Hello there! Sorry it’s been so long since our last post. We’ve been really busy! Most recently we just wrapped up our most successful Spring Classics yet, but more importantly back on December 24th we welcomed baby girl Evelyn to the ChainStay family. So we’ve been taking a bit of a maternity leave from the …
Here are The ChainStay we believe hands on experience is the best way to learn. It’s one of the reasons we started our house in Belgium, to give guys (and gals) a great place to stay while they learn about racing bikes in one of the hardest racing circuits in the world. We are now …
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 …
As we approached the end of our 4th road season here at The ChainStay we have been quite pleased with the progression of the house and all that we have done. For 2013 we want to continue that development and are now setting specified times in the year where we are running development programs for …
With the second round of the Cyclocross World Cup coming this weekend I wanted to talk quickly about how you can watch both the women’s and men’s races live. There are several ways you can watch each race, the easiest being a subscription to the entire World Cup on Cycling.TV. This option is available to everyone in …
Cyclocross season is in full on race mode with the US season approaching the mid-point of its season, while the European season is just starting after the finish of the first World Cup race. We talked about the qualification procedures for the US riders looking to go to worlds back in October. Now that 5 of the 9 …
The 2013 World Cyclocross Championships will be held outside of Europe for the first time and in Louisville, Kentucky; USA. A great move for the expansion of cyclocross outside of Europe and representative of how much the sport is growing in the US. But it seems people aren’t quite sure on the exact rules that govern the …
Are you… A) Crazy about ‘cross? B) Looking to try ‘cross racing in the motherland of Belgium? C) Intimidated by the thought of planning your first ‘cross trip to Belgium? Then you’re in luck, as we’ve just added our newest section Cyclocross in Belgium to our Belgium Racing Guide. The guide helps explain racing categories …
The road season is approaching the end of its season, cross is starting, but it’s never to early to start to think about the Spring Classics! The ChainStay has now opened up our bookings for both our B&B&B, our ever popular Tour of Flanders Day Trip and Paris – Roubaix Day Trip. If you are …
We might be a little biased, but Oudenaarde is the best city in Belgium… especially if you’re a cyclist! Ok, so there isn’t as much going on here as there is in some of the larger cities like Antwerp, Gent, or Brussels. But it’s big enough to have almost everything that you need, plus we …
This week we rode down the canal to West Flanders to watch the youth (Nieuwleingen) Kermis in Kooigem near Kortrijk. Vertex Cycling brought a group of young American racers there, plus the Slipstream-Craddock (Garmin) team decided to show up. You can check out our photo gallery of the race over on our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151460974443787.422384.99237268786&type=1 …
Gregg caught up with the Vertex Cycling team’s second race in Belgium, the 1.17.3 Nieuwelingen Kermis (Kermesse) race just 15km down the road in Outvrij (Anzegem), Belgium. The day was fast paced over the 9 laps and 64km of the course, with many Americans taking to the start line along with a strong British contingent.
It’s over. Gregg has finished the Koppenberg 24 today and completed 82 accents of the Koppenberg in 24 hours. He’s going to have a blog post up soon enough about the whole craziness, but we just wanted to give you the quick low down on what he did. Those 82 times up the Koppenberg means …
They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. Well, this June 23rd, Gregg is going to see just how insane he can become. Gregg’s going to ride the famous Koppenberg climb for 24 hours straight. Why would he go and do such a crazy thing? He’s doing …
Welcome to a new series we are going to be starting on a weekly basis! Our News Roundup! Each week we are going to feature articles, video and photos we find that are interesting about the world of cycling. It will be a mixed-bag of the serious to the funny, but everything is defiantly worth a read or …
What a beautiful day of bicycle racing in Belgium! The 2012 Dwars Door Vlaanderen (Straight Through Flanders), Seen as one of the first real tests of the form for contenders for the big spring classics, race didn’t disappoint this year. We saw a very in form Omega Pharma team using their strength in numbers to launch Niki Terpstra …
We are heading into our third season of working with Tim Redus of Vertex Cycling. For those of you who haven’t heard of him, Tim has dedicated the majority of his life to bike racing. First as a racer himself, and later to help develop promising young riders from all over the United States. Recently …
Hi there! Just a quick update on whats new over here at The ChainStay. First off we’ve got a month long promotion on from the 8th of this month through to the 8th of March. After all there’s still some great late season ‘cross racing to be had until the 19th! If you’re looking to …
So we’ve been busy transferring over the Cyclists Guide to Belgium to it’s new home here, all of that information can now be found under “Belgium Racing Guide“. There are still plenty of details that need to be worked out in order to make it as informative and useful as possible. On the list still …
Though Christmas is right around the corner we’ve already got January on our minds. How come? Well it’s only 12 days away, and 20 days until most National CX Championships. After that we’ve got TWO World Cup races; Lievin France on January 15th, and Hoogerheide Netherlands on January 22nd, with Kasteelcross in Zonnebeke Belgium on …
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