It’s August which means that it’s time to warm-up that cow bell, because cyclocross season is right around the corner! The season in NY starts the first weekend in September and runs through November 27th, with races both locally and across the state. Nationally the season ends in December with the USACycling CX nationals in Hartford, CT (see schedule below).

For those not familiar with the sport, imaging taking road cycling, mountain biking and a steeplechase and mixing them together…you’d have a cyclocross (CX) race.

The annual CNY CX cup is a great local point series consisting of four races this year. The series starts Sept 18th with the Bonkwerx CX in Chittenango and finishes in Greene NY at the Dave Panella Memorial CX on October 23rd. CX Cup award ceremony will be held immediately after the last race.

For this series, showing up is half the battle. Even if you don’t win any particular race, make all of the races and you can still accumulate enough points to snag a place on the final podium.

Points are awarded for each race as follows:

• 1st place: 10 points  
• 2nd place: 8 points
• 3rd place: 6 points
• 4th place: 4 points
• 5th place: 3 points
• 6th place: 2 points
• All others will receive 1 point for completing a race