r/cyclocross

Prayers for the Milligan cycling team. What a horribly tragic incident today.

Is there a bikereg type page for Canadian races? I'm living in the Rochester area now and the Niagara region in Canada is a lot closer than New England now, Rochester has some decent racing but it looks like there's only one weekend in all of Sept for local racing and I realized bikereg doesn't cover Ontario. So, is there a scene there and how do I find the races? Thanks.

Looking for thoughts on racing on my Grail Aero.

A few things first. I know about the Inflight. I'm not planning on buying one any time soon. I know there's limited room for shouldering. But I'm a 45 year old amateur. I'm racing for fun, not to make a living. Limited room inside the frame won't be what stops me from making millions and getting sponsors.

Wheels are Reynolds ATR carbon. I know tires are over UCI limit, but again...amateur having fun.

So what do people think? Send it? Years ago at a few races I lined up next to a guy on an aluminum Grail (back then I had a dedicated CX bike).

My thoughts were turning to cx season as I spent two hours swapping a set of Challenge Strada Biancas36s (wide road tires, essentially) for some Challenge Chicane 33s on one of my wheelsets.

(Note to self: always re-tape when swapping tires. Or get better tape).

Anyway, I had to pause to give my thumbs a break, and looked up details of the local CX calendar in my Canadian province, centered around a capital city region of just under 1 million people.

7 races between early September and early November, which is an increase of at least one race from last season. If participation is like past years, we are talking 100+ participants between the various categories, raced over 3 slots (A, B, C), plus the U12 kids races.

What is the scene like where you live? I feel like we've still got a healthy calendar given our population and relative isolation (nobody from out of province is coming to these races).

I've already seen the calendar of Wisconsin (very impressive!) and Ohio Valley posted here in the last week or two.

EDIT: I should also ask how much do you pay to race? Here it's usually $40-50 CAD per race entry (there are no overlapping categories so that's your max per race day) plus the annual race license (about $100).

I wonder why the few cyclocross bikes you can still buy new always come of the shelf with SRAM road derailleurs. I get it that the XPLR ones are optimized to be ran with a 44t cassette but you can also run tjem with a 36t. wouldnt these be the better fit since they give more chain retention due to the firmer spring.

Hi, I'm new to town and curious if there is still a cx practice weeknight nights? I see the races and plan to do them but I could use some (...a lot of...) practice.