One race, three parties – that’s the basic itinerary for MFG’s season-ender at Woodland Park, beginning on November 14th. Here are the highlights: 11/14 – Woodland Park GP – Preregistration is now open, and MFG will again be randomly prizing up preregistered riders with Deschutes 6-Packs. 11/14 – Woodland Park GP After-Party at Brouwer’s Café [...]
by Kenton Berg Burien, WA – In what has become the norm for this fall for Seattle area cyclocross, another cool and rainy day was on tap again as racers descended on Lakewood park in Burien, WA, for the MFG Cyclocross Series race #5. Master course designer Rich McLung put riders to the test today [...]
by Dave Queen After racing past editions of the SSCXWC in Portland, I was nervous about moving the race to Seattle in 2010. Seattle has been described as a city that is insecure, always smelling its own breath. To properly stage, or ride, the SSCXWC you must throw caution to the wind and let it [...]
Update: Check out the new galleries, by Laura Newman, Karen Johanson and Matthew J. Clark. Kent, WA – Wendy Simms (Ridley) managed to hold off Kari Studley by less than 15 seconds, and Drew MacKenzie had a similarly tight battle all the way to the line in today’s 2010 Singlespeed Cyclocross “World Championship.” The win [...]
by Kenton Berg On Friday night legions of Singlespeeders descended on Hooverville in the SoDo district of Seattle to pick up race packets, down a beer or two, and talk about the pending qualifier race on Saturday morning. With a spot in the SSCXWC final race at stake, discussions ran from tactics to hidden areas [...]
It’s a busy weekend for ’cross, and fans at home can also partake with live video feeds of the SSCXWC and the Derby City Cup USGP. Info from the promoters of SSCXWC 2010: People are flying into town, couches are being surfed, and preparations are being made for Sunday’s MFG #4 race, which concludes with [...]
The Singlespeed Cyclocross “World Championship” is just around the corner, combined with the immediately preceding MFG Series race #4. And right on cue here’s a little hype from promoters about the course: Perhaps you’ve heard some rumors, or maybe you’ve started some of your own. Regardless, the new venue hosting MFG Cyclocross #4 at PGP [...]
by Kenton Berg Cool fall-like temperatures and fresh coffee greeted racers at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance/Starbucks GP as the third race of the MFG Cyclocross series got underway at Five Mile Lake Park in Federal Way, WA. While racing was a big part of the day for most attendees, it couldn’t completely overshadow the [...]
Cyclocross Magazine contributor Kenton Berg’s StarCrossed POV video was well-received by viewers, so here’s another from the following day at the Rad Racing GP. Kenton went on to finish eighth with an impressive ride as he started slowly and continuously picked off riders. by Kenton Berg On another mixed-bag weather day in the Seattle area, [...]
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