Cyclocross Bingo

This is great. I've definitely seen all of these things at the ChiCrossCup races this season.

Thanks to Sage for the heads-up. He saw it over at Tati Cycles.

Danny MacAskill - Way Back Home

Here's the full version of Danny MacAskill's mindblowing new video, Way Back Home. Insane.

Miss you, buddy!

Chicago Cranksgiving I

Here's the flyer for the first of two Cranksgiving races happening in Chicago this year. Cranksgiving is always a fun race, and the craziness that goes on in the grocery stores, as people race to buy food and check out faster than other racers, has to be seen to be believed. So RACE THIS! Sunday, November 21st, registration beings at 2.30pm at 500 W. Madison.

Preview of the London 2012 Velodrome

The Guardian has a 360 degree preview of the brand new velodrome for the 2012 Olympics in London. Check it out here.

London Mini Drome

Red Bull's efforts to jump on the bandwagon of get involved with every sport known to man continues, with the news that they'll be sponsoring some kind of mini-velodrome in London this coming January. There are no details other than the claim that the track will be "the world's smallest velodrome" and that riders will reach speeds of up to 80kph... which is 50mph. Suuuure...

Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how short and steep "the world's smallest velodrome" will actually be. More details at Bike Radar and the official site here.

Ride Track

So, Prolly and Tracko have already mentioned this, but apparently there's a chance that Brooklyn could get its own velodrome. Like I need another reason to want to move to there. Anyway, in a post about the Brooklyn plans, Tracko posted this vid from British Cycling, which has me excited about track season... and it's only November.

Bella Biciclette in Boston

Superb Bicycle are having a vintage bike show at the shop in Boston, so if you're in the area check it out. You have to RSVP and the details are here, so get on it, and send us some photos afterward!

English vs Hoy

A brilliant photo of Irish track racer Felix English beating Chris Hoy in their Matched Sprint at the Euros recently. G'wan de b'oul Felix, wha'?!?

Thanks to BenVC for the heads-up on the photo, which he saw here and which is taken from British Cycling's flickr here.

Save Herne Hill

A while ago I posted about visiting Herne Hill velodrome when I was living in London. It's a great old track, with tons of history and is the only velodrome in London, but sadly it's a bit run down, and it looks like without some serious financial help the track will have to close. Check out the campaign to save Herne Hill velodrome here and here.

Thanks to Tracko for bringing the campaign to our attention!

James Straffon Cycling Art

Saw some of this guy's stuff on Tracko and Milano Fixed. Really like it. Check out his site here.

Cranksgiving(s)

Ann Arbor, MI - Nov 20th - Details here.


Champaign-Urbana, IL - Nov 14th - Details here.

Cave Catastrophe!

Party for Indian Lakes cross weekend, thrown by the Chicago Cuttin' Crew. Indian Lakes will never be the same again...

Chris Hoy Defeated by Irishman

Irish track racer Felix English celebrates after beating Chris Hoy (!?!?!) in the 1/16th round of the Men's Sprint at the European Championships today, knocking Hoy out of the competition! Hoy had pulled ahead of English, but then slowed down in order, he says, to conserve some energy and so as not to embarrass his opponent, when all of a sudden the Irish rider sprinted past him for the win. Oh dear!

C'mon Ireland!

Photo: Eurotrack2010.eu

Sadie Hawkins 2010

Chicago, the 2010 edition of the venerable Sadie Hakwins Style Ride is coming up on Nov 20th. Find yourself a partner and check out the details here.

The ride is brought to you by the same people behind the TyK calendars.

LA Cross Clinic

Juice Cycling Club and So Cal Cross are running a cyclocross clinic in LA tomorrow with Ryan Trebon. Meet up at Orange20 at 4.30pm, head to the course for the clinic, then back to Orange20 for pizza and beer. The pizza won't be as good as Pequod's, but I'm sure it'll still be a good time.

ChiCrossCup Billboard

Yeah, cross is kind of a big deal here in Chicago. ChiCrossCup details here.

More Landis Shenanigans.

An international arrest warrant has just been issued for Floyd Landis, charging him with "fraudulently breaking into a computer system" in search of documents from the French Anti-Doping Laboratory! This guy is a real winner. Full story.

Hugo Koblet Film

I hope this film about 1950s Swiss cycling legend, Giro winner and ladies man Hugo Koblet gets released in the US, even just on DVD, because it looks fantastic:







Check out the trailer:



Details about Hugo Koblet - Pédaleur de Charme here.

Mud

Some cool cyclocross shots up on Rapha's flickr right now. Check them out here.

Hallowe'en Cross

Luke and Yoda training on Dagobah. Probably my favourite costume at yesterday's ChiCrossCup race. Photo by Luke Seemann.

Laek House

I know a lot of the other blogs have already posted this, but Ethan is a great guy and he makes nice shirts, so here it is again. Go to Laek House for details.