UPDATE

Registration ($15) will take place @ the tennis courts parking lot in Lee Martinez Park @ 9:am Look for the Brave New Wheel bright yellow van.
you can get there by heading north on Sherwood St. to the end ( Lee Martinez farm ) and turning right to the parking lot between the tennis courts and the baseball field. Location is right about here -> http://tinyurl.com/2dt9b8u

Extra maps will be available for non-racing friends / peeps in gral who'd like to go find a spot on the course to witness the carnage.

Come prepared with plenty of water / food for the pedaling part as none is available along the course; we're working on having a mid point station but no guarantee ! Camelback is of course a good idea.

If at any point in the race you or your bicycle become un-awesome, the Brave New Wheel support van will be following behind offering a ride to the finish and will carry a first aid kit too.

If this is your first time racing the OxSxOx : expect gravel, lots of it. hills: usually not very steep but long, some washboards, sandy double track, (maybe a little muddy...) length: 30 or so miles. take a look at some of the pics from past year's to get an idea.

We'll finish and party at the same place from last year east of town: 4616 E. Co rd 52 past the golf course on the North side; party starts as soon as the winner crosses the finish line, if not racing, come watch / hang out, invite your friends !
we'll have cold drinks, snacks and the legendary OxSxOx T-shirts with badass art for sale:

The new shirts are hot-hot !
make sure to save $15 dallah from going into your cochinito.
apologies to the peeps that have been asking about pre-ordering, can't do.
perhaps a prepaid second run if necessary.

Remember:
all proceeds from T's sales also go to the chosen local Non-profit !

Some of this year's rad sponsors include:

Velo-Solo ( baller singlespeed Co. from the UK ! ), La Luz Grill, Origin 8, Kansas City Kitty, Velocity, and of course, Brave New Wheel !

(buy Nathan a beer if you run into him @ the Trailhead or the Crown Pub, not only the BNW Is the raddest bicycle shop in town but it has sponsored the OxSxO 7 year's in a row !!!

Helmets are cheaper than medical bills... just sayin'

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The 7th annual OxSxOx is coming to a gravel road near you !

Back for another round of good ol' one speed fun Colorado style, as customary, a new, different course awaits your legs, lungs and rubber, burning, yearning to make the finish line where good, cold beer patiently sits.

Registration is $15 and starts @ 9 :am to 9:30 then we'll take off around 9:45 for a short warm up group ride to the official start. Coffee will be provided by the Bean Cycle Coffee House, we'll have cake too !

All proceeds will go to local grassroots-D.I.Y powerhouse: Hammer Time ! check out all the cool and important work they do in our community and if inspired, think about volunteering !

Here's more info on their story, community space and educational programs.

In the meantime please take a moment to check out the story of the OxSxOx to learn why it exists and how it all started, dang, can't believe it's been 6 years.

-Raf

RESULTS, PICS AND THANKS

What the hell ? for the THIRD year in a row Dan "Dad's " Lionberg of 400 Smith racing took the "gold " in the coasting-free division.

According to witness's accounts Dan dropped the few hanging on to his wheel in the most demoralizing, punishing way: attacking up the steepest hill any OxSxOx course has ever seen, pushing a 52-16 to then disappear shooting down the other side rocking the TT bars through the entire gravel 'n' sand 'n' washboards combo.

I don't know but, next year more of the fast locals that have until now been too busy, intimidated or too cool to race the OxSxOx better come out and give Dan a run for his money !

(namely all those who said: " see you there ! " and slept in hungover, chickened out or just went for some excuservals )

The other top finisher's:

2nd place non-coasting ---------- Steve Burns (400 Smith racing )

1st place coasting ---------------- Logan Garey ( Rio Grande )

2nd place coasting --------------- Adam Wisseman ( Colorado state )

Top gal -------------------------- Claire Mechtly (400 Smith racing )

What a fine day ! no casualties, everyone finished with a smile, had a cold one ( or six ) hung out and moved on to party elsewhere.

Check out the first couple batches o' photos here

and here

Thanks to all participants, sponsors and volunteers, tomorrow, a little over $1000 will be delivered to the Animal house in the name of singlespeeders of the Fort and elsewhere ( Berthoud, Portland,Boulder,etc ) to help them keep unwanted pets alive until they become wanted, by someone.

If you've been looking to adopt a pet Animal House is the place you wanna check out !

This is who did what: ( Thank you dear peeps ! )

400 Smith Racing dawg sportiff David Boerner for coming up with such a baller course !

Curtis Heideman designed the poster, then Go West printed them for free !

