This past weekend proved to be a successful weekend for True North’s Cyclo-cross squad. It was the weekend of the annual UCI Cyclo-cross races in Toronto’s Centennial Park. This year the races were part of the NACT Series and as such attracted some heavy hitters from across Canada and the US.

Dave showed up and put his Ti True North cross bike through the paces on the challenging course.

Andrew had an awesome weekend only just missing out on the win on Saturday.

Jennie showed up for her first geared cross race and did quite well. Here Jennie shows off the prized Singlespeed Cyclo-cross Nationals winner’s cowbell.

I took a bunch of photos of both people and bikes on Saturday and they have their own flickr gallery. Check out members of the True North team in action and see how they have their bikes built up.

Now is the time when we start to see a bunch of our bikes coming in for their fall tune-ups (PS. If you are thinking of getting your True North tuned-up before you put it away for the winter, give us a call at the shop) and i was thinking of compiling a sort of Letterman-esque top ten list. The list would consist of the top ten ways how to identify a Canadian bike. 2-10 are largely inconsequential and include things like studded tires, fenders, Race Face parts and the shifter hoods smelling like Maple syrup. The number one way to identify a Canadian bike? Hockey tape instead of electrical tape finishing off the bar tape. Extra points if under the bartape the housing is held to the bars with Shin Pad tape. This particular bike above won points for both.