Cyclocross season is here, which means its time for the CycloTube staff and our supporting team of offshore contract employees to deploy our complex plan for the constant monitoring of video sharing sites, and the cataloging and posting of all interesting cyclocross offerings uncovered by this process.

OK, actually it’s more like me sitting on the couch drinking beer and browsing haphazardly through YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, and Google Video after I get bored reading about Ryan Trebon’s soon-to-be feud with Lance Armstrong.

This is what I was doing tonight, and just as it was really starting to sink in that most early-season cross videos are a little on the boring side, featuring mostly flat, dry courses ridden in warm weather, I came across this mildly disturbing piece of cinematic art.

It’s a clip from the 2008 Langtown Backyard Cyclocross Extravaganza, which is apparently held on the backyard motocross course of Bobby Langin, who is the gentleman drinking from the beer bong at the beginning of the video. While the clip from the after party does raise some mustache- and dance-related questions, the only question I have about this particular video is whether the guys on the tandem are running it the whole way because they are having trouble clearing the hills, or because they’re just too drunk to ride.