The Pony Shop is hosting a book release party for the ChiCrossPhotoCollective‘s 2009 CCC Photo Book this Saturday, March 20th from 2-4pm.  In addition to handing out books to those who pre-ordered and having a couple of copies on hand for people to see in person (if for some crazy reason they are still undecided about purchasing one) our local Ridley rep will be showcasing the 2011 line of gear that day at the shop.  Please call The Pony Shop if you need more details about the Ridley promotion…  otherwise it should be a fun celebration of cyclocross this Saturday and we hope everyone can make it up (or down) to Evanston.

The 2009 CCC coffee table books are now available for order on blurb.
Find more info at the ChiCrossPhoto.com or just go ahead and order your book at http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1216318.

Heather Jurewicz of Johnny Sprockets has posted a fantastic video chronicling the 2009 CCC. Theres amazing camera work, thoughtful interviews, sweeping panoramas, a fitting soundtrack, and the entire video from start to finish really gives you a great idea of what the CCC is all about. Yeah, its long but there’s a big story to tell. Fair warning, this video is slightly NSFW (language), and the number and types of hand ups may be alarming to some but hey… this is the CCC!

Mr. Cyclocross himself (Newt Cole) makes more than a few cameos but everyone and everything from SuperGirl, to Flannel Mike, to the BoneBell, to the Cuttin’ Crew’s bull horn can be seen. Heck, even Robert Sliwinski and Jason Knauff made it in!

Big thanks to Heather and the entire Johnny Sprockets CX team for making this video possible!
Note: Heather teaches video production at a youth center and does freelance work on the side. If you need some video work done please email us at [email protected] and we’ll put you in contact with Heather.

If you’re on Facebook you may have read some rumors about the pending delivery of the CCC coffee table book… but here it is straight from the horses’ editors’ mouths.

“Liz Farina Markel got her hands on a hard copy of the 2009 ChiCrossCup photo book. It’s totally hot thanks to Luke Seemann‘s mad crazy design skills, and it’s got pics of some of my favorite riders. We should have books in hand for pre-orders soon!!!!! :o)”

“If anyone wants to sneak in on the pre-order, we’re happy to have you, but you’ll need to do it by tonight (Monday).
Paypal me at [email protected]: $45 for soft cover, $62 for hardcover. (Doing it this way saves you shipping, but you’ll have to pick up at Pony Shop.)
And David Dokko won the bacon. More deets at http://chicrossphoto.com/”

Congrats to David on his 2nd off course win of the year. Mr. Dokko was of course the first person to have himself photographed in front of the CCC’s billboard (which is still up btw) and won himself a call-up at Woodstock.

And big, big thanks again to the ChiCross Photo Collective of Liz Farina Markel, Luke Seemann, and Chip Williams for putting together this memorable documentation of the 2009 season! You can reach them all at [email protected].

Now that we have your attention…

Our friends over at TheBoneBell.com let us know about a great little fundraiser event this coming Monday evening for a fellow dirt baggin’ cyclist, Audrey Thibeau, from Half Acre Cycling.

Fundraiser for a Dirtbag
The Beer Bistro, Monday February 15th from 5:30PM-7:30PM
Helping Out a Teammate

While Audrey never raced CX (mountain biking is the next best thing), we’re pretty sure beer, Twizzlers, and bacon are right up her alley.
Check out more details here and here and we’ll see you Monday evening at the Beer Bistro.

All CCC’ers are hereby on notice… get ready for CX Worlds in the good ole’ USA in 2013 and Masters Worlds in 2012 and 2013!

USAC
VeloNews

CX season isn’t quite over yet!

Flatlandia presents:
2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
Lively, delayed coverage starting at 3:00 pm at:

The Globe Pub
1934 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL  60613
Extensive beer list*

Post race entertainment:
Mud wrestling between Barry Wicks and Ben Popper**

*Confirmed by several beer snobs/enthusiasts.
**Unconfirmed as of this post.

Just a few updates for your post-humpday, snowy morning internets reading.

– Did we mention anything about the CCC awards banquet this Sunday at EJ’s Place? Tickets are on sale through midnight tonight, but we’ll still be letting people in at the door. However, please help us out and pre-purchase your tickets… look at all of the great people who already did!

– Schwag continues to come in for door prizes. New additions include Craft apparel, Look mtb CX pedeals, CX DVDs, saddles, tyres, cable sets, CX apparel, and more. Let’s put it this way… everyone will probably want to bring a shopping bag… and if you’re a woman and placed within the top five of either the 1/2/3’s or the 4’s… you’re pretty much guaranteed some sort of prize.

– We’ve seen some screen shots of the ChiCrossPhoto coffee table books and they’re coming together nicely. Our local CX paparazzi will be taking orders at the banquet and may have some page samples too.

– For those closet roadies out there the organizers of the Glencoe Grand Prix put together a nice picture book as well. Check it out and order yours on blurb.

– Here in the states CX season is pretty much done, but there are a few races still to be had. Team Mack hosts the Tour de Groundhog near St. Louis Springfield on February 21st. Across the pond however the Euros are still going strong. Local Flemish/Dutch interpreter Ted Berger points us to www.Sproza.be and NathanSpear.com to watch all the action. In a nutshell, “Laatste roonde… are last lap videos. Verslag… are video summaries of the race.”

– And finally… due to several requests, at this Sunday’s party we’ll be making call-ups to the buffet line… categories and call-up order TBD…