Mark Bernard shredding QUADCX in his new Zank Team kit! Photo by Russ Campbell
QUADCX was the kick off of the Zank Single-Speed CX Trophy Series! We had 40 men and 3 women line up for the first race of the series! Quad and Ted Packard and a whole legion of cross fanatics turned the Maynard Rod and Gun club into a course worthy of a GVA series. Crazy bermy woods sections. An awesome little barrier that everyone was hopping that carried you up a sketchy little up. It had sooo much going for it. Literally one of my favorite courses of all times.
But back to the series. The Zanconato Single-Speed Series is a ss cx race series made up of 6 of the coolest grassroots cross races in New England. The whole idea of this series is to have fun and get rad on ss cx bikes. At the season finale at Ice Weasels a tig welded Zank frame will be raffled off to one lucky winner! To be eligible for the frame you need to race at least one race and you have to be present at Ice Weasels to win.
At Quad we had a super competitive field. So serious firepower lined up. With about half the racers on zip tied modified machines. There were also some really nice dedicated single speeds. Racing was really fast. Chandler Delinks won straight up. With Matt Myette in 2nd and Doug Kennedy in 3rd. In the women's field it was Cait Dooley with the win, Cathy Rowell 2nd and Kerry Combs in 3rd. Fun was had by all. Although the pain faces at the end were pretty awesome. Full results are here
We will be tracking points and crowning champions of SSCX in the NECX at Ice Weasels. Points will go from 25-1. Every racer gets a point after 25th. So 1st gets you 25 points and so on...
Next race up is the Midnight Ride Cross on Weds night on 9/28 right before Gloucester!
Thank you to everyone who came out and raced and to our great sponsors: Zanconato Custom Cycles, High & Might Beer Co, Mad Alchemy, Bikereg, Cyclocrossworld.com and All Hail The Blackmarket.
I like points, especially for getting some. I'm not sure I've ever gotta point at a bike race, so maybe I'll have to keep doing these SS events. The peer pressure from all my nemeis to double up was strong, and worth it after the fact. What a fun, no stress race!
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