By DAN X. McGRAW / The Dallas Morning News
dmcgraw@dallasnews.com

High-speed crashes, muddy courses and screaming fans sound more like the makings of a monster-truck rally than a cycling event. But cyclo-cross isn’t your typical bike ride around the block.

A cross between mountain biking and road cycling – with a few makeshift obstacles in between – the sport of cyclo-cross has moved into North Texas.Each Tuesday, Bill Cody Park in Garland transforms into a course riddled with caution tape, logs and 15-inch wooden barriers.

Read more at the Dallas Morning News. There is a video as well.