Hi All,

Few pics below from the First round of the Welsh Cyclocross League in the UK.

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020 by Thursday85, on Flickr

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Second season for me (ACME jersey) I've been dying to get stuck back in since the last race of '10!

First race of the series at Riverside State park. Finished mid pack in the 40-49 group.

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photo from last weekend, whirlybird cx in bryn athyn PA, muddy and hilly, bleh, fun either way though photo:eileen veight

nice kenny....the spiral of death! eileen takes some great shots. here's a shot by anthony skorochod from the St. Luke's (death?) Staircase! http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=222101
not sure why it came out 'tiny'....will try again later (tho it looks like you can click it to make it bigger...good enuff)

Muddy Wheels at Dieppe, NB, Canada. It was my first race ever on a bicycle - finished first in "C" category (first timers Cat)

Gorgeous night - 22-23 degrees. Great mixture of slow, tight, technical terrain with some flat out gravel track. Nasty hill with a barrier that forced a foot climb - ouch.

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A few more by the on-site photographer, Don Ricker

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those are some great pictures.. i need to do a night race i thinks..

Pics from "The Schmuck" in Colfax WA

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Colfax huh? Hope you didn't get a ticket...

Me taking the 6 pack at the Chicago Cross Cup in Bartlett.

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First cx race ever yesterday, wife snapped this one with instagram

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I've got a lot to learn.

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Not riding, just standing around being generally badass:
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DCCX-V. October 23 @ the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Northwest Washington, DC.
Three cheers for DCMTB for putting on a great event.This was my second race ever and first one this year.
Kudos to my girlfriend for taking pictures that don't show the complete and total pain & exhaustion that my lungs are going through.

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And a picture of the tandem race in which I did not compete.
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Yay Halloween!

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Nice bumblebee costume.

What's up with the crowd at that race? I woman just rides buy dressed up as a bumble bee and they all look bored to death. Were the other riders' costumes so much better that yours was considered mundane?

Agreed.

Unfortunately, there was a pretty poor costume turnout at the race I did. I was expecting to have a relatively lame costume, but like 90% of the people there raced in their usual kit.

Here's my weak effort:

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I really should have raced on my Cross Check.


On the other hand, the course was excellent. Here are a few pics I took after I finished my race.

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I'm still having nightmares about that run up...

Yeah, memories of that run up have me choosing Apple Core Cross over Edgefield this Saturday. I need something flat.

A short steep run-up like you get at Barton is more fun -- steep enough that you definitely have to run it, but short enough that you dig in and sprint up the hill.

Here are some shots from a race a week ago, Syracross at Highland Forest just outside of Syracuse, NY. It was probably about 32* out and snow was still on the ground, not cold enough to freeze the mud though and there was plenty of it.

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A few from the past weekend's races in Long Beach, California (more if you click on my signature):

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They had probably seen this and expected more than just a bumble bee.

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I love this one... like the kid just passed them and he's hammering away to gap them.

(And, AndyK, that one is, uh, interesting ...)

It wouldn't surprise me at all. We just had a 12-year old get a mandatory upgrade from Beginner to C after his fourth podium finish.

The mixing of juniors and adults makes for some fun pictures. This is my personal favorite, from Alpenrose in 2009:

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