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NCNCA cyclocross links
Updated for Y2K
USA & Regional
The NVV Cyclocross Circuit is a great place to start-- from your host, Dave Carr.
The Surf City CX site has general interest info -- and a schedule for NorCal's best race series.
The Mad Dog Media CrossNet comes from Colorado.
In the Southwest, the New Mexico Cyclocross site has race schedules.
Brent Soderberg's Bike Ride Online site is great, with links, photos, and calendar for the Pacific Northwest.
Also from the drippy NW, the Seattle Metro series and the and the NWC Cyclocross Guide.
New site in the making: Seattle's Radsport is "Your 'Seattle Blend' Cyclocross Source."
Still more NW: the Cross Crusade Series in lovely Portland, Oregon.
From 'cross-rich New England we have the NEBC site with info, pix, and schedule.
And, from nearby Bawstin, the ECV 'cross site with a cool slide show of the 2000 world's.
More from Beantown: the hop-happy Boston Cross crew.
Pennsylvania's Allegheny Cycling Association wins the award for best series name--the "Month of Mud."
Further south, see the Mid-Atlantic cross page.
Active.com has some 'cross content in winter, and Velonews has cross reports.
The Mud Zone is a great site, but long moribund. Thank goodness for static server storage.
You'll find CX content (and regional schedules) at Truesport.
New York Cyclocross is the site of "Jesper Skibby" aka Kirk Wolff. Don't ask me why he uses the Euro-pro name.
The USCF 'cross page is the voice of officialdom.
Past years' NCNCA CX pages: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
Links pages of other sites: cyclo-cross.com, Bike Ride Online, CrossNet, GoCrawl, and NEBC.
Here's a cool resource: Search "cyclocross" at DejaNews.com in the rec.bike.racing archives.
Looking for equipment? Search classifieds at rec.bike.marketplace, NCNCA, CrossNet, and Bikeride.com
Europe & Beyond
Cyclocross in Europe is a tres
cool site. Check it out.
The legendary Superprestige
series has an English-language site.
Across the pond, the EMCCA
(UK) is home to those cool races profiled in Simon Burney's CX book.
In the category of "best URL", cyclo-cross.com
is taking over the web presence of the EMCCA.
Britain's Three Peaks Race is a truly epic CX: 60K over hill and dale.
See these reports
and pictures.
Yet another Brit site: The
British Cyclo-cross Association, who publish a cyclocross guide.
Coverage of the 1999 CX Worlds -- with 2 US medalists -- is available
from World
Cycling Productions
From Australia, Bill Mitchell's cyclingnews.com
includes great Euro' race reports.
Totally cool link: a movie
of a 1944 'cross race in France. Fast connection and VIVO player required...
Swiss Cycling News covers 'cross
in seasom.
The UCI
(international cycling union) 'cross page has good info including
this intro
to cross.
CycleBase lists cycling in Holland.
Click on "Cyclocross" on the pull down menu.
Velo Pages has Euro cross
results.
Cyclocross
in Japan is self-explanatory. But I hope you have a Kanji-enabled browser.
Articles
National CX coach Clark Natwick brings you Cyclocross
for the Athlete and Cyclocross
for the Promoter.
Lots 'o' CX articles: New
York Times (free subscription required), Thomas
Cooke, E. Wencel-Stone,
Bayinsider.com,
Bicycle
Paper, GORP,
and Outside
Online.
Race reports: ECV
in Europe, Tim Johnson's worldwide diaries,
Dale
Knapp at world's
People
The Tim Johnson fansite has
Tim's ongoing dispatches from his Euro' cross season.
Adam Myerson
is a top Northeast 'crosser with lots of attitude and a zine-like site.
Check out Mark Weaver's Blackmarket
Racing CX E-zine (switches to MTB in summer).
The Jonathan Page
Page -- fan-news, even a fantasy league--check it.
'Euro chic: The Sven Nijs Fan
Club -- says Adam Myerson, "If you have to ask, you'll never know."
And still more: a Sven
Nijs interview by Bill Mitchell of cyclingnews.com
Yet more: two-time world champ Bart
Wellens "Officiele site Supportersclub Bart & Geert Wellens"
Not seen every day: a fan page for a female racer--Julie
Taylor.
Here's a profile of '98 world champ Matt
Kelly.
