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Newbies’ Guide to CX
Newbies’ Guide to CX: Choosing a bike
If you want to get into cyclocross, you’ll need a bike of our own.
Here are our tips on how to choose the one that’s right for you!
Newbies’ Guide to CX: Choosing your shoes
Get the right shoes on your feet before you take to the street!
Read our advice here!
Newbie’s Guide to CX:
DIY Cyclocross Barriers in 6 Easy Steps
Want to develop a drool-worthy dismount?
Here’s how to build your own collapsible barriers!
![If you’re racing CX Down Under, here’s the next races that are happening in your area!
Check out the links below, sign yourself up and volunteer if you’re able!
#cxdownunder #cx #cyclocross #cycling #veldrijden #crossiscoming #cro](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e27f655da9a70176ef24141/1719566000030-E73I8NRCKEDHPC6E5NRD/image-asset.jpeg)
![Exciting staffing news at CX Down Under - we’ve appointed a Chief Volunteering Officer!
His legal name is Nacho, though you may know him as Mathieu van der Purrl, Kitten Hermans, Marcel Mousin’, or Pawris Niewenhuis.
He thinks that if](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e27f655da9a70176ef24141/1719542440772-LFVQ87935KNYQBHO743L/image-asset.jpeg)
![Check out the men’s standings after the first four rounds of this year’s @auscyclingaus CX National Series!
Will you be moving up the table at the next race weekend in Maroubra on July 20th-21st?
@queenslandcyclocross
@ratscyclingclub](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e27f655da9a70176ef24141/1718863882910-AF1UO6GBCGK9WR9WQ2P6/image-asset.jpeg)
![Four rounds of the @auscyclingaus CX National Series have now been completed, and here’s where the points tables stand in the women’s grades!
Mens grades to follow shortly.
@queenslandcyclocross
@ratscyclingclub
@portadelcc
@randwick](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e27f655da9a70176ef24141/1718841657472-W6SP172V4NSBB8OY2RV0/image-asset.jpeg)
![Elite results from round 4 of the AusCycling CX National Series in Brisbane - including a maiden Elite National Series win for @nicksmith108! Thanks to everyone at @queenslandcyclocross and @ratscyclingclub for all their hard work organising.
Elite](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e27f655da9a70176ef24141/1718518287865-TYYD4D2PZLJQ508WGH70/image-asset.jpeg)
![Elite results from today’s third round of the @auscyclingaus CX National Series in Brisbane! Thanks to @ratscyclingclub and all the @queenslandcyclocross crew for a cracking event!
Elite Women
1) Fiona Morris (VIC/MAAP Sixpence CX)
2) Anna Ku](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e27f655da9a70176ef24141/1718438946793-XK5LMJ61ICSXNNS2QSJD/image-asset.jpeg)
![Golf and cyclocross - more similar than you might think!
If you're looking to combine the two, there's still time to enter this weekend's round of the @auscyclingaus Cyclo-cross National Series in Brisbane. Head to @queenslandcyclocross for all the](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e27f655da9a70176ef24141/1718195573168-TCGYTJ15FTLT89NTLMYZ/image-asset.jpeg)
![Here are all the races happening next in your area across Australia and New Zealand!
Will you be entering the @auscyclingaus CX National Series in Brisbane this weekend, pinning on a number at @fogcitycx in Hamilton, or ripping it up between the tap](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e27f655da9a70176ef24141/1718163664201-D3TTHIHK922Z1IE7HT7W/image-asset.jpeg)
![State vs. State
We’ve had a little fun playing around with the stats from the @auscyclingaus CX National Series and have come up with some state-by-state standings after round 2!
Here are some of the big takeaways:
- South Australia leads in](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e27f655da9a70176ef24141/1717929703697-KEHQ5X3WT7UWIH0CE0RO/image-asset.jpeg)
![Here’s something new for CX Down Under - our first guest article!
@drewdunst was kind enough to send us a report from the second round of the @nswcxseries, hosted by @parklife_cc.
Check it out via the 🔗 in our bio.
📸: @richscriven
#cxd](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e27f655da9a70176ef24141/1717581665071-MXIPJL5B1TU5KC19B5FR/image-asset.jpeg)
![Here's all the racing that's coming up in your area in early June - great to see that there's a racing option just about everywhere!
Where will you be racing next?
@sutherland_shire_cycling_club
@corc_mtb
@bright_gravel
@wacyclocross
@portadelcc
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![Our race report from round 2 of the @auscyclingaus Cyclo-cross National Series is now live!
Check it out via the link in our bio!
Big thanks to everyone at @portadelcc and @auscyclingsa who helped make it happen!
#cxdownunder #cx #cycling #cyclocr](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e27f655da9a70176ef24141/1716982142630-ZD38QMYUVVO8SSFKHCH4/image-asset.jpeg)
![After 2 rounds of the @auscyclingaus Cyclo-cross National Series in Adelaide, here's how the points stand in the Men's grades.
Who'll be moving up the table when the series moves to @queenslandcyclocross in three weeks?
@portadelcc
@ratscyclingclub](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e27f655da9a70176ef24141/1716891641620-PD3PZ21KMGDNSZPMJUQ4/image-asset.jpeg)
![Now that we’ve managed to clean the dust off our bikes and ourselves (mostly), here are the series points standings for the women’s grades after 2 rounds of the @auscyclingaus Cyclo-cross National Series.
Mens grades to follow soon!
@p](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e27f655da9a70176ef24141/1716861120216-7BJ8RZZVW8GV1F1CG6LM/image-asset.jpeg)