Sicko-cross
A few months ago, while in the depths of the Belgian winter, I was offered a small ray of sunlight from the other side of the world. It was more the prospect of a glimmer of sunshine and warmth, something to distract me at a… More ›
Tag: Cyclocross
Kiwis of the Worlds
The second week of my time in Kentucky saw the arrival of the rest of the Australasian, and so too the entire southern hemisphere, cyclocross contingent. This consisted of 7 people, with five nationalities represented – Genevieve Whitson, Kiwi racer based in Scotland and her… More ›
Murry Chrossmas
Merry belated Christmas everyone, and Happy New Year. I don’t have all that much more energy for celebrations at the moment, as the last couple of weeks have been quite different to any of my life until this point. For a start Christmas was cold… More ›
Mud, Sand and Gears
The last two weekends have featured some of the coolest and most unique races of the Belgian cyclocross season. After getting sick for a couple more days following Hamme-Zogge I eventually started to feel better, and by the end of the week was able to… More ›
Thinny, Fatty, in a Meat Patty
When I last checked in I’d just had three races in four days, two of which were A races and the last one a B grade affair. I’d been feeling good in the second two, but was slightly anxious about picking up some kind of… More ›
Modder of Fact
After the broiled cess pit of a bog that was Laarne a fortnight ago, I thought I’d encountered some of the worst that Belgium’s rain on recently harvested cornfields could produce. The following week I had a painful but exciting frolic around the NZ pasturescape… More ›
Modder of God
Last weekend I had my first taste of real Belgian mud, or modder as it is called here. I was encouraged to enter the race by my friend and local ex-pat-to-Belgian convert Darryn Medhurst. It was just down the road from his house, and he’d… More ›
Hoboken Bonobo Bro
After my awesome virginal experience with the professionals last weekend, I let my fledgling ambitions of fandom take a back seat and once again found myself staring at the rear ends of what was this time a massive field in the B grade at Hoboken.… More ›
How To Get A Fan Club Overnight
Last weekend I had two B-grade races, and these served as my introduction into the world of cyclocross à la Belgique. The racing was high-speed, furious, dusty and very hot. It was around 30° on both days, so having drink bottles handed up during the… More ›
The Cyclocross Season Is Over: The Cyclocross Season Has Just Begun
After a winter of racing cyclocross in New Zealand, I have made it to the Continent for a detailed education of the finer points of this denomination of the cycling world, which will be taught to me by the absolute best. In the world. New… More ›
Ollie Whalley on wookies, soft shells and ‘cross
2012 Tour Divide Champion, Ollie Whalley, talks cyclocross, the true nature of suffering, wookie impersonations, Gates Carbon Drive, and all about his Turbine cycling jacket. I didn’t even know Ground Effect were making a soft shell jacket. If you didn’t either you can check it… More ›
One Square Meal Cyclocross Round 2 – and Round 2 of the National Series
QTMTB’s Carey Vivian just sent through this nice little writeup on the round two of the Cross National Series held in Queenstown this past weekend. Similar conditions to race 1 prevailed for race 2 of the OSM Cyclocross (also Race 2 of the National Series);… More ›
2012 Specialized National Cyclocross Champs
Just got this press release from the folks at Cyclocross Hawkes Bay regarding the UCI sanctioned New Zealand Cross Champs. It seems that ‘Cross is growing exponentially here. Well it better be, ’cause we’re only 110 years behind the French on this one. We have… More ›
Cyclocross madness
This is why Americans can’t do well at cross World Champ events; cause they are pussies compared to these hard Euro mofos. Even when the cross World Champs comes to the US soon, they will still suck. More ›
CROSS CONTINENTS
Looks like Spoke contributor and legendary filmmaker Brian Vernor has a bit of time on his hands at the moment. Hot on the heels of Where Are You Go comes his second Cross film The Cyclecross Meeting which explores the currently exploding US cyclocross scene,… More ›