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The Thrilla Cyclocross Race Series enjoyed its finale yesterday as riders in the mid-week race chased daylight. Race organizer Kevin Gorman of Webcyclery commented that he’d been hoping for rain to tamp down some of the course moon dust. He felt it might have encouraged an even bigger racing field, adding though that it likely [...]
A rainy night and cooler temperatures were welcome developments for Bend’s cyclocross racers who’ve become accustomed to warm, dusty Thrilla races the last two Thursdays. Course designer and one of the organizing forces behind Sunday’s Future Cross race, Bart Bowen, mixed in changes in surface (sand, grass, pavement, and dirt), tight-turns with climbs and descents, [...]
A few new races fill in the gaps Many ‘cross racers, maybe somewhat surprisingly, begin checking the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association’s race calendar in the spring, eager to see what cyclocross races are coming down the pike; watching, planning and feeling anticipation throughout the summer as each race is announced and posted. And so there [...]
This coming weekend, Performance Sports Powered by Bowen owner Bart Bowen is putting on a cyclocross race with an eye towards the future: Future Cross. Bowen, who enjoyed a ten year professional racing career across multiple cycling disciplines, hosted an event last year to raise funds to help send local cyclocross racing juniors to Madison, [...]
The Thrilla Cyclocross Race Series kicked off tonight with 161 racers on a pleasant 80 degree, late summer afternoon. Race organizers Kevin and Todd Gorman of Webcyclery have put on the race for the last nine years. It runs Thursdays through October 4th next to Summit High School in Bend. ###
Editor’s Note: This is part two of our interview with Ryan Trebon, Bend resident and professional cyclocross racer. To read part one, click here. Be All You Can Be For aspiring professional racers, Trebon shares this insight: the perceived glamor of getting paid to race a bicycle must be matched by focused dedication. Even for [...]
Editor’s Note: Ryan Trebon is mostly widely known for his cyclocross and cross country mountain bike racing feats (three national championships), but he’ll sometimes stray into road racing as he is this week in the 33rd annual Cascade Cycling Classic in Central Oregon. He currently sits at 56th, over 4 minutes off the lead. Striking [...]
Here’s our third and final installment of Central Oregon cycle racing and club teams. We’ve endeavored to be comprehensive, but please let us know if we’ve left anyone off the list.
If category 1 racers are the tall trees of the professional bicycle racing world, juniors are its seeds. It is at the junior level that critical bike skills and training habits are developed. That’s not to say that someone cannot break into the world of competitive racing later in life, but if it happened, it [...]
Every year at their annual meeting, Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA) presents awards to those racers who accumulate points with top 15 finishes spanning eight cycle racing disciplines throughout a calendar year. In mens Category 3 racing, the Best All-Around Rider (BAR) was Bend’s Ryan Ness from Therapeutic Associates Bend / Pine Mountain Sports Cycling [...]
