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Portland, Oregon - Apparently the Halloween Races in Astoria was not enough insanity for this years Cross Crusaders. After some excellent traditional cyclocross racing at Portland International Raceway the bike-fun crowd went wild for single speed.

Thousands of spectators watched as Sue Butler took away honors for the womens A racers and the prize for unofficial womens single speed world champion. Mens SSCXWC honors were awarded to Drew MacKenzie who hails from the Great White North. Prizes included a Vanilla SpeedVagen, a Pereira Cycles custom frame not to mention gold Speedos and required championship tatoos. Also, Raleigh Rainier frame went to the Sit-Up Champ.

Special mention goes to Ryan Trebon of Bend who won the mens A race, and the regular single speed race. Trebon, a top cyclocross racer, was told he had to win all three races in order to take the SSCXWC. He may have been handicapped on the raceway, as well.

The song Steam Powered was written especially for this race.

Music and Video by Dan Kaufman

for http://crankmychain.com

and http://www.bobsredmill.com

http://crosscrusade.com

http://sscxwc.com

I wrote this song in the darkest days of Republican scorched-earth domination.

Abraham Lincoln's wise words were finally shown true last night with the overwhelming support of the American people for Barack Obama.

I hope I never hear the term "real Americans" or red state/blue state again.

My hope is that our leaders have moved away from the deceptive and divisive politics of the Bush era.

But if they don't, well "you can't fool all the people all the time".

Video and Music by Dan Kaufman

ASTORIA, Ore. – If you didn’t bring a costume to last Sunday’s Cross Crusade race you may have placed better but you also got heckled. The weather was perfect for camping, outrageous outfits and two days of racing at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds.

Video, editing, and original music by Dan Kaufman. Additional Footage by Eric Todd Keeney.

PORTLAND, Ore. – I have three videos for you today. The first by Todd Keeney shot at Cross Crusade Race #2 in Wilsonville. We’ll be heading down to the Halloween races in Astoria this weekend and hope to see you there. Otherwise, stay tuned for another Halloween cross video later next week.

The second video is footage of Sasquatch, regarding the Quest for The Grail and the final video is a ridiculous detour request in Vancouver, Washington.

Music for the Villebois Race is by Todd Keeney and friend. The music at the end is “Whistlestop” by Roger Miller.

PORTLAND, OR - The first ever Freak Bike Fall starts tonight and runs through Sunday. Get the agenda here: http://freakbikefall.blogspot.com/

The video above is a tribute to the Freak Bike Militia by yyzmec at YouTube.

The National Republican Congressional Committee funded this attack ad against 3rd District Pennsylvania Democratic contender, Kathy Dahlkemper - http://kathydahlkemperforcongress.com/

They think she is asking Americans to sacrifice too much by walking and biking more. They call her out for opposing the GOP red herrings of gas tax reduction and offshore drilling.

Informed voters know that neither domestic drilling nor gas tax reduction will have an impact on gas prices or American dependency on foreign dictatorships.

Oil companies are already making record profits and they will be happy to sit on domestic oil reserves until they need them (as they are currently doing). They will also be happy to take the extra profit a reduction in gas taxes would bring.

It seems to me this attack ad will backfire. See the original ad here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlL1u0YrlGE

Portland, Ore. - As promised, the first race of the Cross Crusade was wet and muddy. There were a record number (1263) participants at Alpenrose Dairy with loads of fans and plenty of wipeouts for them to watch.

I wrote the song Double Crossin Me just for this race and had blast syncing it up to the dirty footage.

Next scheduled CrankMyChain.tv cyclocross video is for the Halloween race. Contact me if you are interested in sponsoring a race/music video dan at- pdxk com.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Jason Turner and Greg Freddette's much anticipated documentary about Portland's cycling scene will soon be making it's debut. In the meantime we can watch the trailer for the movie Veer. Sign up for updates about the movie and screenings here.

Jonathan Maus of BikePortland got to sneak peak of the movie and has some more background at his BikePortland Blog.

Portland, Oregon – River City Bicycles Cyclocross Crusade race #1 is this Sunday at Alpenrose Dairy. Good news race fans, it looks like we may have some mud!

Come on out and say hi if you see me.

Also, you can watch and buy the 2006 and 2007 Race videos at CrankMyChain.com .

So far, this year, we’re covering three races and we’re looking for sponsorship for as many more as possible. If you are interested in sponsoring CrankMyChain.tv please contact me at dan at pdxk d0t c0m.

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