For those who hang up their bikes in winter, the road riding season is ending or has ended. For those who race cyclocross, the season will begin soon - after a two week delay.
This Sunday, to mark the end of its season, Dream Ride Projects will hold its last ride of 2007 and its closing ceremonies. The 10 and 20-mile rides begin at 3 p.m. at the Donegal Middle School, along Route 441 in Marietta. Anyone who has been involved in a Dream Ride event this year is invited to attend. Mike Ridgeway, Dream Ride director, is asking for an RSVP. More information is available at: http://www.dreamrideprojects.org/ClosingCeremonies.html
And, the local cyclocross season will begin Saturday, Oct. 6, with the Stony Run Cyclocross Race at Manetas Park, the former Zinn’s recreational park, along North Reading Road in Denver. Races through the paved and grass circuit begin at 10 a.m. The last race, for elite men, begins at 12:45 p.m. and lasts until 1:45. Registration is at: http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=4749
Concurrent to the racing, there will be a bicycle flea market on the baseball field adjacent to the race course. Gold Coast Cafe, of Union National Bank, will providing coffee to spectators during the racing.
The Stony Run race was supposed to be the county’s second cyclocross race. The scheduled first race, the City View Cyclocross Race, was to be held on Saturday in Lancaster County Central Park. That race has been cancelled due to “environmental issues,” a note on the registration site states. The organizer, Pro-Am Cycling, promises to try to find another venue for the event next year.
The Wonderland Cyclocross Race is the only other cross race scheduled in the county this year. That race will be on December 8 in East Lampeter Community Park.
In the Mid-Atlantic region, stretching from New York to Virginia, there are an additional 40 cross events this fall. They are listed on the BikeReg registration website at: http://www.bikereg.com/events/default.asp?p=1&ne=15&et=2&rg=2&states=
