by editors on November 30, 2016
Big, fancy, famous, gravel grinding, dirt churning, road racing suffer fests like North County San Diego California’s 2017 Cervélo Belgian Waffle Ride tend to sell out early for some reason and that’s why we’re reminding you that registration for the 2017 event (scheduled for Sunday May 21, 2017) is now open. Click here to register before you read the rest, if you must.
What’s up for the 2017 event? Here are a few details from the organizers:
The course will change a bit this year and not be quite as long. Yes, you read that correctly. As with all spring classics, sometimes the courses change for the better. We know ours is.
There is a new team category being added to the event for both the Waffle and Wafer. You will be able to race with your teammates against other teams in Male, Female and Co-Ed classifications. The cumulative time of the top four finishers from each team will determine the placings.
This will be the most festive and interesting event to date. We have many new fun and exciting features to roll out for everyone this year, on a more manageable course, with a stacked field of riders from all over the world.
We are very pleased to share all of this with you in May.
Danke,
Nor sure what the Belgian Waffle Ride is all about? Click here for Bikeistan’s total coverage from the beginning including results, photos galleries, and horror stories from the road. We’ll keep you posted as more info becomes available and remember, it’s never too early to start training for the BWR.
[Link: Cervélo Belgian Waffle Ride]
by editors on September 12, 2016
SoCalCross Happy Hour Tour week two is in full effect. Tomorrow night (Tuesday, September 13, 2016) SoCalCross joins
San Diego Cyclocross for CX Skills & Drills in San Diego’s historic
Balboa Park! Meet up at 5pm at Balboa Park’s
Marston Point Parking Lot for CX Skills Warm up ride through the park then for some CX skills and drills practice at 6 PM! Post ride everyone is rolling to a local Brew Pub for food and beverages and more info on the 2016-17 SoCalCross Prestige Series & Cross Fever Season!
On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 Dot and crew head to the OC and meet up at G2 Bike in Laguna Niguel for CX Skills Ride and Pizza Party at the shop for SoCalCross Season Presentation and Q&A!
On Thursday, September 15, 2016 the circus rolls back in LA to the famed Verdugo Park in Glendale for a 5PM to 7PM CX Skills Clinic & Practice Race.
The SoCalCross season schedule and registration is open this week with Series Passes available.
Get all the latest info on Facebook.com/SoCalCross
by editors on May 23, 2016
The Southern California after work mountain bike racing season starts on Thursday, May 26, 2016 with the first of six Quick n’ Dirty races in San Diego’s North County.
Registration opens at 4pm and the race rolls off promptly at 6:30. We’ve designed a challenging and fast course that will make for great racing regardless of your ability or age group, rad prizes and a fun family environment so get out there and join us, won’t you??
The first three races wills start and finish at the Lake Hodges Boat Ramp. This is the perfect event for anyone who wants to race, especially for first timers. For all the official details on the QnD Summer Series, please click the link.
[Link: Quick n’ Dirty]
by editors on January 15, 2016
Now is your chance to register for one of he hardest rides in the United States: The Belgian Waffle Ride. Click here to register.
So go ahead, BTFU, and take on the 144 miles, 11,000 feet of climbing, and 40 miles of pave like surfaces with the click of a button. If those stats make you shiver in your syrup, you can always choose the shorter yet equally difficult version instead, the Belgian Wafer Ride.
Follow the jump for more info.
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by editors on October 2, 2015
The Quick n’ Dirty Filthy 50 will roll from the Bandy Canyon Rd in San Pasqual, California on October 31, 2015. This is an event you won’t want to miss. Seriously. For all the official details, please follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by editors on September 16, 2015
The fifth running of the Belgian Waffle Ride will go down April 23-24, 2016 in San Marcos, California. Organizers say this will be the largest cycling extravaganza in Belgian Waffle Ride history, and participation numbers will be capped at 1,200 of the best from all over, including Olympians; World, National and State champions; professional and amateur cyclists; and surf, motocross and bike industry luminaries.
