Category Archives: Special Report

Madison Cross Podcast - Day 1

Delayed podcast from Madison Day 1.
The first day clips include:
Dan Casper’s amazing mid-race interview in which he talks of t-boning a tree, and his amazing post-race interview complete with first-aid care. Linda Sone and Maria Stewart sizing up the field. (dis) getting nervous. Marko Lalonde providing the shoutouts to his Kenwood brethren and then retracting […]

 
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Special Cyclocross Podcast: (dis)pencer and Super Rookie Make Judgements About Every Race On The MCF Calendar

(dis)pencer makes a return visit to the bikethrow.com studios to do a very special edition podcast for your listening enjoyment. The podcast is simple. Every race on the MCF calendar is discussed and judged by our fearless hosts. We discuss the entire racing calendar, a little bit of fat tire racing and the greatest moment […]

 
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Fixed Gear Classic Day 1: Special PodCast

Here is the first day of interviews from intrepid reporter, Super Rookie, at the velodrome on Saturday evening. Feel free to bounce around the interviews to different people a
Bob Williams (0:00)
-Talks about what to expect.
-Predicts a record by Chiappa.
Tainter and Smithers (1:20)
-Tainter predicts good racing and a track record!
-Tainter didn’t take Chiappa to the Duece […]

 
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Fixed Gear Classic Day 2

Chiappa
photo courtesy of Frye

Italian National Champion Roberto Chiappa

The Last Throw

Alas, all good things must come to an end.  It is with great regret that we announce that bikethrow.com will be turning out the lights on this production.  No it wasn’t the economy, the long hard winter, or the rising cost of health care that brought about our demise.  To be honest, the rapid rise […]

The Throwdown: NVGP Qualifying Races Announced

As stated on the Nature Valley Grand Prix Qualification Race Series website, “The NVGP Qualification Race Series (QRS) is a three race series promoted by Minnesota Cycling Federation (MCF) member clubs under USAC/USCF guidelines. The QRS is established to provide cyclists the opportunity to compete at three events and earn points based on individual performance […]

New USA Cycling Upgrade Guidelines

Minneapolis, MN-
The new USA Cycling rulebook has been released. The biggest change has to do with the distribution of upgrade points, and new upgrade procedures for cyclocross. These changes will have an immediate impact on the Minnesota Cycling scene and abroad. Bikethrow investigates the changes and tells you all you need to know.
The following table […]

Aero Special: Timmer Breaks Down Rookie’s Position

If it looks aero it probably is aero and conversely if it doesn’t it probably isn’t. Much like our time trialing friend here. I do know this stretch of road and the rider is going up hill so it’s difficult to give a full aero critique on his position which has the greatest aerodynamic impact […]