In The Crosshairs

With the meteoric rise in popularity of tandem-cross in the Mid-Atlantic region, we thought it was a good time to give everybody interested in this nascent category a few pointers on how to place high in the standings. For our first installment we caught up with Chad Bartlett and Sean O’Donnell (Team TOMS Shoes p/b [...]

Schooley Mill Cross, day one of the Howard County Double Cross, took place November 20. The course set up dry and fast with a couple more twists and turns than last year. The mud wasn’t there this year, which made this race a bit faster, but the added technical features seemed to keep everything in [...]

The final race in the BikeReg.com MABRAcross series takes place this Sunday in Taneytown, Md. The MABRAcross Championship race, also know as The Turkey Chase, is historically a sloppy affair with muddy conditions being the rule rather than the exception. The course is fairly straightforward with some tricky off-camber sections and one short run-up. Thanks [...]

The third race in the MABRAcross Tandem-Cross series took place Sunday, November 1, at Rockburn Cross. Current tandem-cross series leaders Padam (Adventures for the Cure) had their first serious challenge as the Connolly-Shiao (KBS/LSV) and Bauer-DKeg (SSO) teams were right on their heels the whole way. For the video we have Single Speed Outlaw’s Todd [...]

We caught up with several podium finishers at Saturday’s Schooley Mill Cross race to get their thoughts on the course and how the day played out. The idea in putting together these interviews was to give you a video version of what we used to do every week on this site: seek out the podium [...]

I have a whole lot of Howard County Double Cross content to upload. So much, that I’m not sure where to start. Spent today moving along some MABRAcross business and now it’s all CXHairs for the next day or so. We did some cool interviews at Schooley Mill, helmet-cams for Rockburn and Schooley Mill and [...]

Rockburn Cross, day 2 of the Howard County Double Cross and race #9 in the BikeReg.com MABRAcross series, takes place Sunday, November 21. Twists, turns, ups and downs make Rockburn a favorite for many cyclocrossers in the Mid-Atlantic. Although there may be a different turn here and there, the word I get from the race [...]

Schooley Mill, the first race in the Howard County Double Cross weekend,  takes place Saturday November 20 in Highland, Md. In its second year, the Schooley Mill “Steeple Chase” is an opportunity for the diesels to get their groove on. Last year’s course had nice long power sections but also a good deal of ridable [...]

Many parts of the country not located in the Pacific Northwest have spent the season racing cyclocross in dry, temperate conditions. Not having to deal with the mud and the grime on a weekly basis can lull you into a state of complacency when it comes to keeping your race bike, or any bike for [...]

Round two of the MABRAcross tandem-cross series took place November 7 at Rosaryville State Park. The Tacchino Ciclocross tandem class featured the undefeated Padam Blairscoll rig and top contenders Biggs Rig and Bartlett Boys. Throw in 12 other tandems including ones piloted by tigger and piglet and a gorilla chasing a banana and you got [...]