So, Pan-Ams gives the country and extra slot, but according to USAC's release in Aug, Pan-Am champion isn't given a spot on the team automatically, unless I am missing something. I also find it interesting that winning nationals also doesn't place you on the team.

Had to bring up Jingle RIP Jingle

Not interested in seeing your face for 1hour+. Sorry !

Thanks guys! You've given me more ways to look for race footage. Such a shame we can't see all of the action, the artists, and the vibes.

there was a cross race in the gorge this weekend! Could have checked it out!

Can we get a Free Bill From His Closet campaign going?❤ It's never too early for Woutmas. He's just waiting for mud.

Ive always loved both of your voices. Welcome to the video world! As long as you're talking dirt/sand/mud, I'm happy with all CX, gravel, mtb, drop-bar singltrack, SS, SSCX. 😄🤟

Wouldn't the Iserbyt situation be more of a foot-stamp? (ba dum tish)

Enjoyed the interviews! Common theme seemed to be: First CX races of the season are HARD. It makes total sense to me that Lizzy wouldn't have had enough top-end to go with Caroline on all of her attacks. Give her a few weeks of racing though...and look out! I remember back in the way-back, watching Lizzy race the Cat 3 mens race, finishing mid-pack, as a teenager at Gloucester CX!

you're giving Iserbyt way too much credit

Why does this feel like "déja vu"...?! (WEDU)🤔

This is fun, seeing you guys! Thanks for bringing 'Cross to us.

Thanks for keeping us up-to-date on what is happening with Trek USCX. We really appreciate the Instagram coverage - and we watch it on the big screen just like it is a full race broadcast. What you have done is much more than "not nothing."

These interviews are GOLD. Thanks so much for being on the ground and getting these great interviews!

Good luck with Trek cell service. I’ve always had really bad service there. Great video interviews.

Bill are you “mass communicating” from your closet? Sounds and looks good regardless.

Being from Southern California I rarely get to meet any midwestern or east coast “cyclocross people” in person. Prior to watching this video I just assumed that Boedigheimer was like 20 years old. Watching instead of just listening is definitely a different experience!

I like y'all's new ambidextrous approach to media outreach. Its still easier for me to listen to the podcast when I'm walking the dogs 🙂

Nice and liked the music too (who was that)? The track walk sped up might even be better than riders though both are great. I really need to make this pilgrimage in 2025 🤔

Great video. Thanks for the upload. With there was a way to watch, all the USCX races.👍👊✌🖖

It looks like a 7 iron it the right tool for the job ; -)

Gonna be we need windy - PERFECT!

It’s going to be an amazing weekend!

Sweet course.

I guess you work with what you've got but kind of stupid narrow with some real mountain bikey parts.

I don't get it, how can people be on the course when you are racing? Please explain.

Nice job. Great race today! Fun to watch from the Jungle!

Thanks for the upload. I hope there is a way to watch, the race weekend.👍👊✌🖖

That rock section is stupid!

Favorite part is the vibration imitation sounds being made when going over the cobble section. We all do it 😂

Great video, looks like a fun course.

Can we put cameras on all the elite racers and then make a montage tace video? Since there's no tv or Livestream?

Awesome

Is Fugazi going to demonitize this video? ;-)

Looks like a fun course! Thanks for the preview!

What tires was he running? Chicane?

2 years later: add 3 world championships and 3 monuments.

This is excellent and very illuminating. Weird how KZbin only just served it up 2 months later (and I follow WAP). 🤔

That grin on Ethan Jedlicka's face when he (presumably) noticed that you totally captured his crash is priceless. Thanks for yet another cyclocross media gem.

Majestic

Thank you! Sweet dreams, CX friends 😊

I raced the course Thursday and Sunday. It was National level IMHO. The event was very well produced in general. Thanks for all the hard work💕

& I was just about to type, "pretty amazing everyone made it this far with no one going down". Oh well

Love the smile on the guy who crashed. The spirit of cross - a 45 minute (60 in this case) smile.

Beautiful. Although the guy screaming was slightly less "zen", but beautiful nonetheless.

It's the amateur course that was not challenging at all. You cannot hope for weather to make it interesting or challenging.

The guys from New England loved this grass crit. For an experienced masters racer the high speed was the only challenge - hence winning/dominating 50/60+ racing. Every course we race weekly is more challenging. Bravo Sammy, Rusty and Frank.

Raced 40+ non-championship on Tuesday and Masters 50+ on Thursday. When I arrived and pre-rode for Tuesday, I thought this was far too tame and very grass-crit’ish… I also chatted with Darren and knew he had some alternatives (as he always does) to make adjustments to the course. He does this whether it’s going to rain, it stays dry, it gets overly ridden in, etc… As always, you had to be patient because the course races so much differently as it’s ridden in through the week. For my nationals race, I can say it was an incredible challenging course to race. Not because it was overly technical, but because it was demanding for the whole race. There was almost zero ability to rest on the course. You can see this based on every race. None of them were still in groups of more than 2-3 or 4 riders after 2 laps. In summary for me, from my take-away, I very much enjoyed the course and felt it was national level. I love a more technical course as it fits my strengths - but we need to have all versions to give all riders a fair shake at it. Thanks for all you did Darren - I can’t wait to see your design for 2024!

It's nice to see his thought process. I don't really like the idea of designing a course where you're counting on it being wet/muddy. Even if a place historically gets consistent rainfall I don't think it's the most prudent thought process. Yes, you want to plan on how to make a course if there's heavy mud. But relying on features to "work" with their being mud versus them not being as exciting If it's dry. It just seems a bit backward. I do really like that there are UCI/Elite only lines. But at the same time, if you're going to do UCI only lines then it should be okay to really push those limits for the riders. That's how we get stronger fields. I like the features that he kept in but I feel like there's definitely still plenty of room to push the riders.

That course was the tamest course we have ridden all year, if not ever. Grass crit is exactly what it was prior to the rain. I understand the challenges of designing a course that will ride well and be appropriately challenging, in all weather conditions. To me, having some sections you could remove if the weather goes sideways is better than having a weeks worth of races where we are on a flat course with 3 sets of stairs, 2 barriers and nothing else. The 2018 course was SO challenging, maybe too much so, once it rained. That doesn't mean (to me) that we need a featureless course unless it's muddy. There was literally no where exciting to watch the riders. We'll likely be back in 2024, but really hope for a hybrid course of sorts from 2018/23. Thank you for all the work that goes into this, I know it's a lot, and thank you Bill for the interview!