In The Crosshairs

Had this up on the Tumblr account, which you can find at cxhairs.tumblr.com and believe it is worthwhile to post here, too. It is a short public service announcement intended to clear up some confusion in the cyclocross community. Compare and contrast. “bunny-hop”: “riding barriers”: The more you know … Thanks for watching and see you [...]

The seventh running of the Charm City Cross happens this weekend in Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park. What started as a one day event with around 300 total riders has quickly grown into one of the premier East Coast events with two days of UCI and non-UCI racing and over 1000 cyclocrossers pinning on numbers. We [...]

Crikeys. Where did the summer go? Or the spring and end of winter, for that matter. It’s already cross season? Every year seems to follow the same pattern. Wait, wait, wait, wait … and … WAIT!!! I’m not ready, yet! The MAC has already started, MABRAcross Super 8 gets going a week from Sunday, Charm [...]

The MAC is up and running and already has over 1000 registrants, MABRAcross will open its doors for business this weekend. We know you can’t wait. But does that mean you’re ready? Are you faster around the cyclocross course this year than you were last year? Did you know that using proper dismounting, remounting, carrying [...]

If you live in, or are thinking about traveling to, the DC-metro area this weekend, do yourself a favor and check out the Bicycle Film Festival. My frequent partner-in-crime Sean O’Donnell and good friend Nick Barkley (DC BFF Director) have put in huge days to make sure this year’s festival is bigger and better than [...]

The Super 8, MABRAcross’ top level series, has released its 2011 calendar. The series is once again sponsored by BikeReg.com. The Verge Sport leader’s jersey is also back and will be contested in 10 categories with the series winners presented at the Capital Cross Classic finale. See you out there!  

In what has become a can’t miss annual event, U.S. pro cyclocrosser Jeremy Powers (Rapha/Focus) will once again join forces with JBV Coaching and Fulcrum Coaching in a full day cyclocross boot camp. Building on the overwhelming success of the last two years, this one-day cyclocross indoctrination—sponsored by the Bike Doctor of Waldorf—is the perfect [...]

People that race ‘cross like to joke about this time of year being the “off season.” But it really isn’t a joke. It is the off-season, and when the on-season only lasts a little over two months, there is a lot of time to kill. Here at the CXHairs we have occupied ourselves during this [...]

So you say you’re a masters racer who wants to race cyclocross worlds but isn’t sure where to begin? Fear not, USA Cycling has released eligibility guidelines for racers interested in participating in the 2012 Masters World Cyclocross Championship. Text of the press release outlining the guidelines follows: Eligibility guidelines for 2012 Masters Cyclo-cross World [...]

CourierCX is in the books. Good grass roots racing, great after-party at DURKL and a ton of footage to sort through. About 25 brave souls lined up to race and made it through DC and Virginia unscathed. Despite my anonymous commenter’s fears, no dogs or rollerbladers were adversely affected on the Mount Vernon Trail. Things [...]