Photo essay: scenes from Durango's wild Single Speed Cyclocross World Championship

Photographer and writer Jennaye Derge dives into the deep-end to experience the SSCXWC in full

The SSCXWVC 2022 in Durango, Colorado
(Image credit: Jennaye Derge)

Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships (SSCXWC) are crazy. They are mayhem and they are anarchy, so when my friend asked me to sign up to race with her, there was a small moment of hesitation followed by an emphatic “yes.” 

The hesitation, I think, was justified because I had no experience cyclocross riding, I didn’t own a single speed bicycle and I’d never really partaken in a race, so, true to SSCXWC form, I dove into the deep-end hoping I’d make it out alive. 

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