In her recent rider diary on CX magazine Amanda Nauman talked about the up and coming cross season and how she will more than likely not be able to race her favorite race of all, Cross Vegas. If I were her I would be more worried about the fact it was her best result of […]
Kermis racing in Belgium can be a hard fought competition. The level of your competitors is higher, there are different styles of racing to learn and a lack of local racer knowlege making every move a potentialy dangerous one. This is why the coveted “W” in a kermesse is so special for a foreign racer in […]
For the fourth year in a row Tim Redus of Vertex Cycling will be organizing racing trips to Belgium for Youth (Nieuwlingen) Junior, and U23 racers. Tim’s programs are all inclusive from fully organized race days, home cooked dinners, sight seeing trips, to airport transportation to and from Brussels, and best of all require no […]
Unlike many other places in the world, streets rarely run in straight lines here in Belgium; making navigation by street next to impossible. Instead it is generally recommended that you follow signs to major towns until you get close to your destination, where the smaller town names will begin popping up. The major exception to […]
The Edelareberg is one of the closest climbs to our door, and like our last Monumental Berg the Cote de Trieu there is some confusion surrounding it’s name. It seems that at one time the Edelareberg was better known as the Kerselareberg, though it is unknown when the name shifted from one to other. We […]