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Preserving a 30-year legacy of Brooklyn Bike Racing at FBF
Essays, Road Racing Diane Akerman 5/17/23 Essays, Road Racing Diane Akerman 5/17/23

Preserving a 30-year legacy of Brooklyn Bike Racing at FBF

The longstanding Tuesday night race series at FBF in Brooklyn needs your help

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Inside A Successful Weekly Race Series: Fifth Street CX
Cyclocross, Features Matthew Vandivort 12/12/22 Cyclocross, Features Matthew Vandivort 12/12/22

Inside A Successful Weekly Race Series: Fifth Street CX

A look inside one of the longest running and most unique weekly race series on the East Coast: Fifth Street Cross

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Croton Cross Preview and Race Director Interview
Essays, Cyclocross Lucia D 10/26/22 Essays, Cyclocross Lucia D 10/26/22

Croton Cross Preview and Race Director Interview

We chatted with the folks behind the event to try to get some insider knowledge on how the race came to be, and any pro-tips on the course.

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Grant's Tomb, I Love You. But I Must Say "Goodbye."
Essays Liz M 8/3/22 Essays Liz M 8/3/22

Grant's Tomb, I Love You. But I Must Say "Goodbye."

Liz reflects on her many years race directing New York City’s biggest criterium

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The COVID Boom or a Road Racing Bust? Analyzing 2022 Race Registration
Road Racing, Essays, Features Matthew Vandivort 5/1/22 Road Racing, Essays, Features Matthew Vandivort 5/1/22

The COVID Boom or a Road Racing Bust? Analyzing 2022 Race Registration

New York’s biggest road race is upon us - what does it say about road racing post-COVID?

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Racing Returns to Central Park: The Data Behind CRCA’s DJCPC
Essays, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 8/26/21 Essays, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 8/26/21

Racing Returns to Central Park: The Data Behind CRCA’s DJCPC

One of the biggest races of the season arrives this week in NYC. We take a look at the registration numbers and offer a few tips for racers.

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New Races and New Venues
Essays, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 5/24/21 Essays, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 5/24/21

New Races and New Venues

New York City gets a new bike race, at a new venue with the World’s Fair race at Flushing Meadows Corona Park

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Interview with Central Park Race Director Kevin Hsieh
Essays Matthew Vandivort 9/22/19 Essays Matthew Vandivort 9/22/19

Interview with Central Park Race Director Kevin Hsieh

We interview the person responsible for insuring the 12-race Central Park Club Series happened this year: CRCA Vice President of Racing Kevin Hsieh.

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Behind the Clipboard: A Call for More Diverse Race Directors
Essays Liz M 7/14/19 Essays Liz M 7/14/19

Behind the Clipboard: A Call for More Diverse Race Directors

Our Race Director Diaries series changes gears slightly as long-time New York City based race director weighs in on the lack of diversity in the role

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Mengoni Grand Prix 2019: Perfect is the Enemy of Good
Essays, Features, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 7/1/19 Essays, Features, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 7/1/19

Mengoni Grand Prix 2019: Perfect is the Enemy of Good

The CRCA Open Race calendar comes to a conclusion with a day of fast - and longer than expected - day of racing at the Mengoni Grand Prix, reminding us that even when things don’t go to plan they can still be pretty great.

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Road is Not Dead Part 2.0: Lou Maltese Memorial registration
Essays Matthew Vandivort 6/20/19 Essays Matthew Vandivort 6/20/19

Road is Not Dead Part 2.0: Lou Maltese Memorial registration

A look at what will likely be another record setting day in Central Park

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So, how was your race? A look at the 2019 Dave Jordan Central Park Classic
Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 6/1/19 Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 6/1/19

So, how was your race? A look at the 2019 Dave Jordan Central Park Classic

Looking back at the 2019 Dave Jordan Central Park Classic with a simple question that can have different connotations

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Road is not dead: Central Park's largest road race
Essays, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 5/30/19 Essays, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 5/30/19

Road is not dead: Central Park's largest road race

In our latest Race Director Diaries we take a look at the biggest race of the year in New York City’s Central Park

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Race Director Diaries: The Bear Mountain Classic needs your help
Road Racing Travis Burkel 5/21/19 Road Racing Travis Burkel 5/21/19

Race Director Diaries: The Bear Mountain Classic needs your help

I was the Race Director for Bear this year, and let me tell you: it’s a hard job, but a job worth doing.

