DSGP Round 2 – Monroe Day 1

Funroe, Day 1 After two years of cold, wet and miserable conditions, Monroe finally blessed the DSGP ‘crossers with blue skies and balmy temps. A welcomed relief after two weeks of slow, muddy cross racing. Still, the Monroe track held enough challenges as is: a small mound (which I assume was at some point, a…

YYR Weekend Preview – October 10th-11th

Are you looking to race your bike this weekend? Good, because we have multiple events across different disciplines to fulfill your number-pinnin’, rubber burning urges. First up we have TRACK RACING. (Yes, there is track racing here, just a short jaunt down the I-10). The 2015 LAMBRA track championships are taking place this weekend. As…

Race Report – Bamacross Dirt Crit by Dan Hadley

Race reports: we like ’em, we need more of them! As ‘cross season kicks into high gear, we asked local ripper, Dan Hadley to spin us our first guest race report.  – YYR Dirt Crit, what a bad-ass thing to do on a weekend, sounds almost like a satanic ritual doesn’t it?… Dirt Crit“. The words of a…

Rapha Women’s 100 – New Orleans by Kimberly Clements

We’ve already posted many great photos from the ride on our Facebook page, but we thought a proper blog post was needed. Thanks to Kimberly Clements for offering her take on the ride! – YYR This was my second year participating in the Rapha Women’s 100K hosted by Rouler in New Orleans. It was nice…

Alan Kelly Criterium

With my road season officially over, I attended the Alan Kelly Criterium with my other favorite weapon of choice: my camera. I’ve never shot any bike racing with a 70-200m lens, so I was pretty excited to give it a go. (Many thanks to Bjarne for the loan!) While I mostly shot video (part of…

Photos From Here Comes the Girls Alleycat

Kudos to all the folks who came out and raced the Here Comes the Girls Alleycat this past Easter! It was great to see our die-hard New Orleans Alleycat participants in addition to a bunch of fresh faces coming together to race and raise money for a great cause. As always, a huge thanks to Drew Stephen…

ma vie en rouge

Here’s a story about hubris and the 2014 Rouge Roubaix. Given that I was planning to scratch from the race on account of knee pain just 24 hours before it began, I’d say my 21st place finish was fair. Given that I suffered a major mechanical at the foot of Big Bertha when my chain…

DSGP Race No. 5 – Championship // Natchez, MS // Results + Recap

To say the Delta States Grand Prix of Cyclocross closed with a bang would be an understatement of the highest order. With the fury of a thousand suns exploding in unison, racers put in their final bids for glory in the region’s finest cyclocross series. The final race delivered action in droves, with no holds…