CCC Tuesday Updates – 20250923
September 23, 2025
- Ok here we go, the 2025 Chicago Cyclocross Cup starts this coming Sunday at Glenwood Academy CX!
- Online pre-reg for Glenwood Academy CX will be open until Friday night over on BikeReg. We’ll have some additional notes up in the Course Preview on Thursday, but you can peruse previous years’ notes on the event’s page here. Glenwood CX is held on the grounds of the Glenwood Academy which works “to eliminate the impact of trauma and miseducation in children’s lives.” Proceeds from the event are donated the academy and you certainly donate more if you’d like.
- Concerning Single Speed categories… we’ll be folding the Men and Women categories into one Open SS category and then separating out results for Men and Women podiums and overall standings like we do in the Juniors.
- Our super not-so-secret CCC Whip-of-the-Week spies will be onsite at Glenwood and all throughout the season to find and choose what they deem worthy of the bike of the day. It doesn’t have to the most expensive or the fanciest bike, but something they find interesting or a cool backstory. Follow our Instagram feed to see what they find.
- We have a 2 week break after Glenwood before the 2nd race of the series, which will be xXx Racing‘s event at a new venue… Big Marsh. More details to come next week.
- Remember we have lots of initiatives happening this year from another new venue for the ABD event, to the revived t-shirt contest, to the the mentor program, to looking for an announcer assistant (women please apply!).
- And finally… concerning Women’s categories, this year we are adding an Open category to each of the Women start waves. These will be Open Cat 4/5 and Open Cat 1-4 with the intention being they are for women, transgender women, and non-binary racers who want to race together. The series and race directors discussed all our options at great length given what is possible within the USAC rulebook and think this is the best (or at least the least bad) option for the entire series. Our email address is always open if you have any questions. We’ll have the website and BikeReg pages updated as soon as we can.
I’m really disappointed in USACs rule change and their insistence that a women/open event can’t be held under their ruleset.
What Dave said, exactly. Until there is an alternative to USAC that includes everyone, I’ll be sitting out any such sactioned events. Bikes are for all!
Cyclocross has long been the most inclusive discipline of bike racing.
USAC’s decision is a major disappointment. Clearly, they know there isn’t a major competing sanctioning body. (I wish there was)
We have to give credit to CCC for doing something to try and maintain that inclusivity.
Looking for a youth cyclocross bike for my 8-year-old daughter. If anyone has one they’re looking to sell, I’ll be at the morning races this weekend. You can either swing by the EMC2 tent and ask for me, or let me know where to find you. Thanks!