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It’s official — registration for the 2026 MFG Cyclocross season is OPEN. Time to start thinking about your handup strategy for the season, wipe the dust off your gravel bike (or mountain bike… or beach cruiser… whatever your jam is), and remember which tire pressure you swore you’d write down last year.

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Here’s what six Sundays of smiles, grass, sand, run-ups, heckling, and the best community in cross looks like:

• Sun, Sept 13 — Beach Party at Silver Lake (season opener!)
• Sun, Sept 27 — North 40 at LeMay
• Sun, Oct 11 — Barnburner at Steilacoom
• Sun, Oct 25 — Magnuson Park Cross
• Sun, Nov 8 — Pumpkin Smash CX at Swans Trail Farms
• Sun, Nov 22 — Woodland Park Gran Prix

Do the whole thing. Go Series.

Sign up for all six races at once with Series Registration and save 25% off single-race pricing. It’s the best deal we offer — your spot’s locked from opener to finale, no more registering at 11pm the night before. One and done. Your future, race-morning self says thanks.

Go here for Adult series registration and here for Junior series registration. 

New to cross? Welcome. We’ve got a Welcome tent, friendly Ambassadors, and categories for every level — from tots on push bikes to grandpa in the 60+. Come get muddy with us.

See you in the tape,
The MFG Crew

David Jaewon Oh of Chum News reported on the Woodland Park GP, 2025!

Here’s a quote: I thought I was familiar with covering endurance sports. I’ve taken photos at marathons, gravel races, bike rides around the city, and stuff like that. The race was nothing like that. The race was just so removed from what I’ve experienced in the past — in a really delightful sense. I’d have never thought this was happening on the other side of Green Lake.

Read the full article here.

2025.

What a season.

Thank you.

Thank you for all you have done to make MFG this season a fantastic, welcoming, heckling, crazy, community of bike lovers.

We have immense gratitude for everyone who came out this year to smile, sweat, cheer, heckle, unload & load box trucks, tape miles of course, set up tens of thousands of stakes then take them down and stuff them into bags & trucks, set up team tents, welcome newbies and lead preview laps, manage timing, serve as crossing guards, narrate, entertain and humor everyone over our PA system, coach, wrangle kids, take dazzling photos, light up our socials, register over 3500 total race entries, manage staging, starts, podiums, and parking, fix last minute bike issues, mend cuts and bruises, and bring more cowbell. It truly takes a village and we appreciate everyone who plays a part in MFG.

And in 2025, we are once again earth’s biggest cyclocross series (…by a mile).

We wish you a wonderful holiday season and hope to see you next year.

The MFG team: Chris, Erik, Mike and Blaine

MFG Cyclocross & Cyclocross Revolution (CXR) are excited to announce the Seattle Superprestige, a brand-new combined race series from MFG and CXR. Modeled after the legendary Belgian Superprestige, this six-race series will crown the true champions of Seattle cyclocross across all categories.

The format is simple: race the races you’re already racing, earn points toward the Superprestige standings, and see where you stack up by season’s end. The series pulls in three MFG races and three CXR races, with your best five results out of six counting toward your overall score (5 race minimum to qualify). Points are awarded 20 places deep, and podiums will be awarded to the top three point earners in every category. No extra cost. No extra registration. Just line up, go hard, and let the results speak for themselves.

The Seattle Superprestige kicks off September 7 at MFG #1 North 40 at LeMay and wraps up October 26 at CXR #4. Full details, including point structure, categories, and standings updates via Webscorer, are on the MFG site here. Whether you’re racing for the podium or chasing personal goals, the Superprestige is a new way to measure yourself against the best and celebrate the season with the entire Seattle cyclocross community.

It’s TIME for Course Tape and Cowbells

Local cyclocross world & national champion and Wednesday Night Worlds maestro, Russell Stevenson, will be hosting three Pre-Season Cyclocross Nights starting next week, Aug 20, in partnership with MFG. Come sharpen your sword, blow off the cobwebs AND register for the MFG series.

Russell has lined up a team of coaches to help people of every level. Total beginners welcome! This is the perfect chance to dial your fitness and your skills for the 2025 MFG season.

Bring your timing Tube or Chip from any previous local race (Wed Nights, MFG, CXR).

The deets:

• Dates: Weds Aug 20, 27, and Sept 3
• Times: 5pm – 7:30pm
• Where: N SeaTac Park – DIRECTIONS – 13699 18th Ave S, SeaTac, WA 98168
• What: Open CX course (5:00), Skills Clinics (5:30), Timed Racing (6:30)
• Register for MFG & CXR cyclocross series

Fees:

• Racing Adults – $30
• Racing U16 Junior – $15
• Practice Adults – $20
• Practice U16 Junior – $10
• U10 Kids – FREE (practice only)

Join us for this series and get ready for MFG!

Now get back on your bike,
The MFG Team

For 2025, we’ve made some tweaks to the race schedule—powered by racer feedback, spreadsheets, and maybe a little too much coffee. The goal? Spread racers more evenly between waves, reduce mid-course traffic jams, and keep race-day vibes running smoother than a fresh set of tubulars.

Here’s what’s changing:

Wave 1 – 9:00 AM
Open C4 Males roll out here, while Master C4 50+ & 60+ move to Wave 3. This splits up two of our biggest categories to help with course crowding, and gives the C4 Masters a break from the sunrise start.

Wave 2 – 9:55 AM
Now home to Female C3, Cat 3/4 Master Female, Cat 4 Female, Beginner Female, and Nonbinary Adults. We’ve created a bigger gap before the kids/juniors race, which means parents can finish their race and still make it to the junior start line without breaking into a second sprint.

Wave 3 – 10:50 AM
C4 Master 50+ & 60+, Beginner Men, and High School Males now line up here. This evens out field sizes and moves high school racers out of the kids/juniors wave—making for less chaos and more speed. Plus, it gives juniors the chance to “race up” into the open categories if they’re feeling extra spicy.

The rest of the schedule stays the same—because its working!

See you at North 40 on September 7!