(8-19-09) From Press Release - CycleOne CrossWorld will officially launch in the Fall of 2009. The team will be open to beginners up to intermediate level riders of all ages and gender. CycleOne will provide everything needed to get started in this exciting and rigorous sport. This developmental approach is a package deal that includes all the training and racing support you will need. The cost to join is only $100. That covers your entire 2009 cross racing season including skills clinics, equipment selection, nutrition guidelines, and a complete season long training plan. There will also be classes for hands on maintenance and repair. Each week we will meet on the westside for group training sessions. It's a great way to get in those much needed miles, while maintaining intensity and the "fun factor". The inaugural team meeting will be held the second week of September.
Fall is rapidly approaching and for many Portland area cyclists that means just one thing... Cyclocross fever! Although the roots of the sport are somewhat nebulous, modern consensus says the sport originated in France around 1900. The first organized race in the U.S. was in 1962 in San Francisco. Once defined as an off-season training venture for road and track cyclists, it is now a nationally sanctioned sport and is the fastest growing style of bike racing in the world. And Portland is at the center of that growth. The cyclocross season runs from September through November, with Nationals being held in Bend in mid-December. The equipment is pretty simple and relatively inexpensive. Although a cross bike is preferred by most riders, many novice riders and a few veterans prefer to use a mountain bike. You might even find a race worthy bike at any local swap meet. The typical race course will contain numerous obstacles along the way which force you to dismount and run while carrying the bike. Sections of the course are usually on pavement, although most of it will be on dirt or grass, and of course, there is the ever present mud! It's just a bunch of grownups out playing in the mud... It's a circus, it's a carnival, and it's a blast! And anybody can do it. Are you ready to join the hottest new team in Portland?
Check out www.cycleone.net for more information.
