Jeff has a great race recap up on the All-City blog. I think this might be the most comprehensive group of photos I’ve seen so far. Thanks for coming out buddy!
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Keep Cross Weird Photos!
What an event! For the past year, I’ve been putting in intense laps on this little piece of singletrack over on the east side of Austin. It’s not much, but for me, it got me in mode for cross season. When I casually mentioned the idea about doing a race here in Austin to Jeff from All-City, he was so down. The only question was: is it gonna be weird?
I never thought making an event weird was the key ingredient. I was just reminded of the cheesy tie-dye “Keep Austin Weird” shirts but when Kyle and Jeff got into town, they wanted to know how the race was going to be weird.
Honestly, I did very little, other than make a tough, technical and different race go down. 50 people registered, twice as many spectated and about 30 finished. There were glow-sticks marking off the treachery, log hops, muddy run ups, a 200-foot sand sprint, fast, twisty singletrack, a long wooden staircase run-up and a creek crossing.
One guy raced it on a BMC track bike, another on a fixed gear, there were three mountain bikes, a bunch of cross bikes and a basket bike. Oh and Tucker showed up on his neon pedicab.
The fastest lap was 9 minutes and the winner did an extra because he didn’t believe me that the race was done.
So in the end, this race was pretty fucking weird and no one was hurt! We ended the night at Yellow Jacket Social Club where I threw all the race money back at the participants with a keg of beer and cash prized for the top 3 and 1st lady.
There were a bunch of photographers on hand, but I chose to post Nick Cantrell‘s and Gideon Tsang‘s photos from the Yellow Jacket.
Check out Erik Binggeser’s photos here, Dirt Drops’ here and J.A. Hicks’ very pro photos here!
Austin, you surprise me every time.
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Well That Was Weird
Photos by Gideon Tsang
Last night’s Keep Cross Weird race was a huge success. 50 racers registered and a great spectator crowd formed. There was a lot of mud, even more running and the fine folks at Yellow Jacket Social Club kept the drinks coming all night.
I’m still playing host to a group of people, so the site will be kinda quiet today. Oh and I didn’t even take a camera to the race with me. Which is very weird. Gideon did however, so check out his photos on the Beat the Clock Facebook!
If you shot photos, please email them to me!
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CX Hairs: #SVENNESS 2.6
My weekend mornings usually begin with a cup of black coffee, something playing on the turntable and SVENNESS at full screen resolution on my laptop. It’s not a bad way to wake up…
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Speedvagen’s California Vacation by Jeff Curtes
Photos by Jeff Curtes
California is the place to be and even some Portland scalawags like team Speedvagen know that. Ok, so they’re not scalawags, but they sure know how to have fun! Check out the amazing photos by Jeff Curtes over at the Speedbloggen!
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For the Love of Mud
This one plays like some ancient battle is about to unfold and it is…
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John Daniel Reiss: Team Fresh Air Bicycle Hunter Cross
Photos by John Daniel Reiss
There’s always room for some SF and Santa Cruz love here on PiNP, especially when it’s from the lens of JDR. These new team Fresh Air Bicycles Hunter cross bikes look so good! I love seeing grassroots support from people like Rick Hunter. Check out the Team Fresh Air Hunter Flickr group and see more photos at JDR’s Flickr.
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Two Total Babes
Photos by Dylan VanWeelden
… and two rad kits!
Ty was up in Portland to race a Cross Crusades and hang out (that dude lives the dream) with the lovely couple behind the Athletic. Speaking of the Athletic, you’ve gotta pop over to see more photos from the event and of that killer kit. Seriously, sign me up for one!
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CX Hairs: #SVENNESS 2.5
Here we go! CX Hairs is really killing it with these videos. Support them and pick up one of those sweet SVENNESS tees!
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Dirty Deeds CX Spooky Cross!
Spooky Cross. For most of the world, it’s a segue into a long and arduous cross season. But for the Dirty Deeds CX league, it’s the end of series party. Unlike most spooky cross races, each race was one or two laps max, coming in under 10 minutes per heat.
Since this was my first DDCX event, I don’t have much to gauge from it other than I saw a lot of people, in exceptional costumes, having fun on bikes. That’s good enough for me. Oh and there was a streaker…
See more in he Gallery!
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All-City Cycles and PiNP Present: Keep Cross Weird
Yep. It’s going to be fun. Real fun. So fun, that you’ll probably spend more time off your bike, than on, depending on your skill level…
Jeff from All-City has wanted to visit Austin since first going to NAHBS, so we conceived a crack-pot idea of throwing a race and flying Tracko out as the ringer.
Prizes are going to be good, but limited. $5 buy in. Race starts at 7pm, with registration opening at 6:30pm. 18+ ONLY. Meet at the Roy G Guerrero park gazebo in East Austin. Ride whatever you’ve got! Come race, or just hang out and heckle. It’s going to be in a public park, so alcohol isn’t technically allowed. Be creative… Afterparty TBA.
It’s going to be a dark course, like, no stadium lights, so bring a good riding lamp. There will be some technical singletrack, run ups, sand pits and a few surprises.
I know it’s kinda short notice, but if you’re able to come out, do so. We’ll be riding cross and MTBs all week.
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Cannondale: the Team Episode 01
Check it out as Cannondale’s team gets together for the first time in the season to discuss brakes, bikes and the new equipment for 2013.
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Signal Cycles: Crusade Frames in Japan
It’s gotta feel great to work your ass off on a project and have it end splendidly. Or rather, begin splendidly upon completion. The guys at Signal have been in a production crunch zone for the past few weeks, preparing their new Crusade cross frames for a trip to Japan.
There’s a rad write-up on their site, as well as a few production photos and a race report from Osaka. Head over to the Signal blog and see the first and second post for yourself!
Something tells me this is only the beginning for the Signal Crusade…
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Dirty Deeds CX Spookycross in Melbourne this Saturday
This weekend is Spookycross here in Melbourne, thrown by none other than Dirty Deeds, the local ‘cross organization. Come out, bring beer, costumes, cross bikes and your heckling A game. I’ll be out shooting photos, so say hello.
Pre-registration is open, so get on that!
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2013 Bubblecross
Here’s a video from last weekend’s Bubblecross, a cross race in New Jersey… Congrats to Dan Chabanov for winning the pro division (with a guitar solo). Also, make sure you check out Dan’s column on Peloton’s blog!
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Portland Design Works and Breadwinner Cycles: Work Hard Ride Home
Here’s a rad, feel good video from Portland Design Works and Breadwinner Cycles. Featuring members of the team racing, hanging out and Tony’s cute kid. Such a great video and the Holeshot SS disc looks so good guys!
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Endure: Ballet in the Mud
Last January, a certain Guest Gallery broke records here on the site. Peter DiAntoni, Darren Hauck, Jeffrey Phelps and Dave Schlabowske shot some amazing photos at the 2013 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships. I felt honored to have such great photos grace the site.
Now, Hanson Dodge Creative has compiled a new photography exhibition, opening November 7th that is showcasing the mud, frozen sweat and sheer intensity of ‘cross racing.
The opening will be up from November 7th – February 28th 2014 at Hanson Dodge Creative, 220 E. Buffalo St., in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward.
See more details at the Wisconsin Bike Federation and see the original Guest Gallery: 2013 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships post here!
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Rapha Interviews Kevin Sparrow
Photo by Kevin Sparrow
… on what it he believes it means to photograph cyclocross. Head over to the Rapha blog and check it out!
