cross-crusade

Check out this video from the 2011 Cross Crusade in Hillsboro, Ore. It’s a pretty neat glimpse at what a cyclocross race looks like from a point-of-view we don’t really get to see: the back of a racer’s bicycle.… Read the rest

Okay, now that we’re on to a new year, I thought I’d list a few of our favorite things on the site from 2009. Here goes:
1.) Performance: Hipster Vs. Roadie Rap.
We were the second media outlet to post this hilarious video, and it was far and away the… Read the rest

This video marks the final in the Cross Crusade Cyclocross Diaries for 2009, though our intrepid webisode host, Heidi Swift will be reporting on the Cyclocross Nationals in Bend a little later this week. Thanks to all of our sponsors and thanks to Heidi and Eric for making such a… Read the rest

This, the final race in the much ballyhooed Cross Crusade series, took place near Estacada, Oregon at Barton Park. Once again the weather gods smiled on our little cross races by providing rain all week, for ample supply of mud, then letting up with sun breaks for race day. Perfect… Read the rest

Omygod! It’s alivvvvvvvve!
No jibber jabber from the peanut gallery this time, just click it and enjoy.
(If we get one more tardy slip we’re gonna have to go do detention, huh? We’ll try to avoid that.)… Read the rest

Hey girl in this picture, whoever you are, you’re my hero. Yes, it was an incredibly lovely weekend at the 5th Cross Crusade race this past weekend in Astoria, Oregon. For years, my cyclocross friends have been telling me to make to the halloween cross race, as the costumes are… Read the rest

Photo: Einer Traa
Washington County Fairgrounds – Hillsboro, Oregon.
Flat, bumpy, grassy, with a hint of farm animal. I arrive on the scene and survey the long lines of red and yellow cones. Those within eyeshot wind out and back, out and back. Rutted grass, half-assed mud, an uninspiring lack… Read the rest