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Tandem Race Fans! We’ve update the CCTR at last, and we’re ready to take registrations for the 2010  Co-Motion Classic Tandem Stage Race.
We’re looking forward to seeing our good friends who come every year as well as new faces who come to see what the CCTR is all about. This is THE big show, the [...]

 It’s hard to believe the CCTR wrapped up over 3 weeks ago. I’m just catching up after vacation, and I must apologize for posting these results so late. We really enjoyed seeing everyone at the race. Wow, the talent of the riders this year was great, wasn’t it? I am especially happy to see the [...]

Cat A
Place # Name Team State Sub Stage Time Down
1 234 Galen Mitterman / Lisa Turnbull Midtown Direct OR mixed 2:30:45 0:00:00
2 231 Davis Shepherd / Greg Shepherd Hutch’s OR mm 2:30:47 0:00:02
3 230 Nick Skeuzick / Daniel Vrijmoet Hutch’s OR mm 2:38:34 0:07:49
4 228 John Cacabelos / Margareta Germeaux RCC WA mixed 2:38:54 0:08:09
5 232 Todd Sahl / Patrick Mann Co-Motion Tandem WA mm 2:39:00 0:08:15
6 229 Dave Ripp / Sue Ripp Specialzed River City Bikes WA mixed 2:43:48 0:13:03
7 227 McKenzie Woodring / Karissa Whitsell Paralympic Cycling OR mixed 2:43:50 0:13:05
8 233 Travis Dykstra / Lucy Cutler Cucina Fresca WA mixed 2:54:25 0:23:40
Cat B
Place # Name Team State Sub Stage Time Down
1 262 Ryan Champion / Amy Champion Galen Cycles OR mixed 2:50:32 0:00:00
2 271 Patrick Jackson / Jenny Vannoy WebCyclery.com OR mixed 2:50:32 0:00:00
3 257 Dave Campbell / [...]

 
 
 
If you still haven’t registered for the 2009 Co-Motion Classic tandem Stage Race,  it’s still not too late, but we do want to hear from you!. Although early registration (with its $25 discount) ended July 30, we don’t want to discourage anyone from entering. However, to ensure that you get your spot, and to [...]

 
Sal asked us to write a description of the new Co-Motion road race course from a tandem rider’s perspective.  Three tandems (Mike and Carol Petersen,  Rick Kercheski and Kathleen Kolman, Dave and Sue Ripp), along with , Dwan Shepard  (yes, Mr. Co-motion himself) on his single bike rode the new course to see how it [...]

Ah, summer! And once again, we are hosting the annual Co-Motion Classic tandem Stage Race (CCTR), the largest and arguably the best tandem stage race in the world. This year, we’ve got exciting new road race and time trial courses lined up.  Both new courses begin in the town of Coburg, a beautiful town [...]

 Davis (front) and Greg Shepherd (back) desperately gulp oxygen while navigating the final climb to King Estate at the finale of the 2008 CCTR
Our good friend Greg Shepherd, former publisher and editor of Tandem Magazine has been a regular participant in the Co-Motion Classic Tandem Stage Race with his son, summer Co-Motion employee, [...]

Tandem Racers and fans!
This year, we’ll host our 8th annual Co-Motion Classic Tandem Stage Race (CCTR) here in Eugene and Lane County. Due to a very busy bicycle racing season in Oregon this year, we have moved the CCTR’s dates to August 21st through the 23rd.

We’re looking forward to seeing the return of a [...]

Wow!  How do I follow a lead-in like that?  Denial (I thought my competitive gene was repressed most of the time)?  Correction (we possess 9 CCTR medals–but two of them aren’t gold)?  More superlatives (awesome race, fantastic people, generous sponsors)?  How about some things that help explain why CCTR is such a wonderful experience?
The People.  The [...]