Guaranteed Rate Cycling are back at it again at Campton CX for the series’ second, or is it third, hilliest race.
The race director added an Adaptive Bicycles category for the local event at 11:50pm. Please reg on BikeReg.
Anderson Park in Campton Township (5N180 Brown Rd, Campton Hills, IL 60175). Need directions? From I-90: Randall Road South, to Rt. 64 West, past LaFox Road, turn right onto Brown Road and park is on your left. There are other Anderson Parks in the Chicagoland area, so please go to the correct one. The map on BikeReg is correct.
Preliminary staging will be posted here on Saturday. Make sure you double check your preliminary staging on Saturday, not Sunday.
Dave’s SLO Food will again be serving up some fantastic BBQ. This year with more veggie options; burger, wraps, and chili.
Sorry, NO alcoholic beverages are allowed in the park.
Campton is our Halloween race. Wear a costume, or not… keep it fun, keep it safe! There will hopefully be a costume contest. We are always waiting on the edge of our saddles to see what you all come up with each year.
Please do NOT warm up on/around the soccer fields to the East of registration. The village has asked us to keep off the areas visible when you pull into the park. If you carefully ride North on Brown Rd for about 200 meters you can hop onto the Great Western trail, which is a great place to warm up. Thank you.
Temps will be quite cold on Sunday. Please plan and prep your clothing and nutrition accordingly.
There is plenty of parking on site. Please do not ride or drive on the grass surrounding the course.
A fun new venue at the Sycamore Speedwaydid not disappoint for ABD SYC Speed Cross. Results and standings are at the normal page here.
Next up the series heads 7 minutes due East from the speedway for Campton Cross. Reg closes Friday night and look for the usual Course Preview at 9am on Thursday morning. Remember this is the CCC’s Halloween event, so dress up if you want, but you don’t have to. Keep it fun and leave the masks you can’t see out of at home.
But if you want to get in some extra racing, and maybe a win a regional championship, the Kringle Kross-Midwest Regional CX Championshipsbeing held Saturday, November 1st, in Waukesha, WI. Online pre-reg closes tomorrow (Wednesday) night at midnight. Day-of reg is +$10. If you have already raced a Wisconsin CX race (excluding Trek Cup) you’ll be using the same WICX bib number(s).
With the change in the USAC membership portal and rider database, we know there are a few incorrect Team Names and racing categories. Make sure to check your USAC annual license for both. We have this page in the overall standings GoogleSheet with everyone’s Team Names. Please take a look and email us if you see anything that is incorrect. Thanks!
Remember this Sunday morning is the daylight savings Time Change. We set our clocks back an hour, so at worst you’ll be an hour early arriving at Campton… but still, pay attention!
And finally… remember if you want to upgrade your USAC category and have half of your CCC series points follow you to the next category (this is mostly for Cat 4’s), you MUST upgrades before this weekend. As always, there are some rules, so please check our our Rules and FAQs page were we have it all spelled out. We’ve already seen a few rider upgrade (congrats on your placings!) and there are a few more of you out there that might be interested. If you do upgrade, please email us and let us know as USAC does not automatically tell us about rider upgrades. After this weekend if you upgrade, or are auto upgraded by USAC, your series points in your previous category will be forfeited. Good luck!
Thanks to xXx Racing for the new venue, rain, wind, mud, and sand at Big Marsh. Links to Results are here… but USAC and CrossResults won’t be updated until later in the week when USAC’s membership portal is back up.
Speaking of, if you’re looking to upgrade category, make sure to get that done this week. And remember that if you want half of your series points to follow you to the next category (see rules/FAQs here) that must be done by next week (before Campton) at the latest.
Speaking of USAC, remember we match all team names to the USAC rider database. If your team name is not showing up correctly on this list then just email us and we’ll get things sorted out.
Next up the series goes west to another NEW venue. That’s correct, the ABD Sunrise Park course is moving temporarily (this year only we’re told) to the Sycamore Speedway for ABD SYC Speed Cross. See BikeReg here. More details on Thursday morning at the regular time.