“The Belgian Waffle Ride presented by SPY was created as an homage to the storied history of bike racing in Belgium—a wonderful country considered to be the epicenter of the hardest one-day bike races in the world,” says Michael Marckx, CDO of Creative Disruption and creator of the event. “A tribute to the beautiful—and equally grueling—races staged in Belgium during the early spring, this year’s route will once again be different than all of the previous years with some new and sinuous gravel, dirt, and rocky sections, and more climbing than rural Belgium could offer, promising more fun, more pain and more opportunity for excuses than ever before. We hope to have at least 14 dirt sections, more than 11,000 feet of climbing and headwinds no matter which direction you ride.”
For a better look at the ride from the inside, check out this photo gallery. For the official word from Creative Disruption, please follow the jump [click to continue…]
by editors on February 19, 2014
Registration is now open for the third annual “extremely challenging Spring Classic event” more commonly referred to as The SPY Belgian Waffle Ride scheduled for April 26-27, 2014 in beautiful Carlsbad, California.
“The SPY Belgian Waffle Ride began as an homage to the storied history of bike racing in Belgium—a place long considered to be the epicenter of international professional cycling,” says Michael Marckx, SPY president, CEO, and creator of the event. “A tribute to the beautiful—and equally taxing—rides staged in early spring, this year’s route is different than the previous years with a great deal more gravel, dirt, pavé and climbing than even rural Belgium could offer, promising more fun, more pain and more fatigue than ever before.”
The ride begins at 8 AM on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at Spy’s world headquarters and rolls neutral for 20 miles before things heat up at the 116-miles-to-go mark. The course features what organizers call “a relentless barrage of dirt, mud, single-track and water crossings” with a knee grinding 11,000 feet of climbing. But don’t let that deter you from what has become one of the best days you’ll ever spend on a bike. If you are man (or woman) enough, the click here to register ($125) or follow the jump for the official word from SPY or click here for our coverage from last year’s event (including a full results list). [click to continue…]
by editors on September 25, 2013
Looking for one more Super-D before you pack the mountain bike away for the winter? The season is not over yet. On Saturday, October 26, 2013 Susanville, California’s Ranch Park will be the site for the SABA Dirt Riders Super-D. The course features 4.1 miles of epic single track with one of the best, flowiest, bermed downhills you’ll find in the western states.
Costs for entry are $45 for the open class, $35 for the novice class and $25 for the beginner class. The open and novice classes will be two 4.1 mile runs. The beginner class will be two 1.2 mile runs. The schedule is as follows; check-in and registration will begin at 7:00 am, practice runs from 8-9 and racing will start at 10. Price of admission includes one practice shuttle and two shuttles for the race. The course is very fast and flowy, with “A” line jumps and walls at the top and numerous bermed corners throughout the course.
If you’re looking for a real-deal, mountain bike race, this is it. Click here to register and do not underestimate the locals. Susanville, California is located 90 miles north, north wast of Reno on Highway 395 and 100 miles Northeast of Chico, California. And yes, it is West Coast mountain biking’s next secret spot. Get there before you hear about it from your friends.
[Link: SABA Dirt Riders]
by editors on February 6, 2013
On April 7, 2013 the twisted cycling minds at Spy Optic are rolling out their “Hell Of The North County” Belgian Waffle Ride for the second year in a row. The 200k race features 10,000 vertical feet of knee blasting climbs, dirt roads, creek fordings, river crossings, bone jarring descents while winding its way through San Diego, California’s beautiful, yet perilous North County region.
Here’s how event founder and Spy President and CEO Michael Marckx describes it.
“Belgium has been for a century the epicenter of international professional cycling in the early spring race season, and the SPY Belgian Waffle Ride is an homage to the storied history and folklore of bike racing in that region, a tribute to the incredibly arduous competitions staged there, and a celebration of our cycling heritage as a brand,” Marckx says. “With some similar terrain to Belgium that North County offers, we’ve done our best to emulate the race experiences of rural Ghent, Wevelgem, Flanders, Liege and Bastogne, with wearisome rolling hills, steep climbs, gravel and dirt roads, water crossings and a distance that few racers will ever contend with in the United States. We’ve also baked-in a fun Belgian breakfast and dinner, a whole lot of twists in the way of awards, and there’s a great foundation (CAF) that we’re excited to support through donations this year.”
So at least there’s a good cause for all this pain. For the official word from Spy, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