Charly Bar and the Bean Cycle for the breakfast

Teresa Garcia for marking the course

Brenna Wozniak for the yummy muffins

Randy Leija for the freakin' awesome OxSxOx salsa

Adam for lending his finish-line-house again

Ian for driving the Brave New Wagon

Leanne C, Nora P and John R for running registration

Mr Rick Price for the Photos

Kevin Buecher for picking up the course markers

Ben Gannon for his overall unconditional badass support.

and finally the Sheriff for going the other way after seeing us roll by Vern's allowing us to have some good clean fun.

If you know of a Local non-profit fighting the good fight ( or one of them ) that could use a little dough, e-mail me suggestions for next year ( as well as questions, comments, critiques, etc) to bikeagainst@gmail.com

Thank you and stay tuned for the David Cross CX series this coming winter, a production of 400 Smith racing.

We'll see you next year over more gravel and uni-gear bikes under the sun.

-Rafael

FINAL DETAILS !!!

We'll meet at Lee Martinez park parking lot / pavilion, registration ($15) is from 9-9:30am and we'll roll out at 9:45am. The race will take most people 1.5-2hrs - so figure ending some time around noon... party starts whenever the winner crosses the finish line ... The park is just west of College ave on the Poudre river bike trail, OR get there by heading north on Sherwood St. to the end and turning right to the parking lot by the tennis courts. Look for the big yellow Brave New Wheel delivery van. Location is right about here -> http://tinyurl.com/2dt9b8u

As usual we'll have coffee from the Bean Cycle and snacks, come prepared with plenty of water / food for the pedaling part as none is available along the course.

After registration we will ride neutral from the meeting spot to the start location just north of town. Maps are handed out at registration and the course will be well marked with signs.

If you have friends who'd like to go out on the course and cheer you up or throw eggs, H2O balloons or dirty sex toys at you, we'll have extra maps @ registration, just ask.

If at any point in the race you or your bicycle become un-awesome, the Brave New Wheel big yellow van will be following behind offering a ride to the finish and will carry a first aid kit too.

We'll finish and party at the same place from last year east of town: 4616 E. Co rd 52 past the golf course on the North side; shortly after registration volunteers will move on to set up at the finish line where we'll have a metal drum full of cold dizzy waters,snacks,prizes & schwag,T-shirts for sale for $15 (organic,free range,Non GMO and all that )as well as some of the awesome custom silkscreened posters.

YOUR BIKE: Ride your singlespeed or fixie commuter, MTB, track bike - whatever - as long as it's got only ONE (functional) GEAR. If you wanna race but only have at this time a geared bike,come on out, just make it unshiftable.
( we can help with that if you don't feel too creative )

What gearing to run? Answering that question is part of the fun! The course basically stays down on "the flats" and doesn't climb up into the foothills at all - so you don't need a small gear for sustained climbing. In general a gear that is comfortable around town or a bit bigger should be good. Fast MTB tires or cyclocross tires will give good traction on the rougher stuff but be a bit slower on the smooth stuff, with the opposite said about slick road tires. Choose your poison/weapon.

We will honor "spoke cards" from last year; good hippies re-use right ?

Please make sure to check out all the great products and services that our sponsors this year offer; these companies allow for this much fun to be unleashed !

Go West T-shirt Co.

Chrome Messenger Bags

All City Cycles

New Belgium brewing

The Charly bar

Urban Velo

Brave New Wheel

Your group ride

The Bicycle Co-op


WEAR A HELMET AND FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD !

One Speed Open Course Preview

David from 400 Smith Racing just mapped out the 2010 OxSxO course. He can't tell you what it is, but he will tell you how the Bike Gods hucked down from on high to deliver this beautiful course unto him.

Check it out!

Gravel and prairie on a one speed again

The sixth edition of the One Speed Open is ready to kick in full effect this coming August the 28th, a Saturday.

This year to benefit Animal House no-kill shelter. http://www.animalhousehelp.org/index.php

What's the OxSxOx like ?...

a minimum 30 miles of mostly road-rage-free and road-kill-free county roads, hardpacked and loose dirt, washboardie some years, always plenty of up-down, up-down to keep things interesting. Passing thru old farms, oil fields, ponds and lakes one don't often get to see while doing the dams, rist or carter lake 'n' masonville style riding.

Who races the OxSxOx ?

anyone ! all one-gear-heads come together for this one; from casual or dedicated commuters to former state, national and world champs.

It's as serious as you wanna make it, some peeps come out looking to clean and punish, others just to see how they do against their weekend riding crew.

In any case, the one common goal always present is to show that FoCo cyclists care above and beyond "two abreast" issues only, by giving all of the proceeds to local charities that don't get massive funding.

Helmets are recommended, flip flops are not...

