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  • Memories from The Battle at Hillsboro

    This weekend, the Cross Crusade makes its final stop at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Hillsboro. Last year (check out my report here), Hillsboro was the sight of an epic battle between man and mud that still brings back fond memories for me both as a racer and as a photographer. Story continues...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-13-2008

  • SSCXWC and Cross Crusade photos and mini-report

    A ‘cross racer dressed up like a swamp monster riding through a huge wall of bubbly foam: It must be SSCXWC.Slideshow below — Gallery here(Photos © J. Maus) As if the Cross Crusade wasn’t wild and crazy enough, this weekend’s event was coupled with the second annual unofficial...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-10-2008

  • SSCXWC Photo preview

    While I’m writing today, I’ll leave you with a few snaps from yesterday’s festivities. Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Also, check out more photos from Ironclad, Jason Sager, and David A. I’m sure there are many, many, many, many, many more to come. addthis_url = 'http...
    Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-10-2008

  • Free beer, Olympic talent, and a high “stupidity factor”

    A scene from last year’s SSCXWC.(Photo: PJB Photo/Flickr) If you’re trying to decide what to do on Sunday, you might want to roll over to Portland International Raceway to partake in a special edition of the Cross Crusade. In addition to the typical Crusade craziness, this weekend is also...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-08-2008

  • Single Speed World Championships - The Pre-Party

    SSCXWC contenders descended upon a time-trial qualifying course at a secret location in Portland today.  I was there for the start, but I had to work so I could not return to the shenanigans until later in the night when the second-chance race left from Vanilla Bicycles HQ. All hands were on deck for...
    Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-08-2008

  • Unofficial single speed ’cross “World Championships” coming this weekend

    Wendy Williams, the winner of last year’s SSCXWC, getting her official tattoo — which was required if she wanted to defend her crown.(Photo: SSCXWC) This weekend Portland cyclocross scene will get even wilder with the return of the Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships (SSCXWC). Last...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-04-2008

  • Barton Park delivers mud, fun, and a few broken bones

    OBRA’s fearless leader Kenji Sugahara.(Photo: Kenji Sugahara) The River City Bicycles Cross Crusade’s sixth race of the season brought the show to Barton Park over the weekend. Judging from photos, reports, and my memory from last year, the race site was a muddy, gravel pit full of tricky...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-04-2008

  • Race Report: Barton Park Carnage

    The Barton Park race report is up over at the Wend Blog! You can read it below, too. Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. All photos courtesy of Stiv Wilson. Blood, rocks, mud, carnage. Barton Park 2008 will go down in infamy. Cue to the quarry. Cyclocross at its best. Sunday mayhem. Bodily destruction...
    Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-04-2008

  • Crusaders head north for double the fun

    This weekend’s Cross Crusade event will be all about beer, costumes, and…oh yeah, bike racing.(Photo © J. Maus) This weekend, scores of Portlanders will head north for the annual Halloween-edition of the Cross Crusade. Held once again at the Clatsop Country Fairgrounds (near Astoria), this...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-24-2008

  • The Curse of Villebois

    I should have known better. We’re racing bikes through what is left of a former insane asylum.  A few rotting concrete walls and several deadly spikes of rebar growing out of the ground here and there are the only remnants of the building that was Dammasch State Hospital, but the ghosts are out in force...
    Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-15-2008
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