The 2009 Cyclocross Nationals are happening right here in Bend, Oregon. The course is in the same location that we used for the Thrilla CX series a few years ago. The course is about 1 km away from our front door. It is coming up in just a few weeks, and we are trying to get ready for it as best we can. We will be hosting a little Q&A/discussion with the Clif Bar Junior development team coaches on that Thursday evening. This will be a good one for juniors and their families. It will give them an idea of what is available for juniors and what it takes to get to the national level.

We are also hosting a movie night during the Cyclocross Nationals on that Saturday night. Instead of our usual Mcmenamins movie, we will be hosting it at the Tower Theatre. Giro is sponsoring the event, along with sportsvisionbend.com. It should be pretty fun. The movie will be "The Cyclocross Meeting" featuring Oregon's Barry Wicks. Of course, we will have a bunch of Giro sponsored racers in the crowd - just in case you want to get an autograph.

WebCyclery has plenty of parking and a bike wash area (well, a hose) for racers, as well as an indoor changing room and bathroom, so racers can feel free to park in our lot during the races. It might be a lot easier than finding a spot in the small lot at the course, and we are just across the river and up a block from the course.

If racers want to ship their bikes to us, just give us a call and let us know when to expect it. We build up boxed bikes for $40. We box them for $60. Since we do a lot of mail order business, we are used to boxing bikes everyday. You can rest assured that we box bikes very well. We don't want them to get destroyed in shipping almost as much as you.

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