Kruger's Crossing CX

The Kruger's Crossing race put on by Portland Racing was a mudfest. Check out this helmet cam video of Chris in the singlespeed race.

2009 Krugers Crossing SS Cyclocross Race - Yakima Bike Vigilantes from Dylan VanWeelden on Vimeo.

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.

The Raleigh Rainiers have arrived!

The Raleigh Rainier singlespeed cyclocross frames just arrived. We missed most of the local cross season, but there are still a few races left. I hurried to get mine built up so I could ride it. It's one nice bike. The geometry is spot on and it rides FAST. White has been the new black for a little while but the full white bars, brakes post, stem, fork, etc. just fits on this bike. There's something about white out on a muddy cross course.

FSA post and bars, Kore brakes and levers. White Industries ENO hubs, Velocity rims, SRAM Force cranks, Fizik saddle.

Look for a posse of Bike Vigilantes all riding singlespeed on smokin white Rainiers at the races .

-Chris

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.

even more Pain (and dust) on the Peak

Shane Young at OregonVelo posted some great pictures from the Pain on the Peak. He was kind enough to let us post some with the help of Health & Performance Chiropractic.

Here's Chris remounting in the dust.

Here's DaveD powering up the final straight before he broke his seatpost. Here's Joe rocking the lower meadow in one of the TWO races he did that day.Here's Tony leaping the triple big log barrier on his way to 2nd place in Masters B.

Pain (and dust) on the Peak

The first actual cyclocross race of the season was today. Pain on the Peak was a dusty lumpy hilly windy hot race put on by Portland Velo. It was a great start to the season. Most of the course was plowed into a hay field on the top of Bald Peak. The combination of golden grass and 180 degree views from Portland to the coast range was spectacular.

Tony and Joe both raced Masters B and they pulled off a nearly perfect bookend. Tony got 2nd and Joe had last of the finishers. Both guys were hard to recognize after their race because they were covered head to toe in black sweaty dust.

I raced Masters A. At one point in the first lap, the dust in the air was so thick I couldn't see the rider in front of me, much less the course. We were riding on trust and memory. Fortunately our invisible conga line made it through without much mishap. As the field spread out, the worst of the dust was gone and we were able to see what we had been riding through blind. Luckily in the dusty blind sections there were no barriers. I rode without mishap and placed 17th. Ryan Trebon showed up and schooled all comers. I think he lapped the entire A's field. Some of us were lapped by Treefarm multiple times.

Pictures to follow. I've never ridden in dust like that so the pics are sure to be incredible. Next week we're all headed to Starcrossed and then off to CrossVegas!

-Chris