Episode 376 | Ben Frederick

Bill, Boedi, and Tyler recap the 2026 Pan American Cyclocross Championships in Washington, D.C., breaking down the course, race conditions, and key junior, U23, and elite performances. They also discuss the event's logistics and the cost of racing for age-based categories, then wrap up with a detour into golf. Videos from the Pan-American Cyclocross Championships are available on the @WideAnglePodium Instagram page. Check out Track + Plank at trackandplank.com and @trackandplank. Cyclocross Radio is part of the Wide Angle Podium podcast network. Support independent cycling media by joining the Wide Angle Podium at wideanglepodium.com/donate. Visit the CXHAIRS store at cxhairs.com/store.

Ben Frederick returns for his sixth appearance on Cyclocross Radio to recap his career and talk about new goals for the current season. Follow Ben at @benjamfred. Videos from USCX races are available on the @WideAnglePodium Instagram page. Check out Track + Plank at trackandplank.com and @trackandplank. Cyclocross Radio is part of the Wide Angle Podium podcast network. Support independent cycling media by joining the Wide Angle Podium at wideanglepodium.com/donate. Visit the CXHAIRS store at cxhairs.com/store.

Boedi, Tyler and Bill break down everything that happened at the USCX series finale this past weekend in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland. If you want to see the video version of this podcast that includes a few race clips and video interviews (the audio is still in this version), head over to youtube.com/wideanglepodium.  Videos from USCX races are available on the @WideAnglePodium Instagram page. Check out Track + Plank at trackandplank.com and @trackandplank. Cyclocross Radio is part of the Wide Angle Podium podcast network. Support independent cycling media by joining the Wide Angle Podium at wideanglepodium.com/donate. Visit the CXHAIRS store at cxhairs.com/store. Subscribe to the CXHAIRS Bulletin at https://cxhairs.substack.com/. 

Boedi and Bill break down everything that happened at Virginia's Blue Ridge's GO Cross, round two of the USCX series. Episode includes interviews from everyone on the elite podiums on Saturday and Sunday. Videos from USCX races are available on the @WideAnglePodium Instagram page. Check out Track + Plank at trackandplank.com and @trackandplank. Cyclocross Radio is part of the Wide Angle Podium podcast network. Support independent cycling media by joining the Wide Angle Podium at wideanglepodium.com/donate. Visit the CXHAIRS store at cxhairs.com/store. Subscribe to the CXHAIRS Bulletin at https://cxhairs.substack.com/.   

Boedi and Tyler break down everything that happened this past weekend at Rochester Cyclocross, the first round of the USCX series. YouTube videos from USCX races are available at YouTube.com/WideAnglePodium Check out Track + Plank at trackandplank.com and @trackandplank. Cyclocross Radio is part of the Wide Angle Podium podcast network. Support independent cycling media by joining the Wide Angle Podium at wideanglepodium.com/donate. Visit the CXHAIRS store at cxhairs.com/store. Subscribe to the CXHAIRS Bulletin at https://cxhairs.substack.com/.   

Micheal, Tyler and Bill are back in the media pit to talk about Rochester Cyclocross, the first U.S., and second North American, UCI cyclocross race of the year.  Check out Track + Plank at trackandplank.com and @trackandplank. Cyclocross Radio is part of the Wide Angle Podium podcast network. Support independent cycling media by joining the Wide Angle Podium at wideanglepodium.com/donate. Check out the CXHAIRS store at cxhairs.com/store. Also, check out The CXHAIRS Bulletin at https://cxhairs.substack.com/.         

Colt McElwaine (Cycling Dirt, Behind the Barriers), returns to Cyclocross Radio after being on episode four in 2015. Colt slots into the "What Your Dad Goes On About When He Goes On About Cyclocross" bucket but, by no means, is he living off of nostalgia. Colt started Blue Hills MTB, a Massachusetts development team that races MTB and cyclocross and, among other pursuits, is focused on giving young women an opportunity to find a community in cycling. He has also used the @BluehillsMTB Instagram account to show that the Cycling Dirt snark lives on in an amazing catalog of cyclocross-themed memes. McElwaine has great insight into how we can nurture and grow cyclocross at the regional level to help it blossom nationally. Follow Colt and the Blue Hills MTB squad at @BluehillsMTB. Check out Track + Plank at trackandplank.com and @trackandplank. Cyclocross Radio is part of the Wide Angle Podium podcast network. Support independent cycling media by joining the Wide Angle Podium at wideanglepodium.com/donate. Check out the CXHAIRS store at cxhairs.com/store. Also, check out The CXHAIRS Bulletin at https://cxhairs.substack.com/.       

Ben Wilson from the Louisville Cross Collective chats with Bill about growing cyclocross in Louisville, short track racing, what race organizers can do to make events more fun and welcoming, and his take on the state of cyclocross in grassroots communities. You can follow Ben at @mynameiswilson and the Louisville Cross Collective at @louisvillecrosscollective.  Cyclocross Radio is part of the Wide Angle Podium podcast network. Support independent cycling media by joining the Wide Angle Podium at wideanglepodium.com/donate. Follow @trackandplank to learn (soon) what I've been spending my summer cooking up. Also, check out The CXHAIRS Bulletin at https://cxhairs.substack.com/.  Check out the CXHAIRS store at cxhairs.com/store.

Chad Cheeney, co-founder of Durango Devo and cycling coach at Fort Lewis College, chats with Bill about the motivation to start a cycling development team, emphasizing adventure and fun in cycling, and short-track biathlon. Follow Chad at @chadcheeney and Durango Devo at @durango.devo. Fort Lewis College is at @flccycling. Find out more about Tracklocross in Durango here, here and here.  Cyclocross Radio is part of the Wide Angle Podium podcast network. Support independent cycling media by joining the Wide Angle Podium at wideanglepodium.com/donate. Follow @trackandplank to learn (soon) what I've been spending my summer cooking up. Also, check out The CXHAIRS Bulletin at https://cxhairs.substack.com/.  Check out the CXHAIRS store at cxhairs.com/store.  

Sam Brown joins Bill to chat about racing cyclocross as an elite in 2026, playing the sponsorship game, expanding his privateer program into a two-person team, and his forays into gravel. Follow Sam at @sambrown.748. Cyclocross Radio is part of the Wide Angle Podium podcast network. Support independent cycling media by joining the Wide Angle Podium at wideanglepodium.com/donate. Also, check out The CXHAIRS Bulletin at https://cxhairs.substack.com/.  Check out the CXHAIRS store at cxhairs.com/store.