Cycle and Style

We met World Champion Cyclo-cross medalist Katie Compton while at the Cross-Vegas Race. She was not able to compete that night after she hurt her knee in a mountain biking accident 3 weeks prior, but was recovering and looking forward to a great cyclo-cross season. A national Cyclo-cross champion already, her goal this season is to win the Cyclo-Cross [...]

The popularity of cyclo-cross continues to grow across the country—and certain areas such as Portland, it is a huge hit! In our area, like many others, it has, until lately, been a sport dominated by men. Several years ago, there were so few women racing that they weren’t divided by levels and age groups, as is common among [...]

I went to a cycling race like no other last weekend. The course was a beautiful, twisting route through autumn-bedecked trees and over and across fields—over mostly dirt trails. The crowds were enthusiastically cheering and ringing Swiss-style cow-bells as the racers sped by, then smoothly dismounted from their bikes, jumped a short barrier and carried [...]