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Trying to balance the books at the Bear Mountain Classic
Essays, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 5/12/19 Essays, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 5/12/19

Trying to balance the books at the Bear Mountain Classic

Looking back at a challenging day at the Bear Mountain Classic, for reasons that had nothing to do with the actual racing

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Race Director Diaries: First RD experience at Orchard Beach 2019
Community, Road Racing Alvaro Soltero 5/9/19 Community, Road Racing Alvaro Soltero 5/9/19

Race Director Diaries: First RD experience at Orchard Beach 2019

An inside look at what it is like for your first race director experience to take place in an all day downpour

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5 days and $16,000 at the Bear Mountain Classic
Essays, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 5/6/19 Essays, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 5/6/19

5 days and $16,000 at the Bear Mountain Classic

Counting down the days until Bear Mountain Classic registration closes while monitoring a significant financial gap

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Race Director Diaries: If You Build It, Will They Come?
Essays, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 4/28/19 Essays, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort 4/28/19

Race Director Diaries: If You Build It, Will They Come?

Before signing off from Journal entries to focus on final prep for this weekend’s race, we take one last look at registration trends for the Zach Koop Memorial Crit at Orchard Beach

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A pretty perfect morning of Brooklyn bike racing, with @borks.n.bikes taking sixth in his race with Josh and @photorhetoric while @hlcamhi lit up the women’s field alongside @shaneferro and @lookfor.lisa.
Don’t miss out on the next edition of the ToBeDetermined Community Ride Series, this Saturday 5th July, Engineers Gate at 7:30!

Route: South County Trailway to Red Barn Bakery, then back on some dirt via the Old Croton Aqueduct. Expect roughly
NYC bike racing is generally rain or shine, but this past Saturday we mostly got a whole bunch of rain and no sunshine - which if nothing else leads to some pretty memorable photos. Head over to the Journal to read @shaneferro’s race report inc
The rain showed up for the women’s race in Prospect Park as @leahgold31 got into an early break and snagged an incredible 2nd place after a long solo effort. A much larger (and very damp) photo gallery coming to the TBD Journal p/b @castellicyc
Erwin is currently in Kenya where he is taking on @safarigravelrace. Stay tuned for much more from his incredible adventure!
Montreal ➡️ Brooklyn on the Empire State Trail: 3 Days, 27hrs 7mins, 454 Miles, & 15,882ft elevation gain. 

Rogier shares his journey riding the full length of the EST (and then some) on the Journal, including what went into his preparation and
Another fun edition of the @farmersdaughtergravelgrinder! Head to the journal to see the full photo gallery  
 
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Following the Club Series, we kicked off the latest edition of our TBD Community Ride, heading over the GWB for some sunshine and pleasant miles. We have a few rides kicking off from Prospect Park to head to the beach, so join us for one!
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Quick hits from today’s @crcaracing club series race in Central Park where @luciadlite finished 4th ahead of the latest edition of our community rides. 

Photos by @photorhetoric
For the 3rd year in a row, our friends at @acmebicycleco are hosting Neutral Ground in Katona, NY. 

The event boasts road and gravel rides in a popular “enduro” format, where folks can ride at a social pace and then race a few timed sect
𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘠𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘐 𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘙𝘕𝘌𝘋 𝘍𝘙𝘖𝘔 𝘔𝘠 𝘍𝘐𝘙𝘚𝘛 𝘠𝘌𝘈𝘙 𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘉𝘐𝘒𝘌𝘚 𝘐𝘕 𝘕𝘠𝘊: a guide to getting started racing bikes in NYC by teammate Josh H up on the Journal. Link in bio!

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