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I'm down with the triptych.

Very nice, snuff. Shapelike, good idea, and I really like the second and third ones you posted- showing the beauty of the area as well as the racing itself. How about a few from the B race the same day as Snuff's shots:
CX3 Start:
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Making up Ground:
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Spiral of Doom:
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Man that's alot of tape.

Wife got this pic at my first race this year.

Saddlebags, yeah, you should have seen the whole course layout. There was a truly amazing amount of tape out there between the spiral of doom, the longer straight stretches, and the short zigzags in between them. It looked very cool fluttering in the breeze.

Saddlebags, yeah, you should have seen the whole course layout. There was a truly amazing amount of tape out there between the spiral of doom, the longer straight stretches, and the short zigzags in between them. It looked very cool fluttering in the breeze.

I heard a lot of references to the spiral of doom as a "toilet bowl."

I was impressed with the sheer amount of man hours that went into setting that course up. It was very fun/unique, that's for sure.

Yep, Charlie Storm outdid himself with that one :)

BTW, Snuff, you'll really like this coming weekend's course. And by that I mean you'll absolutely hate it. Unless they change it a lot from last year, it has a long uphill dirt/mud grind- if you manage to ride it all the way up, you struggle to the very top... and find barriers so you have to dismount anyway. We cursed the course designers' names all day long last year.

Hey, I'm good with the long riding part. If I'm losing time anywhere it's through corner lines and dismounts!

leaping small dirt mounds in a single bound . . . St Louis Bubba #3 Spanish Lake (B race winner Dan Williams) . . .

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billh- why were people dismounting and jumping that mound? Is there a barrier we can't see? The worn-in patch on the backside makes it look like people were riding over it...

It's an impressive stride, to be sure!

billh- why were people dismounting and jumping that mound? Is there a barrier we can't see? The worn-in patch on the backside makes it look like people were riding over it...

It's an impressive stride, to be sure!

This kid is fast and only 15 yrs old!

I'd say about 90% of the racers rode this one. However, to ride it without catching air and doing an endo (like me in practice), you have to slow quite a bit on the approach. First lap, we were bunched up and the guy in front of me started to apply brakes for the mound. I dismounted at pace and actually ran along side him as he looped over the mound, lost a little ground on the downside, but on remount was about even. I ended up running it about half of the time and riding it after I got dropped. An interesting obstacle. The other was a nice 180 ridable runup . . .

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The PBR can on the mound adds that special something :D

they don't call it Bubba for nuthin . . . :)

some guys got in the Halloween spirit . . . audition for Cats?

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Wife got this pic at my first race this year.

The flying remount (without the *****-step) always looks awesome.

This kid is fast and only 15 yrs old!

I'd say about 90% of the racers rode this one. However, to ride it without catching air and doing an endo (like me in practice), you have to slow quite a bit on the approach. First lap, we were bunched up and the guy in front of me started to apply brakes for the mound. I dismounted at pace and actually ran along side him as he looped over the mound, lost a little ground on the downside, but on remount was about even. I ended up running it about half of the time and riding it after I got dropped. An interesting obstacle. The other was a nice 180 ridable runup . . .

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Cool. Me likey.

Smiley:
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Singlespeed guy remounting:
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Me on the gRUNt-UP:
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Hup Hup
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Over the hill
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Around a tree
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My teammate Tim bringing some pain (different race than mine)
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This week I'm holding my 22nd spot in masters 35+ (didn't get lapped this week!). I pulled 9th in CX4.

Here's one pic taken yesterday (Sunday) at Estabrook Park in Milwaukee. More pics when I get my photo PC running again ( :o )

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Your guys' cross races all look way too clean and tidy! Oregon cross is where it's at! :)

This was Barton last year:
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...and this was Barton this year (yesterday, unseasonably dry)...

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Here's one from Rainier a few weeks ago:
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And a few from Horning's Hideout earlier this season:
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Yeah, they have all been nearly bone dry this season... At least the ones I've been to. We had a 2-day "stage race" a couple weeks ago which had a little rain/drizzle and even a little hail, but it only made the course a little slick in sections, no real mud.

