Cyclocross Racing - CX Race Photos

haha thanks gotta take what you can get :-)

Here's a pretty cool video of lap 1 from last night's Blind Date at the Dairy.

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Some pictures of me from today. First race! Race report in race report thread.

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Santa Rosa Cyclocross put on by Bikemonkey at Doyle Park, Santa Rosa, CA on 10-23-10. My first race and I am hooked!

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Apparently I make stupid faces when I race. I should stop looking at these pictures.

Playing in the mud at PIR...

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(These pics were taken by Stephen Fitzgerald and generously shared among his collection of 2000+ photos of the race.)

From this past Sunday, Cobbs Hill in Rochester, NY. This was a gnarly course with some scary single track and this crazy run up that had a barrier at the base and when you got to the top you still had to jump on a ride up more hill, only to turn around and hit half a dozen off camber switchbacks on the way back down.

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I wish I knew about cross when I lived in Rochester! I can see Cobb's hill being alot of fun and I always lived really close to it.

This image appeared as the pic of the day at Bikerumor.com yesterday. I'm the guy in the black/white kit just about to t-bone the guy who went sideways in the sand pit. It took place right in front of the announcer stand. The guy in the blue jersey was leading our race (Master's 45+). That was the last time I saw him.

http://www.bikerumor.com/2010/10/25/bikerumor-pic-of-the-day-cross-checked/

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^ nice!

a couple more from Carrera de Los Muertos (Marilla Park CX, APCXS #5)

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i'm dead center in this one...fought off a wicked hangover for the first two laps (halloween partied a bit to hard friday night)

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still waiting to see pics from WVU CX at White Park this morning...

i'm dead center in this one...fought off a wicked hangover for the first two laps (halloween partied a bit to hard friday night)

I can't even imagine doing a CX race with a hangover. It's hard enough when I'm feeling good.

I can't even imagine doing a CX race with a hangover. It's hard enough when I'm feeling good.

Haha neither could I until I did.... My finish reflected it a bit... 35th/45

We have this Chris Horner guy keep showing up to the local cyclocross series races and putting the hurt on for racers like me.

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Is that you in the background being lapped/passed?

I'm looking forward to watching him after my race on Sunday. (Come on, Sid!)
Rumor is Bahati might race this weekend as well.

Here's a couple pics I took.
Chris Horner does smile all the time.

Photos from Northampton cross


Elite men: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=249743&id=571342190&l=eee6f9491f

Elite women: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=249663&id=571342190&l=f85083494d

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=452083847190&set=a.452082437190.249743.571342190

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Sometimes it looks so good:
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And then ends so bad:
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And then, sometimes the only bit of publicity you get is when you're on your @$$ with dirt in your teeth (me):
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Day 2 of CXLA at the Greek Theater

Horner working on his bike in the distance

Sid in a turn

Sid bunny hopping

Horner in a turn

Sid's ride to the ride

Not stills... but here are some video from recent races around Philly. I should have more up when I get to it.

http://vimeo.com/16630339

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goin for the money in the C race at spring mountain cross in schwenksville, PA
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I've never seen money in the course at any of my races :(

I wouldn't, however, stop for it.

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That looks brutal on a SS.

Short and steep. I made it up all but the first lap when there was a pileup in front of me, though a couple of times I pulled out of my worn right pedal at the top.. Ridable if you had momentum, and there was a pretty good straightaway beforehand. The worst part was the frozen ground. Very bumpy and easy to spin out.

ventura race yesterday
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long beach race last weekend
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cross crusade (portland) earlier this month
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spooky cross in irvine last month
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and first race of the season in san dimas (98 degrees that day)
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Some pictures of me from today. First race! Race report in race report thread.

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I see Atlanta bike shops! RB represent!

Here are some photos from BPSA #4 at Goldengate Park in San Francisco:

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GGP was fun yesterday. I like what they did with the dip of doom from last year. It was significantly easier to ride.

That ground looks...soft. Comfy, even. I want some of that.

Those are some cool looking pictures from The City. Kinda amazing that's all right there in city limits.

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Here are a couple of photos from this weekend's race near Nashville, TN. This was from the series finale of the "Cross The Way" series.

I'm the one in the red/white/black kit 2nd from right.
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This is from my last race of the season a few weeks back.

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Awesomely muddy race with a ridiculous "run" more like walk up. I ended up getting 12th out of a totally open field of 50-60, pretty happy with that result.

Total mud bog today in the Socal Cross finale. Water straw and clay make great bricks but a terrible racing surface. When he 4s went it was drying out a bit which made for the most horrifically sticky mud. Many snapped derailleurs, people had to run most of the entire course.
I ran three laps with just two small 50-70 yard sections that I could ride downhill. I needed different tires and a bike with loads more clearance for mud and even then I think it'd be hopeless. I finished though... three laps and lots of slogging/running.

I spent a lot of time clearing out the front and rear just to get the wheels rolling again. Even when I could ride my bike wouldn't move.

This pic is the mount of mud collected, not from the whole race, but from walking the bike 15 feet or so.

Later on the sky opened up ad the mud became much wetter, so the next group could actually ride and i was surprised just how little mud they were collecting. A little water changes everything!

Pissed and muddy.
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The only race this year w/mud, BCA Cross. On way to 3rd in the Bs.

The mudfest at Lange Twins.

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More pics of the mudfest in SoCal.

This is what I looked like for about 45 minutes... running.

And this was when there was just "a little" mud on the bike, unlike later on.

yes, it was a little muddy. it started pouring for the Elite 1/2/3/4 race.

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Suffer face in full effect.
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Suffer face in full effect.

Nice.

I showed my family a picutre like this of myself (#384 on this thread (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/357583-CX-Race-Photos?p=11607307&viewfull=1#post11607307)), and they mostly misinterpreted the expression. One of my nephews said something like, "Wow, my uncle is a b** a**!" I admitted to him I was actually doing all I could just not to throw up.

I was actually really pissed that by bike was malfunctioning. My rear shifting stopped working and just after this pick the cable slipped out of the RD. Totally my fault but frustrating none the less.

Suffer face in full effect.
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here's my pain face on a 25 pound steel thumbshiftin' 7-speed in october http://www.cyclingcaptured.com/2010-Cycling/Cyclocross/2010-Beacon-C-Men/2010-Beacon0088/1071405303_M7Q62-L.jpg

i've relaxed a bit as of yesterday's race (lighter, better bike and fitter engine may have helped;)) http://www.cyclingcaptured.com/2011CyclingSeason/CycloCross/2011-Limestone-Cross-RaceB/2011-LimeStone-Cross0252/1158061415_YkFC6-L.jpg

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Some pix of my teammates and me ripping things up at the Raleigh Midsummer Night's CX, (Roslyn, WA; July 21st)

John W. bombing the downhill
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Me blasting through the woodchips
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Dylan C. pounding the run-up
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Michael M. attacking the barriers
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How not to attack the barriers. From Starcrossed. Ouch!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEGAIYKTZ9w&sns=fb

so was joey ok?

so was joey ok?

Joey is OK.
Racing hard again the next day.

Attacking hills suck.

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first day of nittany cx, sept 10 2011, over the barriers. photo: eileen veight(my fiance)
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