Cyclocross Skills School 2025! The longest running CX clinic series on the island!
2025 Dates: Aug 24th, 31st and Sept 7th.
Join us for these informative skills clinics, around 2hrs each, spread over three Sundays before CX racing begins en force on Vancouver Island.
Great for beginners, or anyone looking to top up and improve their cyclocross skills. Cross on the Rock is coming up fast, let’s make sure you’re ready!!
FUN FACT: This long-time clinic series has been running since 2008, check out our 2009 poster PDF here – classic!!! 😂
Best bike choices for the clinics are a cyclocross bike (of course!), but a gravel or mountain bike works fine too. Will be in parks in Victoria/Fairfield.
Clinic Registration (Note: no payment collected at this step.)
Here’s the PDF poster for the 2024 clinics.
ALSO: Be sure to also check out our Cyclocross & Gravel racing resources page, and Season 9 of the Victoria Segment Challenge will be a ‘gravel’ version, beginning early September!
August 24th, 2025 – Cyclocross Fundamentals:
- Great for beginners & those interested in sessioning these skills
- Intro to cyclocross, a brief on the history of the sport
- Dismounting & remounting techniques, along with barriers
- Shouldering and stairs
- Brief grass & cornering intro
August 31st, 2025 – Fundamentals Recap & Grass:
- Recap of dismounting & remounting techniques, with more advanced barrier practice
- Recap of shouldering and stairs
- Recap and more advanced grass & cornering
- Off-camber grass
September 7th, 2025 – Quick Recap, Starts & Sand:
- Brief recap of dismounting & remounting techniques
- Brief recap of shouldering and stairs
- Recap grass & cornering & off-camber
- Starts – tips for getting a quick start, and getting to the front of the field
- Life’s a beach – riding sand & loose stuff!
Each clinic will feature a mix of instructional chat, Q&A (like wondering about tire pressure?), and riding and technique practice, and info about local race series like Cross on the Rock (which category should I enter?) And if time permits, we’ll have some fun mini competitions to practice these skills!
Registration is required, please fill out this quick form to reserve your spot, ideally before Saturday at noon before your first clinic. Have a question? Don’t hesitate to send a note!
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