SSCXWC09, Beyond Thunderdome

SSCXWC09 from Dylan VanWeelden on Vimeo.

We just got the Thunderdome taken apart after a long weekend at the SSCXWC . It was huge with the race course snaking its way through the dome and racers dodging people swinging from ropes. The intensity of the crowd was over the top as they climbed all over the dome yelling at the riders.

Thanks to Pacific Domes for coming up and helping us build the structure during Saturday's storm. The dome was perfect. And thanks to all the Yakima Bike Vigilantes who helped put this mayhem together.

Yakima Bike Vigilante "WORLD RANKINGS"
Nick Gibson 28th
Dylan VanWeelden 49th
Darrin Seeds 75th
David Fee 125th

More race info to follow.

Here are links to several articles and photosets from the day's events.






Articles

CX Magazine ::: Bike Portland ::: Embrocation Cycling Journal ::: Velo News Article ::: All Hail the Black Market ::: Oregon Cycling Action ::: Bike Magazine



Photography/Videography

PDX Cross (SSCXWC Set) ::: PDX Cross (Crusade Set) ::: Robin Straughan ::: Everyday Athlete ::: Brian Ellin ::: Monovic::: Oregon Velo::: You Tube Dude #1::: You Tube Dude #2 ::: Vimeo Dude ::: Wend Magazines Cyclocross Diarys  ::: arobinslife

Cross Crusade at Alpenrose 2009

A posse of Vigilantes raced last Sunday at the Cross Crusade at Alpenrose Dairy.

Jeremy - Beginner
Jimmy – Beginner
Robin – Beginner women
Chuck – Master C
David – C
Dave - B
Darrin – B
Dylan - SS
Tony - SS
Chris – SS, Master A

Jason - Master A
Nick – SS, A

Darrin got 3rd and Dave got 7th in the B's. Nick got 7th and Dylan got 10th in the Singlespeeds.
Chris rode the SS race with a helmet cam. We put the footage together into a couple of videos.

alpenrose 09 chris mix from Dylan VanWeelden on Vimeo.

alpenrose 09 dylan mix from Dylan VanWeelden on Vimeo.

Robin S. took a bunch of photos from several of the races. Robin C. did her first cross race.

Hillsboro Crusade mud

Beautiful fall day and epic mud at the OBRA district championships in Hillsboro. Thanks to the Cross Crusade for putting on the worlds best cyclocross series.

Crossin' at the Asylum

The Cross Crusade venue this week was at Villebois which is built on the site of an old asylum.

Sandbagging Dave hogged the podium from his Alpenrose win.

Luckily the weather was nice because there would have been a lot more carnage if all the rutted bumpy sections were muddy. Dave AKA Sandbagger #1 won the C's again. We had vigilantes sprinkled throughout the classes including David Fee in his scout uniform in Master's C. Eric took home a 6 pack from his placing last week.

Here's Dave gunning for a solid sandbagging win. Who knows how many more races they let him race C's. He's due for a callout to the B's any day.

Here's Chris doing the bunnyhop remount in the Master's A. No sandbagging here with a 24th place finish. 24th is good for a six pack next week.

James showing how light his bike is with a new fork after last week's spectacle.