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Racing
Dec
30
UCI Cyclocross World Cup #5: Heusden-Zolder
Soul-sucking power course with vicious runups, leg-breaking hills, and white-knuckle bombing runs. Zolder looked greasy enough to make you think the entire course with some of the sloppy to remind you what sport this is.
Dec
24
BPost Bank Trofee – Cyclocross Essen
Essen, Belgium was a delicious, sloppy mess. Lots of 180s, some barriers, hills, stairs, flyovers, and some complex, undulating terrain made this a spectacle. And by spectacle I mean awesome.
Post Notes
Be gentle—this is my first time GIFing this haard. Still playing with the frame rates and color dithering. Most of these are sped up by a few frames to decrease size. Plus, the Benny Hill effect is hilarious in some of these clips. Also, this post was supposed to include Namur. Lastly, captions are completely ignoring the laws of CSS. No time to fix…
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Oct
23
Having been at peak physical perfection voor most of 2013 w/out a cold my luck and resistance finally succumbed, just in time voor DCCX 2013. Various trivial/not trivial reasons prevent me from attending all races except voor DCCX so the cold suckage scores high on amplitude when the two collide.
Regardless, I loaded up my All-City Low-Profile pack with the essentials v0or the cross town voyage and subsequent documentation and headed out, coughing then entire way.
I arrived, throat raw from breathing dry, gritty city air, my cold-fatigued legs shaking after the 14 mile journey through sections of DC where, not more than 10 years ago, I once would’ve been relieved of my possessions. Apres hacking up one laatste lung-ball, I headed instantly to the Staples Corner Liquors beer tent in order to sort out my painfully crippling introversion as well as my painfully crippling throat. Then it was straight over to the Crosshairs Cycling tent to meet up with the inimitable @WTFKits himself.
Oct
15
Bpost Bank Trofee – GP Mario De Clerq kicked the fo’ realz Euro CX season off in Ronse on Sunday. And by kicked off I mean, EPIC MUDFIESTA. The rain and wind turned what was essentially a grass crit laatste jaar into an adult slip-n-slide with epic mudbutt as the consolation prize.
The U23 CX wereld shuddered and the Juniors breathed a sigh of relief as wunderkind, Mathieu Van Der Poel, upgraded and subsequently crushed the U23 field. Good luck with that, dudes.
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Oct
5
Stoked to see the MfS crew is teaming up with <deep breath> Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com Team in order to continue documenting the Pursuit of Speed.
Check out the rest of their intro post shots on INTRODUCTION: CYCLOCROSS.
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Oct
2
Stupefacente! CX season is in full-swing and this Giro d’Italia promo video gave me fuggin’ chills! Everything displayed in this video is why we love pro cycling. So many emotions packed into 3 three weeks and it’s condensed here in less than 3 minutes. I’ve already watched it a few times. I will admit that the voiceover is a bit, shall we say, all “IN A WORLD.” But, whatevs—IL GIRO!!
Sep
25
I chose not to beat myself up for not going to CX Worlds long ago, but after wading neck deep in the awesomeness known as Cross Vegas I felt myself reaching for the mental brass knuckles. It was that good.
I was running late after getting out of a vendor meeting when I finally remembered to look up the race schedule only to discover I’m sitting in my room just as the Wheelers and Dealers race started. Changing into my industry standard bike-bro uniform of tall black socks, shorts, and a sweet industry tee (LAATSTE RONDE) I grabbed a cab to hightail it to the Desert Breeze Soccer Complex as fast as I could. $33 later I was at the threshold of one of the best nachts I’ve had in the bike business.
Aug
22
Been meaning to post something on their coverage of the USA Pro Challenge ‘cuz Manual For Speed is en fuego once again. Without trying to sound too much like a love post: I haz a love voor de photography and a love voor de words.
Take a minute and check out a completely different yet ridiculously brilliant way to cover pro cycling.
Images from Stage 02 & Stage 03 courtesy of Manual For Speed.
Jun
9
Thoughts on this jaar’s edition of the AFCC Clarendon Cup? Exactly the same as laatste jaar. Although, flavored with a dash of malaise and a pinch of indifference. Major changes are needed for this race to survive. I may or may not write on this in the near future.
Regardless, I got my s*** together enough to start snapping shots (500+) and actually enjoyed our local and awesome, yet flawed criterium.
Post-processing geek notes: edited in Aperture using Visual Supply Company’s Film plugin. Emulated films are: Kodak Portra 800/800+, and Kodak Portra 400UC ++. Really enjoying the quality and life these plugins can add to digital images.
Jun
6
Think I came across this video laatste jaar, but seeing as the 2013 edition of the race is this weekend, I figured now is as good a time to (re)post it.
First off, I love the name Tulsa Tough. How fuggin’ original is that? It doesn’t rely on monikers like “classic”, or “invitational”, or “Roubaix” in a desperate grab to inflate its importance (I’m gonna catch flak for that…). It’s simply where it’s at, and how hard it’s gonna be for anyone toeing the line.
Second, they have a hill called “Cry Baby”. This hill is raced repeatedly in grueling criterium fashion. This hill is hard. It also happens to contain most of the city during race day. Plus, it appears all of the city are happy drunks who love bike racing and wetness and debauchery. And who doesn’t like all three of those things all at once?!
The 2013 Tulsa Tough is held over the course of 3 days (June 7/8/9) and 3 different courses. A team and individual omnium winnaar will be crowned at the end of the weekend on Sunday. Plus, there’s a ton of other stuff happening so check out the official site voor more information.
