Middle School Cyclocross Scrimmage
Cyclocross is playing in the dirt and mud on bikes with friends, so come do that with your bike and middle schoolers from around the district at Horizons on Nov. 11. The race will start at 11AM, so plan on arriving by 10AM.
Cyclocross races are contested on multi-lap off-road courses (with usually a bit of pavement each lap) on essentially road bikes with knobby tires and extra mud clearance, although mountain bikes can be used as well. Participants are obliged to carry their bikes when jumping over obstacles like hurdles, running up stairs, and getting through sand pits, gullies, and steep (often muddy, icy or snowy) hills. The course at Horizons will be mostly grass with very short hills and some obstacles.
Participants should bring a mountain bike, helmet, long-fingered gloves, clothing appropriate to the weather conditions, water, and a snack. There may be some cyclocross bikes available for participants to use, but bring your own bike in case not enough are available.
Middle Cross
MiddleCross is a development program for teaching young riders to learn cyclocross.
“Middle Cross” Program for 6th - 8th graders
Our goal is to expand junior cycling as a sport for fun and fitness with new and existing Bike Club Development at area Middle Schools with the option to participate in Cyclocross races at schools as well as local series.
About 5-7 BVSD middle schools (and possibly a couple private schools) with bike clubs will offer club rides 
once a week after school. These programs are casual and encourage all to participate at any skill level.
We will also offer free Cyclocross clinics for each school through Ben Turner and his highly accredited Boulder Based TIAA-Cref/Clif Bar cross team. After each clinic, we will work on matching up an actual Cyclocross mentor for each club so that they can continue developing skills. Clubs will also add teacher and parent volunteers to help with weekly rides.
We will also offer a few open scrimmages at some schools, including full race courses set up at on school grounds for fun and skill development. This ‘Fun’ competition will be open to all skill levels. The new Bike Fleet will be available at the clinics as well as the scrimmages so that anyone can participate, ,regardless if the have a bike or not. Each of the schools will have a bike shop sponsor and we are trying to provide tee shirts to the club riders to help promote the program at school. Riders will also wear the tee at the events to show support for their school club.
For young riders interested in trying local racing, we will direct them to a number of local races that are free for Junior categories while also offering onsite support and coaching.
- Boulder Racing Series
- Boulder Cup
- Junior State Championships
