Read more
[Erik Tonkin] Here I am at 4am Wednesday morning, finally sitting down to work on what I started a week ago, an article well overdue at this point. The clichés “better late than never” and “something is better than nothing” come to mind. Of course, those tired old sayings cut more than a slice of … Read more
Yesterday I finally made it out to one of the Alpenrose Cross Clinics put on by Team S&M and Sellwood Cycle Repair. I’ve heard the clinics have been very popular since they started earlier this month and this one (the final one) was no exception. There were at least 100 participants all looking to hone … Read more
[Seth Hosmer]Photo: CMG Racing Seth Hosmer, a 31 year-old Woodstock neighborhood resident and racer with the CMG Racing/Alpine Mortgage Cycling Team set a new hour record Saturday at the Alpenrose Velodrome. According to OBRA‘s Candi Murray Seth took advantage of “ideal conditions” and pedaled his bike around the fabled banked course just over 166 times … Read more
[Editor’s note: This is the first contribution from local cyclocross racer and co-owner of Sellwood Cycle, Erik Tonkin (it was actually written a few weeks ago). Stay tuned for more articles and race recaps from him throughout the season.]
[Kids love mud and bikes.] Last year, Portland’s cyclocross scene was one of the biggest in the country. At one Cross Crusade event (Alpenrose) there were 760 competitors, making it the largest event of its kind in the history of U.S. cross racing. What’s not to like? Whether you watch or ride, it’s really just … Read more