i need to learn how to do hot-links. if i could do so, i would have one right about -here - linking to the story about the planet bike 'cross race being part of the super-cup or whateverthehell they call that natl series in 09. what a beautiful thing, perfect timing and effort by, i assume, renee C and her crew. 'cross is the darling of the cycling world these days, WI has classy racers galore ranging from young guns to folk hero's. this is gonna be the biggest race in WI for quite some time in a lot of ways. huge waytogo to renee !!
ya gotta feel a bit for the poor shawano wors race, tho. same weekend. i thought they put on a pretty sweet race last year, kinda charming, actually. but, they took a series of brutal beat-downs for some reason, and now this. sux for them. since they are getting run over by the bus again, maybe i'll throw up just a couple crusty old beligerant points just for the sake of it:
1. while this 'cross race is gonna be huge, didja know milwaukee actually had the 'cross nats twice before ?? once in the late 70's, and again 10 years later or so. that should keep renee busy, bringing that back !! if i am not mistaken, bobby julich won one of those, maybe as a junior . . . . .
2. sept ?? portland has mud and rain, KC had ice, the NE races can have anything. the WI race is gonna be known for picnic weather ??? i like 'cross as much as the next guy, but the season thing is s'posed to be part of it.
3. didja ever notice that a lot of the same people who will bag on a mtn bike race that has a little grass and/or field section in it, will also rave incessantly about how cool 'cross is - which takes place almost exclusively on grass in fields ??
well, i hope that eases the sting a little for the shawano crew. i tried. and, huge congrats again to planet bike - i am gonna be there for sure at least one day, and i can virtually guarantee i will have the shittiest bike on the course so whatever you do don't let me pass ya on that thing.
3 comments:
Isn't cross designed to be on grass for the most part?
That's almost like saying road races should involve a little bit of trail and XC ski races should have a rock garden in the middle of them.
Nothing wrong with wanting to ride your cross bike on grass and your mountainbike on trail and skipping races if you don't like that type of course.
And are you say Shawano is a grass course? I will be skipping that one for sure then.
Don't underestimate the date of the Planet Bike cross race. I've seen it rain plenty of times in September and this year Sunday's race was freakin' cold and windy.
s'cool goat. like i say, just tryin to throw a stone or two for the nice folks in sha-wa-no who are gonna be taking a beat down. :)just a funny irony.
in my case, there are no worries, seein' as my mtn bike looks like a 'cross bike to most people anyways.
i'm holdin firm on the date thing tho. gotta draw the line someplace. september is over the line. what next, 4th-of-july-cross ??:)
shawano is a cross between rhinelander, wi rapids, with a little bit of wacky 80's style backwoodsy foolishness mixed. there's a little grass, but it makes up for it with barbed wire-lined passing zones, horses, BMX bumps, and of the course the culvert-of-death. i think you might like it. see ya !!
I was at the 90 cross Nat in Milwaukee. I have video some were that I rode part of the course with a VHS camcorder on my shoulder. I had a tee shirt from it too. The next day they had a mtb race at Sunburst. You think the course now is short we just did a circle around the outside of the grounds.
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