Cyclocross Worlds Coming To Louisville

Think everyone was too excited to post the article on the C3 blog. If you haven't heard the big news, climb out of your hole and click here. Maybe we'll see Katie pull of the big one right here in the Ohio Valley!

Cyclocross Battle Royale: UCI-3 Day 3 Harbin Park Cincinnati Video

Created by Lynn Lamoureux

UCI-3 Weekend Photos by Jeffery Jakucyck

Some may take Jeff's photos for granted, but he's hard at work at nearly every single Cincinnati area cycling event. We're grateful to have such a talent who's as into cycling as we are. Rather than just share with your Facebook Friends, email the link to a family member as a little hint for a nice holiday or birthday gift. While it's true, you can never have enough carbon fiber, memories of the UCI-3 weekend last much longer. Photos are available for purchase and will look much better in your office or cube than that plaque for being employee of the month. Thanks Jeff!

http://jjakucyk.exposuremanager.com/g/cincinnati_uci-3_cyclocross_classic

UCI-3 Results & Reports KFC & Jpow Sweep

Day 1 Results & Report at CX Magazine.
Day 2 Results & Report here.
Day 3 Results & Report Here.

Cinti UCI-3 Cyclocross Live Race Coverage

The Cincinnati International Cyclocross Festival's day's 2 and 3 Pro-Elite Events will be live on CXmagazine.com in a scrolling blog format. Hosted by BioWheels Mitch Graham & Joe Bellante and Andrew from CXMagazine.com. Sign up below to get a pre-race reminder.

Day 2 Sunset Park Middletown, OH:


Day 3 Harbin Park Cincinnati:

Ridley The Cyclocross Wonder Dog: The Interview

Coming to the Cincinnati UCI-3 Cyclocross event? Chances are you'll meet Ridley The Cyclocross Wonder Dog. Get aquainted via the exclusive interview on The Best Bike Blog Ever* here.

2008 Harbin Park Cincinnati Masters 1/2/3 CX Race Video

Powers & Compton Enjoy Cincinnati UCI 3-Way Wins

(Photo: Men's Elite Podium courtesy of Jeffrey Jakucyk)
Note: Photos of 3-day weekend available at Jeff's link above

On day 3, the UCI C-1 race of the Cincinnati International Cyclocross Festival, Katie Compton (Spike Professional/Primus Mootry) and Jeremy Powers (Cyclocrossworld.com) completed their hat-tricks of the first ever 3-day UCI weekend. Thanks to a broken chain on Jeremiah Bishop’s Trek just 250 meters to the line, Powers took the win in the Men’s race over Bishop (Trek Factory) at the BioWheels/United Dairy Farmers Harbin Park International sponsored by Reece-Campbell. Katie Compton held off a determined Georgia Gould (Luna) for a third day in a row to collect maximum UCI points on the weekend.

Article continued here.

The CX Training Killer: Daylight Savings

It’s the end of August, new chains and cables round out both CX bikes. You switch-flopped saddles and cranks between bikes. To top it off, your new carbon tubular wheels bling hard enough to make Kanye West jealous, uh. While the CX races haven’t started yet, the bikes are dialed in and everything seems to be going to your evil plan. Gulp. Now you got to live up to the hype, yo.

Some will say that August is too early for CX, but this is the OVCX series we’re training for and those people are likely road racers. The OVCX ends early December. Unless you plan on racing through December and into January on the World Cup circuit the time to hit it hard is now.

Hopefully you’ve spent at least part of your August practicing technique, have a few bad-ass core workouts to your credit and have 2-3 interval workouts under your belt. I’ve been racing the OVCX for the past five to six years, and if you’re trying to figure out a training plan now, at the end of August, you’re totally F’d. Kidding. But you better get crackin’ homie.

Read on: Article Continued on the Joe Biker Blog here.

I Hate My Cyclocross Pit Bike

Let me save you another season of dreading flats, rolled tires, tangled chains, and bent shifters because you can’t bear the thought of jumping on your P-O-S pit bike. First off, your poor pit bike is a decent bike. You just treat it like it’s the nerd of all your bikes. After I got my custom Indy Fab Planet X, my Jamis Nova hit the “D” list in my stable. Last year I moved it up to “B” list status by getting the fit and feel as close to the IF as possible. Better yet, it became an advantage in races, rather than a last resort and didn’t cost a whole lot to do it. Keep in mind, fit and feel is more about how you feel on the bikes, not so much how the bikes handle the terrain. Pay more attention to the areas where your body touches or is affected by the bike. Before September is the time to get crackin’ on your CX rig setup. CX stuff is stacking up in the shops and you’ll most likely get first dibs on your friends old parts if you start asking around now. Rather than upgrading your race rig, it might make more sense to make both bikes as similar as possible.