( brain armor is cheaper than health insurance! )

More details soon, Y'alls stay tuned.

OxSxOx '09 Results & pics +

Thanks to everyone who participated, sponsored or helped in any fashion to make the race a big success !

Special thanks to Darren and Lisa @ Summit studios and Mr. Rick Price for all the awesome pictures, to Erin Hamilton for marking the course, to Claire for delivering the Coffee, to Leanne and John for running the registration booth, to Sarita Uhl for donating da keg and to Adam for letting us finish @ his place.

This year's turn out was the best ever and we were able to donate a total of $700 to " The Growing project."

Also more ladies than ever before raced ! Badass !

Make sure to check out all of the great pics HERE and HERE

We'll make the OxSxOx bigger and better in 2010, see you then !

Final details

For those not familiar with the OxSxO format, expect plenty of dirt roads; every year is a different course and no one knows where it's going until you get your map upon registration.

Memorize the turns or tape 'em or sharpie 'em to your arm.

I'm pretty sure this year's course is goathead free so no Armadillos are required... however running 25c slicks may be a bad idea... ( David ? ) you'd prolly be better off with some 28-32 hybrids set to 90 psi or so... bigger gears are recommended, unless your legs are really trained to spin if you're riding coastin' free.

What else ? oh, yeah the finish will be @ Adam's farm @ #4616 East County Rd. 52 about a mile east from I-25 , first house past the golf course.

Tell your friends to come out and bear witness ! The fast dudes will be rolling in around 11:30am

Sounds like this will be the first time we'll have two OxSxO winners from previous years at it.

and it sounds like there will be lots 'o Ladies competing this year too, right on !

There will be a vehicle assisting those faced with mechanical hardships, those in a hungover attempt to hang 'n' ride and those that couldn't keep the rubber side down...

Please patronize these fine establishments from our friends that are makin' it all happen:

Brave New Wheel

Velox Cycles

Meetsauce Cycles

Lucile's

The Bean Cycle

Remember, registration starts @ 8:30am under the Poudre river bridge @ Linden st.

One Speed Open 2009, Sundi July 12th

The OxSxO is coming around again, going in it's fifth year !
Registration fee is 15 Washingtons, that gets you coffee and snacks in the morning and beer afterwards along with the chance to win sweet prizes and perhaps the Glory of being the 09
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Registration will take place by the river under the bridge at the intersection of Linden and the Poudre trail @ 8:30am departing @ 9:30am

30 mile loop approx. ( ...or out 'n' back ? )

Coasting and non-coasting categories.

Special awards will be created for those who somehow " earn it "

As usual there will be T-s for sale and new for 2009, all-custom locally handmade and fabricated with recycled materials OxSxO bike hats !

All proceeds this year will go to " The Growing Project " http://groprofoco.wordpress.com/

More details soon, meantime, talk that buddy of yours into racing that rig with the cool Deep V's and all the anodized stuff.

Stay tuned.

OxSxO '08 RESULTS

Ladies and gentlemen, take your hats off for: Mr. Dan Lionberg

Dan, of the Rams Cycling team, took first place in the fixed gear category with an impressive 10 minutes ahead of the second place Colin Pinney, Winter Ralleye veteran.

Very early after the start Dan and David Boerner also from Rams Cycling, broke away drawing a 1/4 of a mile and eventually 1/2 mile gap... no one could catch 'em; soon enough they were out of sight.

Unfortunately, David flatted lacking a pump and it was over for him... (that was too bad! i had all my money on him for second place )

In the morning, people didn't know what to think when Dan showed up sporting TT bars and helmet mixed with some sort of cowboy shirt... but apparently that combo worked, since he put 7 out of the 10 minutes ahead of second place in the last stretch of the course, 10 straight miles back to town.

Doctor Tim Anderson took first place in the single speed category.
Tim,president of the Fort Collins Velodrome Association, proved that he practices what he preaches and gave many youngsters a run for their money !

John Taggart, member of the Bicycle Salvaging Brigade, got second place for the second year in a row.

Big thanks to all the sponsors and all who came out to support this good cause.

Countless hills,headwind and loose bumpy roads is the combo most cyclists fear.
Specially on a one speed... Good Job everybody !

Special thanks to my friends who helped with the registration, marking the course, moving gear, delivering the coffee and the T-shirts, driving the "sag wagon" etc. >> Nathan Elder, Kevin Buecher, Laura Lorenzen, Jaime Thomson, Claire Mechtly, Zach,Coleman and Julian Beldotti.

Thanks also to the Rad Vibes for playing the afterparty.

Hope to see you all next year, until then, keep the rubber side down.

Peas.