by Tim Westmore FORT ORD – The Central Coast CycloCross Series Finale at Fort Ord went out under mostly cloudy skies and stayed dry; this ended a remarkable season without severe weather conditions on race days. The course was uneven, firm-to-bumpy, consisting mostly of single track and hiking/biking trails and one paved section. The climbs [...]
by Tim Westmore Although the weather threatened on several occasions, rain for the most part stayed away from today’s course at Manzanita Park. The occasional drops of rain that did fall failed to make any significant impact on conditions. The rain earlier in the week dampened the course to make it tacky in places but [...]
by Tim Westmore Late October and racers had another California-cyclocross day. The central coast was a cloudless blue sky with afternoon temperatures in the eighties. The dusty and elongated course at Toro Park had one long slightly inclined section with corners and barriers. At the end of this was an uncompromising steep uphill road that [...]
by Tim Westmore Mid-October on California’s central coast can see some of the best days of weather for the year. And so it was at the Central Coast Cyclo•Cross (CCCX) Series at Manzanita Park; beautiful sunshine and 70-80 degrees throughout the day complemented a twisting, bending coarse set up by Keith DeFiebre. The fourth event [...]
The cyclocross season is now well underway in Northern California. Following the CCCX season opener two weeks ago and this past week’s Folsom’s Cyclebration, two more events took place this past weekend. The CCCX series continued at Fort Ord and, at the College Cyclery Compound, the Sacramento Cyclocross Series opened its season. Temperatures held to a comfortable range at West Sacramento but the wind blew throughout the day and was particularly strong toward the end of the event. Good fortune held, however, and a repeat of last year’s dust bowl failed to occur.
IN THE COWBELL FORUMS:
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