Ex-Cross at Exhibition Park 2017

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO LOW REGISTRATION NUMBERS. WITH ONLY 2 RIDERS REGISTERED AND INTEREST FROM ONLY A HANDFUL OF OTHER RIDERS WE FELT THAT AN EARLY CANCELLATION ALLOWS PEOPLE TO MAKE ALTERNATE PLANS FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IN ORDER FOR THIS RACE TO BE A SUCCESS WE NEED ABOUT 30 RIDERS MINIMUM FOR THE ELIMINATION RACE OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE ANTI-CLIMATIC. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE RACE AND ENJOY THE LONG WEEKEND.

Welcome to our 2nd off-road bike races at The Saint John Ex on Sunday Sept 3 using the 1/2 mile Harness Racing track giving us a traffic free and horse free course for all our races. There will be a number of races throughout the afternoon and it's 1 price whether you take part in 1 race or all.

Races will be limited to a max of 50 riders

Race Day Registration will be available from 12.00pm to 1.30pm at the track at Saint John Exhibition.

The idea behind this is to attract a wide range of cyclists in a friendly, fun, no pressure environment where the focus is on friendly competion over a variety of disciplines. Mountain Bikes, Fat Tire Bikes and Cyclocross Bikes are all welcome but there will be no separate divisions based on what bike you are riding. Some of the disciplines may be new to you but come out, ride hard and enjoy yourself. Here is a brief explantion to some of the events which are most definitely subject to change.

Race 1 - The Elimination Race

I know, Elimination Race does not sound like fun but bear with us, here is the format. It will be a mass start with every rider will completing 3 full laps of the track and at the end of the 4th and every subsequent lap thereafter the last placed rider is eliminated until there are only 3 riders left who will then complete the next lap for the 1st, 2nd & 3rd placed results. The tactic here is only to ride fast enough to avoid elimination at the end of each lap to conserve energy for the end of the race. This was so much fun last year that we had to repeat the race this year.

Kids Races

There will be a variety of kids races over varying distances based on age-group - more details to follow and all Kids Races cost a toonie up to 14 years of age. All proceeds from the kids races will be donated to Saint John Cycling Club.

Race 2 - 1 Mile Time Trial

2 laps of the track , with riders starting at 30 second intervals, awards for top Male & Female.

Race 3 - ExCross

Cyclocross at Exhibition Park using the Harness Racing track and the grass infield. This will be a 30 minute timed event plus 1 lap and we will design a course that is friendly to riders new to Cyclocross and those who want to get back in the swing of Cross riding before the season starts. The track will be flat and flowing and may be more of a grass track race using sections of the harness racing track.

Start times of events will be subject to the finishing time of the previous race so please refer to the whiteboard on race day from race start times. First race will start at 2.00pm.

No rainchecks, deferalls, refunds please.

VELONB Members must bring your race licence to registration on race day. If you do not have your licence with you, you will have to pay the additional $10.00 Non-VeloNB fee.