Better Than Gravel?!?!

CycloCross? Even if you aren't serious about racing you should head out to your local CX race. They are such great community events - beers, pizza, donuts, coffee and all the bicycle talk you could want.
Woody aka Roached Clips hosted 'Thrill on the Hill' in Akron and it was a blast. Joy Machines Bike Shop and Dirty River Bicycle Works both hosted rides to the event. The turnout was awesome - especially for a first year event.
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[ajax-xabat]

Cross is my church and you have in 5 minutes made one of the best promotional videos for the sport that I’ve seen, legend.

[alexanderrigda]

Great video - I’ve stayed in cat 4/5 for 8 years. I’ll continue to race every season for as long as I can. I owe a lot to Cx in that it’s how I found the wonderful folks in the north east Ohio bike scene. Thank you for encouraging folks to grow their little corners of the bike world too!

[kgilliagorilla]

CX folks are some of the nicest folks in cycling. The CX community welcomes everyone, at any level. We live in western burbs of Chicago and had the Nationals here in 2021 at Cantigny Park. Saw some amazing riders!

[jerryshere]

My wife and I started racing CX in the late '90's. We're still having fun and enjoying the whole scene. Great video!

[AmesWilcox-zdlk]

wow! you said it all in 5 minuets!! just an absolute party and a good time!

[thebrainwreck]

Such a great event!!! Killer camera work as per usual. Appreciate the shout out homie!!! 🍻🍻🍻

[aeshultz]

Thanks for this, Tim. Local 'cross is a blast, and can use any exposure it can get. Just a great way to have some fun. And great use of the drone shots, too.

[mtbikesam]

Cyclocross freakin' RULES!! We have a weekly series on Tuesdays for 12 weeks starting at the end of August and going till November. We also travel to St. Louis for their Bubba Cross series races which go from September to December. It's so much fun, such a good workout and skill building exercise and overall just a damn good time! Our kids race is off the chain too! Easily 30+ kids every week! I hope your series grows and grows!

[jackr.]

Woody and the crew did an AWESOME job. Chapo!

[PapaBuffalo-]

Great Video! I appreciate your inviting presentation style and inclusive non judgmental approach to your take on cycling culture. I know my area has some cyclocross and after seeing this, I think my next search after this post is my scene. Peace and Safe travels.

[greyman]

Nice of you to show some love for cyclocross!

[JonathanCrain]

Totally agree. Glad to hear this perspective on cyclocross. It's a great time whether you're a serious racer or a costumed single speeder. CX has a great ratio of hanging out to racing.

[rogerhart]

Awesome event and as always a great video. Thanks Tim

[MLRomo]

That does look like a fun time!! Hopefully I can make it out to one in the future. Thanks for sharing that with us. Cheers 🍻

[jeffandersen]

Fascinating to see bike people from places way out from where i ride in SE WI. I just 3stched a video from a Spain event then this from Ohio. Nice to feel there's a bike community almost everywhere especially when im riding alone.

[TheLankyCyclist]

1, 000% Better. 😜 I'm really sad I missed this event. I raced a national cyclocross event on the same day and while that was fun, I kinda wished I had done this instead. Nothing beats these local races. Hopefully this encourages a few people to try it. I don't think you mentioned, but any bike is welcome. MTBs, gravel, fat bike.... just bring what you have. Cyclocross is the best form of bike racing out there!

[ianthompson]

cyclocross and the community is great. I started in 2015 at age 50. It keeps me motivated to train, and it's how I get my intensity workouts. I place in the bottom three usually at least one lap down on the top six in my category, but I don't care. It's also good for sharpening bike skills, which is important at my age (now 60). Lastly, the fact that one gets to finish the race no matter how many laps down, is a plus. Thanks for this video.

[jonathanzappala]

This was a really fun course and great event. Glad to see so many NEOCX events this year, most since pre pandemic.

[Slopes_N_Singletrack]

The mid 2000’s through the late 2010’s was peak American Cyclocross.
Then the manufacturers killed a large part of it by investing heavy into gravel. Gravel riding was what we did with our CX bikes preparing for CX season.

I’m glad to see the local CX scenes are rebounding and cross is coming back around. So much fun to be had at the races.

[cb]

Thanks Tim. I go to a bunch of CX races every year, there is a series not too far from me . They are a blast to watch, but pretty serious as well ! Great drone shots, cool perspective .In some of the European races, they follow the riders for a bit . People are amazing on their bikes !