Just because we didn’t race last week doesn’t mean we weren’t having competitions and handing out our swank Dirt Derby medals.

Get 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in any category and you’ll win a nice shiny button, which looks like a medal, but also a chainring, and should probably be displayed like a trophy.

So come out and race your bike  and see if you can get one. They’re the perfect accessory for a night out on the town and a great way to show your friends how awesome you are. Unless your friend got a gold medal and you got a bronze.

Unfortunately, we have to cancel tonight’s races at the Bicycle Sport Shop Dirt Derby. The rains coupled with the wear and tear on the track from motocross races over the weekend, and the possibility of more rains tonight, have made things unrideable.

So as consolation, we’ll be doing a little social shindig in the parking lot of Bicycle Sport Shop Central location on South Lamar. There will be a free keg of beer provided by The Peddler Bike Shop, track stand competitions, slow races, micro-pursuit races and bicycle limbo if we can find out limbo pole. Things will start around 5:00, races around 6:00 and then wrap up at 7:00pm. They’ve got a nice awning, so even if it’s raining we will still be there.

Sad to say we can’t race, happy to be providing ya’ll with a festive alternative,

-Bicycle Sport Shop Dirt Derby

We’re planning on racing this Tuesday, the 21st, but we’ll be keeping a close eye on the weather hoping that the scattered storms stay away from the track.

-Bicycle Sport Shop Dirt Derby

Results have been posted from the first race of the Bicycle Sport Shop Dirt Derby.

It turned out to be a nice night, with a good mix of familiar faces and people out for their first Dirt Derby. The storms of last week dampened the track a bit so that it hit that sweet spot between being too much mud and too much dust.

Tristan Uhl took the Open MTB, with Mike VanRandwyk acting as his victorious counterpart in the cross class. While in a large intermediate field, Adam Gaubert won the MTB class, while James Murff rode out to the course so that he could get a good warm-up in and win the cyclocross category. In the beginner races, Brandon Albert took the kids to school like he had a minivan while Amanda Mayes won the women’ field. Christopher Willems got first in Beginner MTB, with Joseph Flynn winning the Beginner CX class.

We will post up results by the morning the next day, and though we strive to be as accurate as possible in scoring, we tend to be more fallible than we’d like. If you’d like to protest the results, please do so the night of and we’ll do our best to fix and figure things out for you.

The track is looking good for bike racing, so we’re pleased to announce that the first race of the Bicycle Sport Shop Dirt Derby will occur tonight. We’re in such a good mood that we’re throwing out cash prizes for winners of the Open categories. So get yourself out there, bring a friend, and we’ll see everyone tonight.

We’re still keeping an eye on the weather and monitoring rainfall levels. While we’d love to be able to say something definitive tonight, we aren’t in a position to say anything definitively. We’re as excited to get the Bicycle Sport Shop Dirt Derby started as ya’ll all, and hopefully the weather will allow us tomorrow,

-Bicycle Sport Shop Dirt Derby

Well, it’s been raining all morning and it’s likely to rain throughout the days, so today’s Bicycle Sport Shop Dirt Derby has been canceled.

It’s unfortunate that we can’t race today, but we plan on kicking off the season right next week, so we hope to see everyone then.

Stay dry and keep pedaling,

-Bicycle Sport Shop Dirt Derby

We’re keeping a close eye on the weather and plan to announce the status of tomorrow’s races by the afternoon.

Updates can be found at DirtDerby.com as well as BicycleSportShop.com, so stay tuned.

Hoping that we won’t have to post a similar message next week,

-Bicycle Sport Shop Dirt Derby

Central Texas Grassroots Cycling is proud to announce Bicycle Sport Shop as the title sponsor for this years Dirt Derby.

The Bicycle Sport Shop Dirt Derby will feature several new additions and refinements to continue to enhance the most exciting off-road race series that Texas has to offer.

Bicycle Sport Shop will provide merchandise awards which will be made available to all our riders and will provide a service tent every week for any last-minute adjustments.

In addition, there will be three demo days throughout the season so that everyone can preview the latest from Specialized and other manufacturers to be determined. And if that wasn’t enough, they will also throw a free burger night so you can experience all the excellent cooking skills they have on offer as well.

We’re very excited for our partnership with Bicycle Sport Shop, and with support from them and you we hope to make the 2010 Bicycle Sport Shop Dirt Derby our most enjoyable season yet.

Our season starts next Tuesday, September 7th, with the first race starting at 6:30. For more details on the series look around the site or contact us, and to see more about Bicycle Sport Shop visit www.bicyclesportshop.com.

We look forward to seeing everyone next week for the start of the Bicycle Sport Shop Dirt Derby,

-Central Texas Grassroots Cycling

We’re two weeks away from the start of the Dirt Derby. We will have exciting news regarding sponsorship and other details out shortly. We’re starting up on September 7th and running until December 14th, with two seven week series’ splitting up the season.

An important change this year is that we’re changing the starting orders and times of our categories. We will now run the Beginner, Women Only and Kids Races starting at 6.30, with the Intermediate and Open races following that.

Times for 2010:

5:30 PM Gates Open
5:45 PM Registration Opens
6:30 PM Beginner race intro
Beginner, Women Only & Kids Races (20 min)
7:20 PM B Short Track MTB / Cyclocross (25 min)
Intermediate, Masters & Single Speed classes
8:00 PM Open Short Track / Cyclocross (30 min)
9:00 PM Gates Close

We’re excited for what we’ve got in store for the Derby in 2010, and we hope to see you all out there in a couple weeks,

Dirt Derby