Tag: Racing
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Huttcross 20.3: Riverbed Pavé
Click or not: Huttcross 20.3: Riverbed PavéFor Round 3, Huttcross returned to a piece of parkland unearthed by its founding fathers back in the dawning era of ‘cross in EnZed. Moonshine’s hallowed turf is best known for its steep stop bank coupled with mud plugging conditions at the faintest sniff of rain. In 2019, a gravel inspired addition joined the family of… …
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Huttcross 20.2: Superstylin’
Click or not: Huttcross 20.2: Superstylin’While Le Tour was going virtual with a sprint on the Champs-Elysees, Huttcross returned to its dirty roots in Upper Hutt. El Presidente had spent time on the tools unearthing real estate for new lines to be carved upon. A damp week cleared to sunny skies with a light wind taking some moistness out of… …
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Huttcross 20.1: Boogie Wonderland
Click or not: Huttcross 20.1: Boogie WonderlandPost pandemic party mode pulled into Petone on Sunday. The Huttcross crew were pumped to lay down that boogie harbourside. Arguably the most picturesque offering on the Huttcross bill of fare, Hikoikoi Reserve serves up grass camber, driftwood barriers, and shale pits while sittin’ on the dock of the bay. Two hundred and forty-eight riders… …
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Opening Weekend from the Other Side
Click or not: Opening Weekend from the Other SideFinally, racing season has started. Sure, we’ve been watching the hot, empty roads of the Middle East and Australia, but when Opening Weekend in Flanders rolls around we know that the good stuff is here. The next six or so weeks is all about the wind, the rain and the cobbles, with fingers crossed for… …
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Sonic Truth at the Sugar Cane 200
Click or not: Sonic Truth at the Sugar Cane 200A beautifully shot video that makes you want to get up at the crack of dawn and ride your bike a really long way on gravel. Until the second half’s soundtrack kicks in and you want to gouge your own ears out. I find playing this over the vid helps… …
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Bombtrack at a CX World Cup
Click or not: Bombtrack at a CX World CupLike the title says, Bombtrack ‘crosser Gosse van der Meer took to the mud at the Bern World Cup and mixed it up with the big boys. This little film is a great insight into life mid-pack out of a van rather than up front and a giant bus. …
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Six Day Shadows
Click or not: Six Day ShadowsIt was the first time I’d seen a mosh pit at a bike race; the infield packed with nocturnal partisan party people determined to drink Ghent dry while the distorted PA blasted everything from ‘Sweet Caroline’ to the cheesiest ‘oompah’, a playlist that hasn’t required a refresh since the early 80s, the assembled choir chant… …
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ACXF: Trending Right Now
Click or not: ACXF: Trending Right NowWords: Kim Hurst Images: Dominic Blissett It’s always happy hour somewhere in the world. Surely that relates to cyclocross racing as much as pinot o’clock. As the Southern Hemisphere mourns the parting of CX, our Northern friends hand over the baton with #crossisnearlyhere Insta posts trending right now. They’ll get their just desserts by time… …