Queen City Wheels was founded in 1972 as a non-profit racing club promoting cycling races and riders in the greater Cincinnati area. www.qcw.org
We are affiliated with USA Cycling, the governing body for amateur, professional and Olympic cycling in the United States. We hope to help all members reach their competitive cycling goals. The Queen City Wheels’ mission is to promote the sport of bicycle racing throughout the Cincinnati area. We offer the opportunity to experience bike racing through multiple disciplines for the beginner and the
Let’s hear it for the Femmes! 🩷 💙 💜 Queen City Wheels has a great group of women racing and training together. The first cyclocross race of the season didn’t disappoint. Join us and join the fun! QCW.org Lionhearts Junior Racing Ohio Valley Cyclocross - OVCX
09/10/2026
Our first week of hot laps at Harbin Park helped me to finalize the course. Great input led to some cool tweaks! I created a Strava segment, https://www.strava.com/segments/42174616, maybe you can follow it if you want to practice. I will be marking the course next week, probably Wednesday in advance of one more session of hot laps. Look for the markings in yellow (I think). Ignore the white or orange paint, those are from a high school cross country meet. We'll be out Saturday the 19th to set up the course, we hope to see you on race day, Sunday, September 20th.
Cross is here!!
Hear what QCW racer Maciek likes so much about cyclocross. Nailed it!
QCW had so much fun at the Lionhearts CX race this past weekend!
09/07/2026
Hurry – our 2026 Shawnee Pebble Pounder custom jersey is only available until tomorrow, Sept. 8th!
This jersey is from Pactimo, available in both men’s and women’s in their Ascent and Ascent Aero product lines. Order now and celebrate your ride!
https://teamstore.pactimo.com/fe/stores/shawnee-pebble-pounder/show
09/04/2026
VOLUNTEERS MAKE ALL OF OUR EVENTS POSSIBLE
These are some of the comments we received from a post event rider survey for the Shawnee Pebble Pounder.
• The staff\volunteers were great
• One of the reasons I will definitely come back next year is the older lady handing out waters at the end of the race. She was so energetic and eager to help out, asking if people were okay, and congratulating them on finishing
• Enthusiastic volunteers!!!
• Well supported, seems to be plenty of volunteers, good after ride activities, route was well marked.
• Very smoothly run, with clear directions, organization, and expectations. Lots of photographers, volunteers. Very impressed!
• The volunteers were top notch. They were eager to help, helped in ways I never expected and were very encouraging.
• Volunteers did an awesome job!
• Friendly and helpful volunteer crew
• The volunteers!! At check-in, at aid stations, and the few on course. Thanks to all!!!
• Fantastic volunteers and support
• Friendly volunteers
• The vibe from staff/volunteers was welcoming.
• Aid station was staffed well.
• Registration was very efficient and well organized.
• Race day registration seemed well organized and easy. Very friendly people at registration.
• ease of registration! I have been to races with a lot of unhelpful people with bad attitudes. registration was helpful and cheerful!
• Efficient, friendly organization.
• Well supported and organized event.
• Helpful aid stations. Great people.
• Great staff at the beginning/end
• After I fell and rode back to the start, people were helping clean me up and making sure I was OK. Someone was sent to find my my wife to let her know what happened. I do appreciate that help.
• It was a great event with many positives. The volunteers were awesome (very friendly and positive).
A more peaceful way to come back up the hill on 50 from the Fifty West area.
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09/03/2026
That's it for this (pre)season, Kings CX TT #4 is done! (Two riders had to leave quickly, so not all are in the shot.) The next two weeks we'll host Hot Laps at Harbin Park, leading up to our OVCX race there on September 20th.
This year's Shawnee Pebble Pounder sold out 227 spaces the Thursday before the event! Here are the results.
https://track.rtrt.me/e/RP-SHAWNEE-PEBBLE-POUNDER-26 #