– A few more series sponsors have joined in for 2014. Please welcome the following:

Nuun, pronounced “Noon” was the first company to separate electrolyte replacement from carbohydrates. Before Nuun, if you wanted electrolytes, the result was a bottle full of sugar. With our simple, self-dissolving, sugar-free electrolyte tab, we revolutionized the sports drink forever.

 roll: – We started by asking people a very simple question; why they ride not what they ride. Armed with much more revealing insights, we organized our stores around the core ideas of roll:sport, roll:active and roll:family to make it easier for people to find their own path. We developed our exclusive roll:perfect fit body scanning system to make sure that everybody was comfortable and fit correctly on every bike we sell. We created an approach to ride wear that added an element of style for after the ride as well as performance for during the ride. From there we added an absolutely unique collection of the best bikes, the best brands, the best accessories and the best apparel into the mix and roll: came to life.

– Paul Swinand is at it again with CX practices for Juniors at the Northbrook velodrome. Meet at the fields east of velodrome on Fridays at 6pm. Show up early to set up at 5:45pm. The details… Ages 6-16,  all levels (mom’s and dad’s can ride/help too), FREE, but everyone must sign a release, bring a cyclocross or moutain bike, skills and bike handling practice. The first practice is next Friday September 19th and goes until early December. There are lights from the soccer fields from 6pm-7pm after DST ends. The Northbrook bicycle club and Northbrook park district are sponsors along with the Pony Shop Junior dads coaching.

– News from Patriot CX; Ladies get your boy friends, husbands to pre-reg and you get to race for 1/2 price. Pre -reg and the race director will refund you at the race. Great fun course, lots of prizes, less than 1 1/2 hours from I80 at I57 to Rantoul.

– And finally… The CCC hopes everyone heading out to Interbike and CrossVegas this coming weekend has a grand time. Have fun but come back and race with us on Sunday September 28th at Caldwell Park. CrossVegas can be seen live online at BehindTheBarriers.tv