The Big Picture | CXNATS Portraits
This year has been sparse for me cyclocross-wise. While I miss it almost every weekend, I am also grateful that … Continue reading The Big Picture | CXNATS Portraits
Author: Brett Rothmeyer
The Big Picture: DCCX | Brett Rothmeyer
It’s been hours since the sun has gone down, I lay here and ache. You have drained me down to … Continue reading The Big Picture: DCCX | Brett Rothmeyer
The Big Picture: KMC Cross Fest (Brett Rothmeyer)
My skin felt electric, the mist fell through the grey sky, teeth chattering in a whirl of nerves and a … Continue reading The Big Picture: KMC Cross Fest (Brett Rothmeyer)
The Big Picture: Rochester Cyclocross (Brett Rothmeyer)
The cool grayness of the morning sneaks through a crack in the drapes, the distant hum of car tires, the … Continue reading The Big Picture: Rochester Cyclocross (Brett Rothmeyer)
The Big Picture: Laura Winberry
If you have been paying attention to cyclocross in North America for the last couple years than you have more … Continue reading The Big Picture: Laura Winberry
The Big Picture: 2017 U.S. Cyclocross Nationals, The Coming Storm
The grey dusk sky was interrupted in intervals of human silhouettes, one after another forced into the negative space. The orange glow of small fire’s illuminated the hillside in an ever changing pattern while the crush of thousands adorned in black moved with the force of a swelling river to the soundtrack of the apocalypse. My 14 year old eyes glazed with fear and amazement at the complete and total chaos as the sky rained sod, funnel cake and pizza toppings. Continue reading “The Big Picture: 2017 U.S. Cyclocross Nationals, The Coming Storm”
The Big Picture: Stephen Hyde, National Champion
With a full tank of gas and a full mug of coffee I pointed my car to the east. The rolling hills of Pennsylvania, interrupted only by forgotten towns, go on endlessly through the grey winter landscape. My mind wonders from where I should try to find lunch to if anything can stand in the way of Stephen Hyde becoming the next National Champion? Continue reading “The Big Picture: Stephen Hyde, National Champion”
The Big Picture: Capital ‘Cross Classic
There’s a warm wash that comes over the body, hands light on the bars, the sounds surrounding drowned into a sweet hum, and there’s almost a detachment from one’s self, as if you’re watching someone else pilot your body through the terrain. Continue reading “The Big Picture: Capital ‘Cross Classic”
The Big Picture: Fall Down Get Up
There is this voice that often shows up in the back my mind whenever I’m about to do something the slightest bit risky, whether it’s on a bike, my skateboard, sleeping outside in cold temperatures, getting on a plane to go somewhere new, this voice ever so faint telling me “don’t do it.” I immediately question the voice, “but this is what I want, plus it’s going to be fun” as the voice sends its rebuttals with “you could get hurt, sick, you might die!” Continue reading “The Big Picture: Fall Down Get Up”
The Big Picture: Rockburn CX
Let’s take a slight walk back in time to Louisville Kentucky during the 2013 cyclocross world championships. The whole of the cyclocross community descended upon Eva Bandman Park to witness the greatest competitors of the sport race under snowy skies while the Ohio River threatened to rise and consume the course forcing all four of the weekends categories to take place on Saturday. I will argue that this was one of, if not the greatest sporting event that has ever taken place on American soil. Sure, you can say that I am biased and that is certainly true when it comes to cyclocross but let me pose a small argument to back up my claims. Continue reading “The Big Picture: Rockburn CX”