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DailyBicycle.com by Oliver Carbonell Quick Q&A with Christophe Jammet, Staten Island Cyclocross Race Promoter The Staten Island Cyclocross race (SICX 2011) in New York City, which is also the New York State Cyclocross Championships for 2011, is run by race promoter Christophe Jammet. With the increasingly popular race just around the corner, we had some last minute questions for Christophe about the race and he was kind enough to address them. Here’s our Quick Q&A with Christophe. DailyBicycle: With less than a week to go before your race what are the top 3 challenges you’re experiencing now with executing on that race? Christophe Jammet: 1) Making sure all the logistics are squared away 2) Ensuring that the parks department and USAC have everything they need 3) Selling out higher categories (there’s overlap with a mac and USGP race this weekend)   DailyBicycle: So you’ve partnered with NYC Velo, a Manhattan bike shop, to provide ‘cross bikes to those who don’t already have one but want to try ‘cross racing. It seems like a low-risk way for a budding ‘cross racer to try the sport. Any plans on getting other shops involved?   Christophe Jammet: No plans at the moment- NYC Velo has been supporting SICX (along with Kona) since it started 4 years ago. It’s something they take pride in, and we’re proud and happy to have them on board.   DailyBicycle: During the late summer and early fall you help organize a ‘cross practice session on Randall’s Island. Having participated in a few of those sessions, I find it a pretty cool and relaxed scene for newbies and experienced racers to learn and hone ‘cross skills. Sprouting from it is a morning practice session in Inwood Hill Park, organized by a local, Chris Clary. Have you found these sessions helpful in funneling new racers to the ‘cross scene?   Christophe Jammet: Absolutely. CX practices are what get people to try it out in the first place, especially roadies. To be honest, those practices are the heart and soul of the CX scene. It’s a breeding ground for enthusiasm in the sport on an amateur level, and it really exhibits how relaxed and fun the scene is.   DailyBicycle: On getting to the Staten Island race, what’s the preferred way for local racers to get there?   Christophe Jammet: Drive and take the Verrazano.   DailyBicycle: Your single speed race is called the “Singlespeed Intergalactic Championship”… sounds impressive. It makes the World Championships sound like a local race. In fact, I signed-up for your race as my 2nd race of the day just so I can tell my friends, “I raced the Singlespeed Intergalactic Championship race”! How’d you come up with that name?   Christophe Jammet: We did that because USA cycling wouldn’t let us call it a world championship, so we had to come up with something beyond their jurisdiction. Also, you’ll note that the Tandem race is the “Werld Shampionship” - not a typo, just trying to get away with calling it a world championship in a funny way!   DailyBicycle: Thanks Christophe!If you want to know more about what it takes to organize an event like this in a logistically and politically challenging area like New York City, read this interesting ‘conversation’ between Christophe and Daniel McMahon of Bicycling.com: http://www.bicycling.com/cyclocross/you-wanna-put-cyclocross-race-reach-out-have-fun.   Click here for the race website: http://statencx.com/   Copyright 2011 DailyBicycle

DailyBicycle.com

by Oliver Carbonell

Quick Q&A with Christophe Jammet, Staten Island Cyclocross Race Promoter

The Staten Island Cyclocross race (SICX 2011) in New York City, which is also the New York State Cyclocross Championships for 2011, is run by race promoter Christophe Jammet. With the increasingly popular race just around the corner, we had some last minute questions for Christophe about the race and he was kind enough to address them. Here’s our Quick Q&A with Christophe.

DailyBicycle: With less than a week to go before your race what are the top 3 challenges you’re experiencing now with executing on that race?

Christophe Jammet:

1) Making sure all the logistics are squared away

2) Ensuring that the parks department and USAC have everything they need

3) Selling out higher categories (there’s overlap with a mac and USGP race this weekend)

 

DailyBicycle: So you’ve partnered with NYC Velo, a Manhattan bike shop, to provide ‘cross bikes to those who don’t already have one but want to try ‘cross racing. It seems like a low-risk way for a budding ‘cross racer to try the sport. Any plans on getting other shops involved?

 

Christophe Jammet: No plans at the moment- NYC Velo has been supporting SICX (along with Kona) since it started 4 years ago. It’s something they take pride in, and we’re proud and happy to have them on board.

 

DailyBicycle: During the late summer and early fall you help organize a ‘cross practice session on Randall’s Island. Having participated in a few of those sessions, I find it a pretty cool and relaxed scene for newbies and experienced racers to learn and hone ‘cross skills. Sprouting from it is a morning practice session in Inwood Hill Park, organized by a local, Chris Clary. Have you found these sessions helpful in funneling new racers to the ‘cross scene?

 

Christophe Jammet: Absolutely. CX practices are what get people to try it out in the first place, especially roadies. To be honest, those practices are the heart and soul of the CX scene. It’s a breeding ground for enthusiasm in the sport on an amateur level, and it really exhibits how relaxed and fun the scene is.

 

DailyBicycle: On getting to the Staten Island race, what’s the preferred way for local racers to get there?

 

Christophe Jammet: Drive and take the Verrazano.

 

DailyBicycle: Your single speed race is called the “Singlespeed Intergalactic Championship”… sounds impressive. It makes the World Championships sound like a local race. In fact, I signed-up for your race as my 2nd race of the day just so I can tell my friends, “I raced the Singlespeed Intergalactic Championship race”! How’d you come up with that name?

 

Christophe Jammet: We did that because USA cycling wouldn’t let us call it a world championship, so we had to come up with something beyond their jurisdiction. Also, you’ll note that the Tandem race is the “Werld Shampionship” - not a typo, just trying to get away with calling it a world championship in a funny way!

 

DailyBicycle: Thanks Christophe!

If you want to know more about what it takes to organize an event like this in a logistically and politically challenging area like New York City, read this interesting ‘conversation’ between Christophe and Daniel McMahon of Bicycling.com: http://www.bicycling.com/cyclocross/you-wanna-put-cyclocross-race-reach-out-have-fun.

 

Click here for the race website: http://statencx.com/

 

Copyright 2011 DailyBicycle

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