Capital Cross Classic & Stop Swap and Save

Two events coming up. The first, as the comments point out, is a cyclocross race.

Off Road: This year's Capital Cross Classic is scheduled for Dec. 3 at Lake Fairfax in Reston. The mountain-bike [sic] race covers a trail covered with grass and dirt with man-made and natural obstacles. For more information, visit http://www.potomacvelo.com.

Barter System: The 10th annual Stop Swap and Save event is scheduled for Feb. 4 at the Carroll County Ag Center in Westminster, Md. The event, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., features all sorts of bicycle vendors selling bikes, helmets and jerseys.

Shoppers can also trade their old cycling equipment for new stuff. About 350 vendors are expected. See http://www.stopswapandsave.com.

Comments

[Chris]

While appreciating that your source is the Washington Post, I should point out that the Capitol 'Cross Classic, as the title implies, is NOT a mountain bike race but a cyclocross race. Often, mountain bikes are allowed in some categories of these events, but a cyclocross bike is what's supposed to be ridden for a cyclo-cross race.

[gwadzilla]

I had the pleasure of racing at the Capitol Cross Classic

chris is right...
it is a cyclocross event
not a mountain bike event

mountain bikes are allowed with bar ends
but the racer would be disadvantaged with the shorter wheels and wider tires

the day was an amazing day for racing
for both spectators and participants

the course was challenging

the competition was intense

I was humbled