And finally… after this past Sunday we’re pretty sure everyone’s bike(s) could use some TLC… so get them into your local bike shop and serviced. We have plenty of great local bike shops in the Chicagoland area who are ready and willing to help get you and your bike race ready for this coming weekend and the rest of the series!
After a 2 week break the series starts up in earnest this weekend at xXx Racing‘s new venue at Big Marsh. DO NOT GO TO JACKSON PARK (or Caldwell Woods or Labagh Woods) this weekend’s race is at BIG MARSH.
All series races are now up and open on BikeReg except for Campton (which is waiting on some paperwork) and Montrose (which will be open later today or tomorrow).
And finally… USAC’s membership portal is being changed/updated and is down for the next week. If you were planning on upgrading or you are having trouble with your annual license, please email us so we can make sure you can get registered for this weekend’s event and are racing in the correct category.
Ok the first race of nine is in the books. The South Chicago Wheelman know how to put on a bike race and Glenwood Academy CX did not disappoint.
Results are in the usual places. We have links to all of them here on the Overall Series Standings GoogleSheet. We know CX team names can be trick at the start of the season, and we can correct as needed for the first race or three. But please make sure your USAC license has your correct CX team name. If your team name is not correct on this list you are not contributing to your team overall score. Speaking of, The Pony Shophas taken the early lead in the team competition.
Next up, the CCC takes a 2 week break, but then we’re back at it at our newest venue at Big Marsh hosted by xXx Racing on Sunday 10/19/2025. We’ll have all BikeReg pages updated and open soon.
Before the series continues we have 2 open weekend. The first (this coming weekend) we always keep open so everyone can see what a real cyclocross race looks and feels like up at the Trek CX Cup. Racing kicks off on Friday and goes all weekend. While no longer a World Cup race, Trek still puts on one heck of a show and draws plenty of national caliber racers. Take a quick weekend road trip and check it out!
Then the following weekend (Oct 12) the Chicago Marathontakes over the streets of the city.
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-Weekspies 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.
Hey everyone, xXx Racing Relay Cross is this coming Sunday 9/14/2025. Note there is NO SAME DAY REGISTRATION… and the weather looks great… so grab your partner and get registered today!
Some series events are open on BikeReg and the rest will open as soon as our race directors finish up some paperwork.
We’re bringing back the t-shirt competition this year. We’ll accept a bunch of different designs from you our riders and then everyone will have a chance to vote on the winner. So polish off those Microsoft Paint skillz and look for more information soon!
Have you ever wanted to help out at one of our events? Do you want to be right in the center of all the action and spend all day running around watching and commenting on the racing while stuffing your face with candy and gluten free muffins? If so let us know as THE BEST SPORTS ANNOUNCER IN THE ENTIRE WORLD Kenny Labbé is looking for a sidekick to help manage the show.
And finally… last week USAC changed it’s rules concerning women’s categories to comply with federal and Olympic regulations. TL;DR – transgender women can no longer race in Women’s categories. See here #3: https://usacycling.org/about-us/governance/policy-vii-competition-category-policy. The series does not take sides on these types of issues (we’re just here trying to host bike races), but we do permit/sanction our events through USAC and the series simply would not be possible without USAC (event insurance, officials, rider database, etc.). Accordingly the series will continue to follow USAC’s rule book and apply those rules fairly and consistently to the best of our abilities, just as we have always done. Also as we have always done, the series will continue to welcome everyone who wants to race with us and make the series better as a whole while following the rules of the game. The series directors and race directors are still figuring out how we can do that while complying with the rules, but we will keep you all posted… also as we have always done. Thanks for your patience. 🙏
Online registration is open for xXx Racing’s Relay Cross. This is a great, fun, and some-may-say silly way to ease yourself into the cyclo-cross season. Grab a partner, come up with a goofy team name, do-see-do, high-five, and get racing!
Online registration for series events will be online on BikeReg.com in the next few days as soon as some paperwork gets processed. Our schedule is updated over on the schedule page… but it’s exactly like last season with a few venue changes which we’ll let you know about soon.
Now is a great time to review our Rules & FAQs page!
And finally… we’re always looking for series sponsors and some help running the series. Please email us if you are interested!
