Updated: October 7, 2008

• Did you know that $10 of your annual USA Cycling membership is returned to WCA to help provide things like rider upgrade processing, officials training and recruitment, and resources to promoters? Every membership a Wisconsin rider takes directly helps racing in Wisconsin.
• Are you racing with a one-day license? If a rider purchases up to two one-day licenses and sends in the receipt(s), the rider can get up to $10($5 per one-day) off the annual membership. This means that the "try before you buy" concept will cost the rider no money. The rider will have to mail in the license application with the receipts attached as currently USAC does not have a way to make this work with the online system however, go ahead an try cycling and then consider an annual membership.

Keep your number! The WCA Cyclocross Series is experimenting with issuing permanent cyclocross numbers. This reduces the cost to race organizers, lightens our ecological footprint (Tyvek doesn't grow on trees!), and may make registration flow more quickly. You can help us by bringing your number to each race. We've purchased enough to allow for a few spares, but don't want to run out before the end of the season! Questions? Contact Heidi wcatech@earthlink.net.

Feedback Regarding Trek 100 The WCA is seeking feedback from racers regarding whether the Trek 100 date should be 'protected' from conflicts with WCA Cup Series races. Visit this Let us know what you think.

Cyclocross Practice at Estabrook Park, Milwaukee Hampshire Cycle Club will be hosting a weekly cyclocross training session beginning on Wednesday, September 3rd at 5:00. This will be held throughtout the season on Wednesday's from 5:00 until dusk at our Estabrook Park location in Milwaukee (1st parking lot south of Hamptom Avenue in Estabrook Park). We'll have barricades set up in addition to having the course cleared. Stop by to practice and meet other racers. This is the second year for the Estabrook Practice. Last year it really caught on with as many as 20+ riders showing on some nights. For more information, call Chris Zacharias at 414.861.4277.

Are you New to Racing? Here’s a few things you need to know to race a bike and you can find more information two ways; explore this site and ask your fellow riders! read more

2008 WCA Cyclocross Series 2008 is shaping up to be another great year of cyclocross racing for the WCA. This year’s series will kick off with a weekend of UCI racing on September 27 and 28 and then will continue through to the state championships at Hales Corner on November 23. Most of the race venues remained unchanged from 2007 with the exception of the race sponsored by the UW Whitewater Cycling team. UWW has several new venues that are under consideration and look forward to offering a new challenge to racers. read more

New Policy on Upgrades USAC has announced a new policy on category upgrades. The new policy can be seen at http://www.usacycling.org/forms/USAC_rulebook.pdf.
In brief, the upgrade requirements for road and CX have been changed significantly, and it's the RIDER'S responsibility to know the rules. read more

Clubs Welcome New Riders Many clubs have rolled out the welcome mat to new riders. If you’d like to learn more about racing try these clubs.
MadCity Velo Club (Madison): Greg Ferguson, gfergus@chorus.net, www.madcityvelo.com.
One Percent More (Milwaukee): Brad Pearson, membership@teambeansandbarley.com, teambeansandbarley.com.
Endeavour(Milwaukee): Randy Roth/Randy@endevinc.com.
Hampshire (Milwaukee): Jerry Pearce/jjpearce@wi.rr.com, hampshirecc.org.
Brazen Dropouts (Madison): Eric Knuth/brazendropouts@yahoo.com, brazendropouts.org.
Gear Grinder: Paul Weaver/pweaver832@aol.com, www.gear-grinder.com.
Team Life Cyclist's: team@emerys.com, emerys.com/teamemerys.htm.
Capitol Velo Club (Women only): Renee Callaway/rccallaway@sbcglobal.net or Tammy Zurak/tammylzurak@yahoo.com, capitolveloclub.com.
Team Fond du Lac/Oshkosh Cyclery: John Bartow/fdlcyclery@yahoo.com.