Well it is now officially cyclocross season, Kelly Cline from Wissahickon bikes got it together and made it happen. Open invitations to all were sent out to those cyclocross nuts and a short track grass course was set-up in a small field just off Wissahickon park. A large group of 40-50 enthusiastic cross racers from a various number of teams showed up. Cross in August, who would of thought that such a large number of riders would show up for this first time event, maybe it was the title of the invitation “ Grass Track Racing”. This also shows the rising interest in Cylcocross racing.

Racers were broken into two groups, an A and a B. Joe from breakaway helped explain the rules of each race which was largely based off of traditional velodrome style track racing, points race, scratch race, miss and out, etc. With wheels sliding and elbowing throwing, David Lowe and Chad Totaro made a strong showingin the A races with David taking three and Chad taking one of the A group races. Human Zoom Pabst Blue Ribbon also made a strong showing in the B group with Nikki Thiemann, Kristin Gavin and Bianca Grecu constantly placing high in the top finishers. It was all for fun, just early season training, but it looks like its going to be an exciting year for cross. Human Zoom Pabst Blue Ribbon Team plans to be leading the way, next week we bring the beer.