Anyone going to Willoughby OH, cx on 11/10?

[4130gibson@sbcg]

The "Cross my Heart and Hope To Die Willoughby Cyclocross Spectacular" is on Sat. Nov.10th. Eastern suburb of Cleveland... Should be a hoot, and there is $1000. purse for the expert class, according to the race flyer! I got the dau off from the bike shop, and will be racing in the B's. hope to see some of you there.

[Milice]

Who is putting it on?

[crossthreaded]

Spin Bike Shop & affiliated Teamspin I believe. Someone said there's a ridiculous hill:eek:, sounds good to me:D

[drumbum]

Only see 3 people preregistered right now:
http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?EventID=5416

Whats the expected turnout? Would love to go, but not worth the two hour drive if no one shows up.

[4130gibson@sbcg]

I'll be there for sure, as it's only 10 miles from my home. Planning to ride there, unless conditions really suck... Hope the usual suspects show up, I might just upgrade to expert and ride for cash; If only 9 others enter I have a shot at top 10! I have a feeling there will be a good turnout though.

[drumbum]

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Will definitely do expert if the turnouts low:rolleyes::p

[crossthreaded]

The course lay out was great! Lots of off camber grass and tight twisties. The runup was a lumpy/ grassy/muddy sled hill with a great descent straight to a muddy hairpin. The over night rain made it some wild stuff. One guy came sliding down, brakes locked front wheel tracking straight with the rear wheel at a 45 degree angle!:eek: He made it down safely and his rear wheel deposited a pile of grass and mud at the bottom. I'd definately do this race again. Plus the bike shop is right next door to a great coffee shop, just 2 minutes from the racesite.

[drumbum]

The course lay out was great! Lots of off camber grass and tight twisties. The runup was a lumpy/ grassy/muddy sled hill with a great descent straight to a muddy hairpin. The over night rain made it some wild stuff. One guy came sliding down, brakes locked front wheel tracking straight with the rear wheel at a 45 degree angle!:eek: He made it down safely and his rear wheel deposited a pile of grass and mud at the bottom. I'd definately do this race again. Plus the bike shop is right next door to a great coffee shop, just 2 minutes from the racesite.

How many total racers? Prereg only reported 7 registered!

[crossthreaded]

At least 7-8 (visual est) times the prereg amount. I'm still waiting for the results to be posted online. I was surprised there weren't more since this was the first cx race with actual cx weather:) so far this season up here.

[4130gibson@sbcg]

Yeah, I was a little surprised at how few riders were there... I left just after the expert field started, I had to get to work... but there was about 25 or so starters. Intermediate masters ran 14, and Intermediate only had 5 starters! But the course was excellent, lots of tight, offcamber turns, and the hill, OMG that hurt!:eek: Thought I was gonna vomit for sure a couple of times there... but the descent was so fast and fun! I was 9th on Master Intermed... plenty of room for improvement, as I slid out 4 -5 times on corners.... sorry I'm going on and on! CX rules!:D

[xlntRider79]

I did the "A" race...23 riders started, which is a pretty average turnout for a Cleveland area cyclocross race, though I think this time some regular "B" racers got lured up to the A's for the guaranteed cash payout. The A race was absolutely brutal. I eneded up doing 15.9 miles in 1:23 averaging ~11.5mph. At some point I hit 29 mph...must have been going down the giant grass hill. I was the last finisher on the same lap as the leaders, which put me in 11th place. I'm guessing that 25% of the riders were down one lap and the final 25% didn't finish. I'm looking forward to seeing the final results when they get posted online.