*If you race enough cross, sooner or later you're going to go down. There's a little more blood in summer cross because there's no slippery layer of mud to cushion your fall.*

Regardless of how you feel about early season cyclocross, it is a fact of life (at least in Portland). I'd race cross year round if they'd let me, so I couldn't be happier. Summer cross is a different beast than the typical raining, freezing, muddy mess we get in the fall. It's much faster due to dry ground, but to me it no less fun. More photos to come throughout the (now very long) cross season in Portland.

*Grand Prix Ryan Tonkin race #1 at David Douglas Park in Vancouver, WA*

*Cross training on Leif Erickson trail in Forest Park*

*Keizer Rapids CX series. Very dry, hot and lots of singletrack. The course will not look this in a couple months time!*

*Stay tuned, LIOTR frame stickers coming to the store very soon!*