Portland Oregon will play host to the inaugural World Championship event of Single Speed Cyclocross.
The Portland Single Speed Collective (PSSC) dutifully presents the Official UnOfficial World Championship event for single speed cyclocross racers. Held in tandem with a Cyclocross Crusade race , the SSCXWC is a two-day event including a time trial qualifier on Saturday and the Grand Boucle on Sunday. Festivities to follow each day.
Saturday 11 November 2007: Single Speed Cyclocross Time trial. Perhaps the only TT with intermediate time bonuses, creative racers will benefit using their skills in Sketchy Aero Bar descending, Saddle-less riding, saddle-less aero bar riding, silly steep climbing, bunny-hopping a 6-pack barrier or bunny-hopping with a 6-pack, derby and others.
Sunday 12 November 2007: The Big day. The Championships will be a one hour cross race in the notorious Estacada Timber Bowl. Mud guaranteed, rain highly likely, more spectators than a Belgian Cross race and almost as much beer. Laps will roll through the beer garden and crowds will be heckling. Only one man and one woman will leave as the Single Speed Cyclocross World Champion.
Prizes: Vanilla Bicycles has signed on as a major sponsor. Expect a custom built Vanilla for the winner as well as a custom World Champion stripe Speedo and a custom designed tattoo.
The Cross Crusade is the largest cyclocross series in the nation, often drawing over 700 racers. The courses are world class, the organization is superb and the Cross energy of Portland is second to none.
Registration is available online through BikeReg.
Check back often at www.sscxwc.com
dog4aday on 
I have opinions on everything
it does not matter what I know
I still form opinions on the matter
the single speed is something I have an opinion on
I have ridden and raced single speeds for some time now
I raced on a single speed in the Sport Class as a hoot years ago after I finished a short Clydesdale race on my geared bike
that was years before the production singlespeeds flooded the market and the race courses
why did I tell you that?
cause I just type like I talk… without any filters
so often I see someone on a single speed and I feel like they are putting themselves in a situation with more challenges than they need
cycling is challenging enough
take the Shenandoah Mountain 100 for example…
a difficult race on a geared bike… on a Single Speed?
no way jose
but people do it
for some… they are so fast that you could not believe that a set of gears would make any difference for them
while for others… gears would change their day
cross is the same
I use all sorts of gears on my cyclocross courses
I have considered the single speed cross bike
but… why disadvantage myself anymore?
I hurt enough and I am slow enough with a full range of gears
why change that?
I race the single speed under situations where I feel that the difference between my geared bike and single speed would be negligible
if not an advantage
in cross… gears are good
then again
we do not have the mud bog here in the east
in fact
last weekend was a dust bowl
if we had that slop
I would consider the single speed
sorry to ramble
I should ramble on my own blog
“slop” is a funny way of putting it.
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what time is the flipin tt?