August 14 - Crank The Shield is just over a month away! Spots are still available, but we are shutting down registration for this event on August 31!

Saturday, September 13 from 9am – 12pm at the main parking area of the Durham Forest we’ll have an early registration option.  Riders looking to get their number plates, event bag, and all of their goodies in advance of the race can come to the main parking lot and pick up their packages and get signed in.  For a Google Map to Durham Forest click here .  Durham Forest is located 45 minutes Northeast of Toronto, and it offers great free mountain bike riding so definitely bring your bike.  Keep in mind this is not necessary, however it is a nice option for riders looking to get stuff taken care of in advance of the race. 

Chico Racing is pre-riding the race course towards the end of this month as we have been waiting for dry weather to give the course a proper run. For some valuable information on the course, and wet weather riding see Sean Ruppel's blog in the training section of Crank The Shield. Hopefully if forecasters are right we'll have a very dry August and September!

July 10 - Chico Racing is doing a top secret test run of the course in the coming weeks to make sure it is doable for most participants, but still challenging for top riders! If you are contemplating registering for this great event keep in mind that we will be shutting down registration after August 31. We currently have spots remaining for all categories.

The category structures for Crank The Shield have been decided on and they include: Solo Men Under 40, Solo Men Over 40, Solo Women Under 40, Solo Women Over 40, Solo Singlespeed Men, Solo Singlespeed Women, Two Person Male Team Under 80, Two Person Male Team Over 80, Two Person Mixed Team, and Two Person All Female Team. Top 3 riders in every category for each individual stage will receive medals, with Overall Top 3 placings receiving trophies and other awards.

June 5 - Spots are still available for this epic event as some riders are pulling out due to injuries etc.

Chico Racing is hosting a volunteer meeting June 26, 2008 - 1185 Eglington Ave East, 7 pm in meeting room 3C. Find out what duties will be available, and get up-to-date information for volunteers/staff.

May 20 - Check out our newest training blogspot courtesy of Steve Neal and Peter Glassford specifially for Crank The Shield. If you are looking for some help with your training this training blogspot should definitely help and you can reach it by clicking here http://cranktheshield.blogspot.com/ .

Crank The Shield is selling quickly, but there are still lots of spots available. We are excited to have a really accomplished adventure racer, Bob Miller, on board with Crank The Shield to help with course preparations. Bob is going to be working with Chico to help make sure Crank The Shield course is extremely well marked!

April 22 - The newest issue of Velo News lists Crank The Shield as one of the World's Top 13 Epic Mountain Bike Events. Crank The Shield is Eastern North America's only mountain bike stage event, and we are seeing participants register from across the US and Canada. We have even had some interest from Europeans!