Wow wow wow. What else can you say about a 4 day event across the beautiful rural roads of Jo Daviess County in and outside of Galena Illinois. All of the pieces fell into place to make for a brutally challenging and fun weekend. From the 90+ degree heat to the roaring hills and the additional challenges that [...]
What an excellent day of racing out at Glencoe this past Saturday. Each year it seems that this race gets bigger and better. The town knows how to throw a party and our local cyclists, and some out-of-state pro’s put on a show themselves. We’ll be brief this week: Congratulations to 2012′s Illinois State Criterium [...]
Firstly, apologize to everyone that this post wasn’t finished last week. Been hectic for VeloPost. Remember that part where I gave credit to Luke Seeman? At any rate, PSIMET’s Fox River Grove Criterium went off without a hitch this year. This is a “love it or hate it” course in that if you show up, [...]
Rob Curtis, locally known for his custom wheels is also reaching for a new title: Awesome Race Revivalist. Last summer, Chicago-area cyclists faced the potential loss of an awesome race at Fox River Grove after some hiccups with the previous promoter until Rob and his team managed to pull it together in the 11th hour. [...]
The Illinois Cup returned last weekend, taking a trip to Hyde Park on the campus of UIC U of C for one of the areas longest running races. It seems lately that wonderfully sunny weeks are replaced by unforgiving and unpredictable weekends. Saturday was no different with the morning races getting poured on. Eventually the [...]
When I first became interested in racing my bike, it didn’t take long to get the lay of the land. There were a few forums online that pointed me in the right direction but a quick Google search put me on the path to enlightenment. Over a year before pinning on my first number, Luke Seemann had [...]
If you missed either of the weekend’s races you missed out, but if you could only pick one, Sunday was a real treat. The excellent weather remained in tact on Sunday and the downtown-Urbana course presented some excellent racing. 8 turns on rough tarmac meant you had to stay focused the entire time. There was [...]
The Tour de Champaign returned to it’s original course for 2012. The 4 (and a half?) corner crit is flat and fast. The temperatures were high (mid 80′s by day’s end) and for many Chicagoans, it was the first “hot” race of the season. Druber was drop’n beats in tribute to MCA and for the [...]
The Illinois Cup was back in action last weekend at Cobb Park, one of the longest running races in the area–put on by South Chicago Wheelman. With many making the trek to Joe Martin, and some opting to go north of the Cheddar Curtain for a road race, fields were somewhat modest. The Women’s 1/2 [...]
Technically, 2012 was the first season for xXx’s Alderman James Cappleman’s 46th Ward Lincoln Park Criterium. The race replaces the Sherman Park Crit which xXx stated was because of deteriorating course conditions. Regardless of the reason for the switch of venues, the result is a much more compelling course with a 180 and a front [...]
