We had so many great images from Chicago we had to give them their own post to showcase them. Missed our coverage? Annis Wins Muddy New Years Resolution Race In Chicago Trebon Storms Back to Win New Year’s Resolution Race Butler Battles Snow, Wind for Chicago Day 2 Win Trebon Claims Second-Straight Win in Chicago [...]
Chicago Cross is a burgeoning scene, and just in time, since Nationals will be held in the state next door, Wisconsin, this year. Aaron Johnson shot some photos of the latest race in the series at Hopkins Park in Dekalb. Can’t get enough Chicago Cross? Read the interview with Jason Knauff, the Director of the [...]
by Barron Gira We recently caught up with Jason Knauff, series director of the Chicago Cross Cup (CCC) since 2009, at a ’cross practice he was leading in a Chicago park. Cyclocross Magazine: Tell us a bit about yourself and how you started in cyclocross? Jason Knauff: I’m originally from Baltimore and lived in Boston [...]
A new twist to kick off the cyclocross season is coming to Chicagoland. Two-racer relays will allow teams to alternate hot laps and get some good fitness-pushing intensity work in a competitive environment. With a whole variety of different categories to choose from, it sounds like a great season-opener to us. According to xXx Racing-AthletiCo [...]
by Josh Liberles OK, I might be spoiled by the super-vibrant Portland ‘cross scene, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the more “buttoned-up” racing in New England, have played in the New Mexican high-alpine cyclocross desert and even visited some of the burgeoning southeast’s races – but clearly it’s time that I plan a swing through Chicago this [...]
Chicago, IL – The Illinois State Cyclocross Championships is scheduled for Sunday, December 6th at Montrose Harbor in the City of Chicago. This is the last event for the Chicago Cyclocross Cup. Turin Bicycle of Evanston, host establishment and club, have assembled an enhanced prize list. The event will carry a cash payout of $1,170 [...]
by Ben Popper Last year, we went to races everywhere, nearly every weekend. It was a grueling, week-after-week process of packing, unpacking, missing work, or showing up for work a complete zombie. Clothes went from the race bag to the washer, right back to the race bag again. And it was expensive. Really, really expensive.
by Julie Popper Cyclocross magazine reported in Issue #2 about the history of the Chicago ‘Cross Cup, one of the longest-running series in the nation. Just this year, though, the series exploded, nearly doubling its registration numbers to more than 400 starters per race. But something equally important happened – the Category 4b race found its [...]
Chicago Cyclocross Cup #5 Report By Imelda March A sunny but extremely windy day greeted the riders in the Village of Bartlett, a northwest suburb of the City of Chicago.
McLaughlin and Much kick up the sand to victory in Chicago By Imelda March Temperatures finally hit the “crispy side” of things in Chicago and it actually felt like ‘cross weather had finally arrived. Crossers came out fresh and ready to tackle the newly redesigned Carpenter Park course. Jeff Provisor, owner of Main Street Bicycles [...]
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