NCCX State Championships – Merry Crossmas

Men's Podium of North Carolina finishers. Travis Livermon, Robert Marion and Scott Frederick.

The winner of Race #10 of the NC CX series is crowned the State Champion.  SmartStop Mock Orange Bikes p/b Ridley took home both pro titles with Travis Livermon and Emily Shields winning the men’s and women’s pro races. A world class cyclo-cross course was built for the State Championship in Winston Salem’s Washington Park by the [...]

Climbs of the Southeast – Beech Gap South

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The southeastern United States is filled with great riding and with its multiple mountains plenty of solid climbing as well. This month’s ascent certainly qualifies as it is one of the more difficult in the region that ends at the Blue Ridge Parkway in southwest North Carolina. While a bit isolated I think you will [...]

Winning in Winter – Building Blocks to set Foundation

Simon at The EDGE Endurance Training Center Grand Opening

Most cyclists have made their list and checked it twice. For many that list was made starting in July with cycling gear as the gift of choice for every birthday, Christmas and holiday resulting in being “gifted up for the next five or six years”. We have all the gear, the temperatures have dropped and [...]

North Carolina Cyclo-Cross Series #8

Jon Hamblen, 6th place.

The 8th race in the NC State Cyclo-cross Series was held at the Statesville Airport. It’s a new venue for the series and event organizer Neal Boyd of Charlotte Sports Cycling. The airport provided a mostly flat course with tons of technical turns, stairs and a gravel section It featured a drop into a bowl [...]

SC State Cyclocross Championships

SC state championships Photo: Noémie Dion Ouellet

On the south side of the Greenville Zoo, amidst the wailing of the Gibbons, a dour struggle was taking place with an animal character all its own for the coveted title of South Carolina Cyclocross Champion. In a hard fought battle that saw a new leader every lap, a race of contrasts emerged… Noah “The [...]