Mud Warrior: Hoogerheide
SKU: ARTWRK004
Cyclocross racing was developed in Europe in the early 1900’s as a way for road racers to remain fit during fall and winter. The intense event helped athletes maintain and improve their racing fitness and skills, too. As the sport grew, some riders abandoned the road-racing scene to become cyclocross specialists. Today, there are cyclists who focus only on cross and many professional road and off-road riders race cross to keep their race engines finally tuned in the off season.
Typical cyclocross courses are 1.5- to 2-mile loops on a mix of paved and off-road surfaces over flat-to-rolling terrain. Usually, races lasts an hour plus a lap. But, what makes cross such a unique and challenging sport is that courses always include obstacles that force riders to dismount and run while carrying their bikes.
For example, most courses feature short, steep (often muddy) sections, which are nearly impossible to ride. There can be scary cliff-like drop-offs, river crossings and technical singletrack, too. Also, courses include series of man-made barriers scattered around the course requiring riders to carry their bikes over or, if they’re really talented, to jump their bikes over the obstacles (called “bunny-hopping”). It’s this combination of cycling, stunt riding, carrying, running and scrambling over obstacles that makes cyclocross so exciting, such a phenomenal workout and so darn much fun!
$65.00–$100.00
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Product Description
We love artwork. Whether it's making it or buying it, the walls of our house need to be filled with visual delight. And what better than a high-quality art print that speaks to our innermost passions. To fulfill this art-hunger, we searched high and low for the finest cycling-related artist in the world and we believe that we have found him. He's one of Chicago's legendary characters, velo-artist Michael Valenti.
When Valenti isn't battling snow-bound streets to enjoy his daily distance rides he's in the art studio finding the caffeinated inspiration to create the beautiful pieces that make up his “Bicycle Movies” collection.
This masterwork Mud Warrior: Hoogerheide is Valenti's tribute to Hoogerheide, the dutch home of the Cyclocross World Championships. In Hoogerheide, the world's top Cyclocross competitors ride through deep mud, steep slopes, sand, wooded trials and various obstacles as they fight for the coveted right to wear the rainbow jersey of the World Champion!
Each Giclée print is reproduced on heavyweight watercolor paper using fade resistant archival inks. The term “giclee print” connotes an elevation in printmaking technology. Images are printed with archival quality inks. The giclee printing process provides better color accuracy than other means of reproduction. The quality of the giclee print rivals traditional silver-halide and gelatin printing processes and is commonly found in museums, art galleries, and photographic galleries.
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| Size | 24 x 36 in., 20 x 30 in., 12 x 18 in. |
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