Comments on: Pilgrimage to Portland – Oregon Manifest 2008

By: Velodramatic

Velodramatic — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:37:29 +0000

Sean, Dave,

I posted a summary of the show last night. Apologies for the brevity of my notes on everyone’s offerings. So much to write about and not enough time. But then you both know about doing two jobs at one time.

By: Velodramatic

Velodramatic — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:57:39 +0000

Sean, Dave,

Glad you stopped by. Images from Cross Crusade are up. The show and Rapha Roller Cross to follow in the next day or two.

Thanks for putting on a great show and showing some very cool bikes.

::M

By: dave

dave — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:42:30 +0000

Can’t wait to see the photos of Oregon Manifest! I was stuck in my booth both days so I missed out on a lot of the good stuff there.

By: Sean (Vertigo)

Sean (Vertigo) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:56:32 +0000

Glad to have met you Michael. Looking forward to the pictures to come. It was a stellar weekend of drooling all over the amazing bikes, beer induced drooling at the W K shindig and then drooling all over myself at the race on Sunday.

By: Velodramatic

Velodramatic — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:40:24 +0000

Brendan,

As the day wore on and the racing class increased, the handling skills went from great to incredible to plain scary. If there’s any justice and a fraction of Portland’s culture can be exported, Cross is going to be huge, everywhere.

By: BR

BR — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:39:58 +0000

Edit…My comment is confusing and not accurate. What I meant to say is that CX came along in the earliest dys of the sport and was the off season training choice for many of the most victorious riders.

By: BR

BR — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:45:11 +0000

Looking forward to the CX pics. CX predates modern cycling by 100 yrs and makes road racing look like a joy ride. I tried it once and that was all I needed to understand the skills and power that CX requires. Great to watch – hard to do.