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My first!
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DCCX:
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Urban Cross at Ix:
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Cardstock at Urban Cross at Ix:
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DCCX:
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The sandtrap and stairs look cruel! Is that typical or was it something special down there?

The sand pit was actually quite amazing. It was built on top of a concrete slab so the sand didn't really compact, it just displaces. 10' wide, 40' long and 10" deep meant go fast and hold your line.

The stairs were a lot of fun too.

Come to think of it, usually you see "natural" sand pits, not 10" deep sand pits of where they were TRYING to get people to go over the bars. But I have seen stairs used in videos and photos.

That was my favorite race this season. A lot of technical sections with a few straights between them. A lot of climbing and descending too.

Awesome.. that sounds like a fun race!

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Enjoy.......

Hey ryand if you like cruel stairs, come check out the mt trashmore race in Va beach VA. They use a really long section of concrete steps that sucks to walk up w/o the bike... And you're in driving distance, 3 hrs from the district.

born in SS MD, Ig

And the worst part about the stairs at Mt. Trashmore is that they're railed off on either side and quite narrow, so you can't pass anybody on them! You have to get around people before you get to the stairs or you'll be held up all the way to the top.

Rumor has it that there's no stairs this year at Trashmore but you'll still go up the hill shouldering the bike.
(Insert race plug here) (http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=5367)

That would be good- I don't think it's fair to send the course up a runup that's only one person wide. According to the rules, it has to be three meters (but nobody follows them, of course). I don't mind parts being narrower than that, but I think you still need to have it wide enough for two people to go side by side- that makes for a lot better spectating action!

And the worst part about the stairs at Mt. Trashmore is that they're railed off on either side and quite narrow, so you can't pass anybody on them! You have to get around people before you get to the stairs or you'll be held up all the way to the top.

Yeah, speaking of too-narrow runups, we had to contend with this one recently: http://www.ontariocycling.org/web_img/ew_img/cx_kelso_2_jam_1.jpg. Nice first-lap traffic jam.

Wow. And nobody stepped over the tape? It's only a little ways off the ground! By the time everybody was through that, I'll bet the field was strung out for quite a ways.

Actually, I was planning on hitting up Trashmore this weekend. I think we might stay at a hotel 11 miles from the race. Will probably head down Saturday night.

Wow. And nobody stepped over the tape? It's only a little ways off the ground! By the time everybody was through that, I'll bet the field was strung out for quite a ways.

Us Canadians are too polite, what can I say? ;)

True cyclocross, NW style.

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Actually, I was planning on hitting up Trashmore this weekend. I think we might stay at a hotel 11 miles from the race. Will probably head down Saturday night.

Did you end up going to Trashmore? How was it?

A couple of race pics.

Bloomer Park (Rochester, MI) Sep. 30

-photo: courtesy of Andrea Tucker: www.tuckerbikes.com

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Munson Park (Monroe, MI) Nov. 18

-photo courtesy of Steve Balogh: sb.smugmug.com

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yay snow! :beer::D

yeah, take that muddy NW folks.. :P

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I've got a bunch of photos linked from my blog here (http://thewindingroadie.blogspot.com). Scroll down to the post about cyclocross photos now online, and click on the title to access my Flickr account.

Most of these were taken at the kmk Cyclocross Series in Marquette, MI (yep, us Yoopers even have 'cross now). One was taken at the Wisconsin Cycling Association race at Angell Park.

A few of my favorites:
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pics courtesy of the man, the legend, kevin dillard.

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ghostman talking trash at the start line

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me, on the pit bike, after running 4/5 of a lap.

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ryry looking confused

lots more pics available at http://www.velophotos.net

Did you end up going to Trashmore? How was it?
Nah, a friend from Philly was gonna come visit, then ended up not showing up, so I did nothing and I could have raced! ****!

Ah, bummer! That sucks!

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ryry looking confused

lots more pics available at http://www.velophotos.net

Those are some crazy bars, anyone have any experience with them?