- Trek releases schedule for Trek CX Cup & CX World Cup, opens registration – The USA’s biggest cyclocross weekend – the Telenet UCI World Cup Cyclo-cross Waterloo – is set for September 22-24. Registration for the Trek CX Cup races are now open, with a full weekend schedule of amateur and pro racing staring Friday, Sept 22 and culminating with the inaugural Telenet UCI Cyclocross World Cup Waterloo on Sunday, Sept 24. The complete weekend schedule features amateur and pro racing across a wide spectrum of categories and disciplines, offering a chance for racers and fans to enjoy an enormous amount of racing over three days. Registration for the full weekend of events is now open at TrekBikes.com.
Check out a some places to ride and ways to win new gear after the break…
Advocacy
- World Bicycle Relief + CycloFemme Raise $30,000 in Mother’s Day ride – World Bicycle Relief and CycloFemme are celebrating a successful first-year partnership after CycloFemme’s 6th annual Mother’s Day ride raised over $30,000 and will result in 214 Buffalo Bicycles for girl studying in Kenya where distance is a barrier to education. Doubling their impact, all donations raised by CycloFemme participants were matched dollar for dollar by a WBR donor. Rides took place in 270 cities & 18 countries, promoting women’s and girls’ empowerment locally & globally. CycloFemme.com/WBR
Where to ride
- TrailQuest, a challenge to bike the best trails on the planet – With over 750mi of singletrack, the Crested Butte & Gunnison Valley has one of the largest & most varied network of mountain bike trails in the world. From desert riding at Hartman Rocks to high alpine leg burners up north, it really has it all. In an effort to encourage more use of their vast trail network throughout the Crested Butte and Gunnison region, a CBG Trails App by GoMaps will let you track rides in the TrailQuest competition. Each unique mile of trail ridden will add up in a race to 750. Leaderboards will be posted in the app, around the towns, and online. Speed is not a factor, just unique mileage ridden. Rack up 750 unique miles ridden and earn a TrailQuest jersey, bragging rights and the knowledge of having ridden some of the best trials in the world. Gte it on iTunes or GooglePlay.
Contests
- Win a Fox 34 fork with the BC Bike Race – Here’s a simple social media one for us all. Post a photo of yourself on Instagram with a ‘fork’ in the ‘trail’. Tag it as #forkinthetrail and #bcbr2017. Then tag two friends who you ride with to share the word, and you’ve just entered yourself for a chance to win a new Fox 34 fork thanks to the folks at BCBR. Get out on the bike and be creative, because the BC Bike Race team will pick two winners based on their own subjective tastes of which ones are best. The contest is running now, with the winners picked on June 6. BCBikeRace.com
Gear
- Veloheld’s 10th anniversary Alley now available – We previewed the limited edition fixed gear frameset back in April at the Berlin Bike Show. Now the Dresden-based company has the bikes in stock for riders looking for an update of the simple bike on which they built their brand. Head back to our previous coverage for the details, or straight to Veloheld.de to get your own steel frameset for 500€.
