Halloween Cyclocross Crusade 2008

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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.



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A Cyclocross Crusade Halloween Sasquatch Detour

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PORTLAND, Ore. I have three videos for you today. The first by Todd Keeney at Cross Crusade Race #2 in Wilsonville. Well 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.


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Freak Bike Fall Starts Tonight!

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PORTLAND, OR - The first ever Freak Bike Fall starts tonight and runs through Sunday. Get the agenda here!

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


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GOP Mocks Bicycling and Walking

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The National Republican Congressional Committee funded this attack ad against 3rd District Pennsylvania Democratic contender, Kathy Dahlkemper.

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:

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Cyclocross Crusade - Alpenrose 2008 - "Why You Double Crossin' Me?"

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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.

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Veer the Movie - Watch the Trailer

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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.

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Cyclocross Crusade Alpenrose Race Promo

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Portland, Ore. - 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, were covering three races and were 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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