Cyclocross Manufacturer Links
Is NorCal cool or what? Check out all the local builders:
Steelman Cycles builds
not one but two cross frames: the CC
and the Eurocross.
Local SF builder Sycip has a new
853 steel cross frame.
From the ashes of Salsa, Petaluma's Soulcraft
has a nice custom frame.
Kelly has a cross bike here.
Sacramento's Steve Rex of Rex Cycles
will build you a custom steel cross
bike.
Off road pioneer Tom Ritchey
has the Swiss Cross, fave ride of Frischy, plus the Seattle-inspired Mountain
Cross.
The visionaries at Ibis bring
us the evocatively named Hakkalugi.
Rock Lobster, still based
in Santa Cruz, makes sweet custom 'crossers.
San Francisco based Red Hot
makes a one piece design cross
frame.
Salsa, formerly of sunny
Petaluma, has the sweet La
Cruz cross frame...but they moved to Minnesota??
Bontrager moved from Santa
Cruz to Trek, Wisconsin--and apparently no longer makes 'cross bikes, alas.
And now, bikes from elsewhere:
On a budget? Try a production 'cross bike from Redline.
They also have a sweet Scandium frame, the choice of champions.
Colorado based RVT has a cross
frame. And it's titanium!
Litespeed makes
another titanium cross bike, the Appalachian.
Buffalo Composite Designs
(BCD) custom builds their own carbon fiber tubes
Independent Fabrications
has custom bikes and a tiny 650c wheel CX bike.
'Euro frames: Bianchi,
Alan,
Pinarello,
etc.
Check out the novel design of the Slingshot
CX bike.
Beantown's own Rhygin Racing Cycles
has an Cross frame
in a variety of materials.
Kish Custom Fabrication
will build you a custom steel or ti frame.
Other builders: Sanobike,
Lyonsport,
Ellsworth,
etc.
Production bikes: Voodoo,
Cannondale,
Kona,
Waterford,
Trek,
GT,
LeMond
and
Specialized all have 'cross
bikes, though
many don't appear on their sites yet. Can you say
"bandwagon?"
Retail Links
From the folks in Putney, Vermont, The West
Hill Shop.
And from Colorado, Schwab Cycles.
Another shop with a good 'cross section is Durance
Cycleworks.
Bulltek Sports
has an extensive list of frames for sale.
Wedgewood Cycles
has a cross page, and--molto bene--a custom Campy
'cross gruppo.
Business
Cycles in Miami carries Moots
ti frames which comes in 2 cross models.
Still more retailers: Excel Sports,
Lick
Bike, and Colorado Cyclist.
Product Links
Mountain Bike Daily has Mark Reidy's detailed reviews of CX bikes from
GT,
Specialized
and Bianchi.
Road Bike Review also indexes user
reviews of cross bikes.
Is this the ultimate cross fork? Carbon fiber from Wound
Up.
Prefer titanium? Chek out Morati's
Ti cross fork.
For a list of clincher tire selections see the NVV survey
of 'cross tires.
Tufo
is the tire choice of lots of top racers.
A very strange look at the world of Swobo.
For race promoters, Veneto Sport Awards has cyclocross medals. Inquire
at jats@iop.com
How cool is this? Bicycle carriers for your motorcycle, from Mark
Schuette.
Cyclocross Images: See NCNCA's
image
page for current links.
Note: Please do not duplicate copyrighted images!
NorCal-Nevada 'Cross Series Info: See the complete district calendar here.
Novice Racer Info
Q: How do I get started in cross? A: Try
this introduction.
Make sure you get the book "Cyclocross: Training & Techniques",
by Simon Burney. How? Try here
and here.
Q: Do I need a license to race? A: Yes.
Read
the license notes in the calendar.
Q: Where do I find a clinic? A: Check the
calendar
again.
Q: Can I race on my mountain bike? A: Use the
Surf City guidelines:
"Vehicle: Any complete, functioning bicycle with
two wheels and knobbies.
Bar ends must be removed or turned backwards."
Also note: MTBs are not allowed in elite events
at Super Cup races.
Q: What category should I enter? A: Categories are self-selected.
Basic guidelines:
If you are new to racing, or a beginner MTB, or
cat 5 on road, enter "C."
Sport MTB, or cat 4 or 3 road, try "B". Expert MTB
or a cat 2 road or higher, you should do A's.
