Tool Time, with Ryan and Keegen!

cyclocross barrier tutorial from Bully Otter Sports on Vimeo.

Course preview: Reservoir Park

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Some sections are marked with plastic tape.  If you go out to ride it, please be respectful of the other park patrons, and leave it alone after a rain.

Transition 2

I just received some Cyclofile DVDs that I had ordered on close-out. Good stuff.

The Leap of Faith

Getting off the bike and carrying or pushing it around sounds like a bit of a hassle, but getting back on the thing is probably the number one skill that confounds potential crossers.

For some, the Remount comes totally naturally and is no big deal.  For the rest of us, it takes some work, but assuming you're already riding your bike on a semi-regular basis, you can take a few reps any time you pass a grassy field.

Monday cross practice & Arkansas Super-Prestige

As written up in this morning's Democrat-Gazette, Keegen will be holding a weekly cross practice at Little Rock's Allsopp Park on Monday evenings at 6pm.  The first one starts next Monday, September 5.

This will be an excellent opportunity to get your dismount, remount, and portages sorted out before cross season starts, whether you've ever raced a bike or not.  The Beginner's Corner section to the right has several links that will help get you in the right frame of mind.  The focus will be on learning and honing your cyclocross-specific skills.

Also off to the right is the calendar for the inaugural Arkansas Super-Prestige points series.  More details will be rolled out shortly, so bookmark this site!  As you can see, cyclocross racing actually exists in the Natural State; if any more proof were necessary, check out this vid:


Arkansas Cyclocross Series Final Episode: State Championship from Bully Otter Sports on Vimeo.

Bamacross 2011/12

We at arkansascyclocross.com have great love for Bamacross.  They've got a 10-race series lined up this year, running from October through January, and if last year was any indication, field sizes will again be substantial.  The drive to Birmingham gets quicker by the year as they complete more sections of I-22.  If you can make it out there for a race or two, I highly recommend it.

Dog Days of Summer

Holy smokes.  Summer is really wearing me down, right about now.  Dreams of mud, and breath you can see, haunt me.

But I know that fall is just around the corner!  My motto is, Don't think of it as training, think of it as working on the tanline.

The better your tanline in September, the faster you'll be in December.


Cyclocross National Championships 2010 from mark colton on Vimeo.