under the Walterdale Bridge

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So permission has been granted to use the Queen Elizabeth Park hill (The Knoll for Walterdale Bridge) and Park for The Baby Walter Cyclocross event Sat and Sun. The event starts at 10am both days and the elites go after 1:30. This event is a test event to show that the venue can host the National Championships in a couple of years. which may correspond with a World Cup or Pan-American championship as well.

If you don't know Cyclocross this is a good event to catch. Cyclocross is a combination of road biking and mountain bike type courses a bit of steeplechase and roller derby. Races are no more than 45 min to an hour. Very twisty turny, off camber hill turns steep climbs that you need to run up. And in good years a lot of beer and cowbells.

Its one of the few sports that heckling is encouraged. most of the Tour de Frances leaders this year are CX ridings. we currently have one local rider racing the WC schedule but this event there will be about 6 or 7 riders that have raced in Europe and the World Championships.
 
Airboy said:
So permission has been granted to use the Queen Elizabeth Park hill (The Knoll for Walterdale Bridge) and Park for The Baby Walter Cyclocross event Sat and Sun. The event starts at 10am both days and the elites go after 1:30. This event is a test event to show that the venue can host the National Championships in a couple of years. which may correspond with a World Cup or Pan-American championship as well.

If you don't know Cyclocross this is a good event to catch. Cyclocross is a combination of road biking and mountain bike type courses a bit of steeplechase and roller derby. Races are no more than 45 min to an hour. Very twisty turny, off camber hill turns steep climbs that you need to run up. And in good years a lot of beer and cowbells.

Its one of the few sports that heckling is encouraged. most of the Tour de Frances leaders this year are CX ridings. we currently have one local rider racing the WC schedule but this event there will be about 6 or 7 riders that have raced in Europe and the World Championships.
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do you have a link to the event for more info? sounds awesome
 
cloney said:
do you have a link to the event for more info? sounds awesome
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Have to go onto FB and Alberta CX. I will see if I can upload the Tech. To bad there is no beer tent this time. withC19 it hampers things. but most races are quite the party. The last few years we have had night racing and those are quite fun, flaming logs are a feature.
 
When I drove across the Walterdale Bridge this weekend, it reminded me that the City should have built this as a 2-way bridge.
Another missed opportunity if you ask me.
 
Why? 105st is one way until 100 ave. The bridge itself has two one-way roads feeding right into it. The time to have made the Walterdale a two way bridge was probably 50 years ago.
 
105 St should have been changed to 2 way as well as one of either QE Park Road or Walterdale Hill Road.
 
Maybe it's the Baby Walter Cyclocross event remnants from last weekend? In the ol' Danzer's Folly lawn recovery lockdown mode?
 
No this looks like a licenced event. BW cross was cleaned up and gone in under an hour. No major issues as for as we know. I know there was some grooving at the top of that hill but was raked out. This looks like a new even. Plus you can't really see any wear on the hillside.
 
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