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Cross Was Here: A Day in the life of Chelsea Weidinger – Jen Abercrombie
Cross Was Here: A Day in the life of Chelsea Weidinger
Photos and words by Jen Abercrombie
“I’d already set the goal in my head that I was going to be the first girl on MASH. I don’t know how it’s going to happen, but it’s going to happen.” – Chelsea Weidinger
It’s January and everyone is thinking of resolutions and goals for the coming year. As cross season ended, I spent a day in San Francisco riding and talking with Chelsea Weidinger, of the MASH Cyclocross team, about how she got here and where she’s going. Chelsea hails from Columbus, Ohio. After stints working in a bank and a juice bar, she decided that coffee and bike racing were more her speed, and moved to San Francisco in 2012.
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Cross Nats Highlights
CXHairs put together a highlight reel from this year’s ‘Cross Nats in North Carolina. Don’t miss this one!
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The 2016 Cyclocross National Championships – Amanda Schaper
The 2016 Cyclocross National Championships
Words by Amanda Schaper, photos by Jordan Clark Haggard
For cyclocross racers, the National Championships is our biggest and best party of the year. You travel to a new place and spend a week filled with amazing racing, lots of great people, and—of course—even a little debauchery. This is cyclocross after all.
This year’s event was hosted in Asheville, North Carolina, at the Biltmore Estate. This is a stunningly beautiful 8,000-acre property that has been family owned since 1895, and it features the largest privately owned house in the U.S. Seriously—it’s a 178,926 square foot mansion with absolutely incredible architecture. Riding through the Estate grounds reveals sprawling gardens, forested areas, creeks, waterfalls, a winery, intricate stone walls, and farm animals grazing through open fields. Everything about the Biltmore screams luxury, and it made for an amazing location to host the Cyclocross National Championships.
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Globeville Cutty Bandit Cross
Team Meow keeps it cutty with their Bandit Cross series in the Denver area. Check out more events at Team Meow’s Facebook.
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Niner and the IMBA are Auctioning off Limited Edition RLT9 Steel Cross Bikes!
We love it when brands like Niner use their pull in the cycling industry to raise money for an organization like IMBA. Over the next few days, they’ll be auctioning off these limited edition RLT9 Steel ‘cross bikes at eBay, with proceeds going to support the IMBA.
Head to eBay to bid and see the full details below! Thanks again guys for doing such a kick-ass job on these bikes!
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Speedvagen Family Racing with Laura Winberry
Speedvagen’s Family Racing has some heavy hitters on its roster, including the forever smiling Laura Winberry. Check out this video profiling her as she takes on racing in the Pacific Northwest.
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More on Brian Vernor and the Three Peaks Race
Ritchey Design: Three Peaks. What is it?
Brian Vernor: It’s called a cyclocross race, but really it’s a long distance adventure through the English countryside. The course carries you up and over three significant peaks, all of which force you off the bike for an unreasonable amount of running, hiking and shouldering. I grew up in Santa Cruz, California and at the time it was (and still is) one of the hubs for cyclocross in the United States. I started racing there in high school and I heard whispers about “Three Peaks” from some of the elder statesmen of the sport who’d gone to Europe to race and explore the less conventional rides and races out there. Three Peaks was always discussed with great reverence. And fear.
If you’re like me, you want to know more about Yorkshire’s Three Peaks “cross race.” Earlier this year, Brian Vernor with the help of Ritchey was able to compete in this infamous event, resulting in a video, photos and a complete story to come. For now, Brian’s got an interview up on the Ritchey Blog, so head over and check it out!
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CX Hairs: SVENNESS 4.2 Teaser
CX Hairs knows how to keep us on our toes. Here’s a teaser for SVENNESS 4.2 from Koksijde.
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SSCXWC Victoria Day 03 Video Recap
Ok, ok… Race? What race? This is a party!
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SSCXWC Victoria Day 02 Video Recap
It’s a race, not a party. It’s a party, not a race.
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Cross Crusade ’15: Portland International Raceway
The Portland International Raceway marked the end of the 2015 Cross Crusade in Oregon. Many, many thanks to River City Bicycles for carrying us along for each of these races!
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Cutty Bandit Cross
All bandit ‘cross races should be as cutty as possible. Looks like a fun time guys! If you’re in the Denver area, don’t miss the next event.
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How to Pin Your Number!
New to racing? Or maybe you’re just one of those people who has a loosely-pinned number that flaps in the wind annoying your fellow racers. Whatever the case may be, check out this video with Taylor Kruse as he walks you through pinning a race number.
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Stick Your Neck Out
… it might just go as planned.
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Bubblecross!
I don’t know about you but I love seeing how other cities celebrate ‘cross season… Here’s how West Milford, NJ gets down.
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Breadwinner Cycles: Holeshot Disc
As the final lap bell rings, Breadwinner Cycles drops this Holeshot Disc build on us. The Portland framebuilding duo have a few opinions about racing bikes, how they should handle and what components work for the Pacific Northwest’s muddy races, as evident in all those great Cross Crusade videos… Head over to the Breadwinner Flickr to check out more detail photos and as always, holler at the boys for ordering information.
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Cross Crusade ’15: Barton Park
Another weekend, another Cross Crusades in the Portland area… Seriously, this one looks so amazing.