Issue 3 has been arriving on the west coast this week and it’s been traveling the country faster than our last issue thanks to upgraded shipping. We expect most metro areas to receive the magazine by end of next week. Also, for our subscribers who subscribed online via Google Checkout – you may have received [...]
Sven Nys, the most dominant ‘cross racer of his generation, is having a go at the mountain bike event at the Beijing Olympics next month. As part of his preparation and focus, he’s refusing all interviews before the Olympics. That means refusing all interviews from any publication, with the one exception of Cyclocross Magazine, of [...]
Seems like our investigative reporting on the new national series Sunday afternoon scooped the “big media” and encouraged the official details of the series to be released. So here are the full details of the new national series, dubbed “North American Cyclocross Trophy.” The new $40,000+ series consists of 4 weekends and 8 races: September [...]
A new national ‘cross series is coming together, with the major UCI C1 races that are not part of the USGP combining to create their own national series. Currently dubbed “Cross of the Titans,” the series may include eight or more races, including races such as Gloucester, Star Crossed, and the race weekend in the [...]
The BikeReg.com MABRAcross Series has announced its upcoming seven-race program. In a break with east-coast tradition, the 2008 BikeReg.com MABRAcross will utilize NASCAR-style scheduling with only one race each weekend. According to MABRA Cyclocross Director Chip Sovek, “Occasional multi-race weekends are great, but if you do it too often you run the risk of diluting [...]
Harbin Park to Pay Women According to “Gould Formula” Details are starting to emerge on the Cincinnati International Cyclocross Festival scheduled for October 10-12. Part of the Zipp OVCX Tour, the Festival consists of three UCI-sanctioned races in the greater Cincinnati, Ohio area: the Darkhorse Cyclo-Stampede, the Java Johnny’s Lionhearts International and the newly-upgraded UCI-C1 [...]
In Issue 2, we announced our Promote the Promoter contest, and received some great entries highlighting the folks that make our sport happen. The winning entries are in our Issue 3 which is in the mail now, but here’s a summary of our top three entries: First Place: Pittsburgh’s Stephen Cummings wins big for highlighting [...]
CXM’s Josh Patterson hacks his SRAM Double Tap levers for our readers. Update: As of 2010, SRAM offers several singlespeed brake lever options (the S900 and S500) that don’t require gutting a DoubleTap. Many racers find running a single front chainring an effective means of saving weight and lessening the chance of mechanicals — a [...]
Happy Birthday USA! Since sending the magazine to our mailers this week, we noticed one interesting thing. We’ve got subscribers from every state but three. So, if you know of a ‘crosser in South Dakota, Wyoming, or Mississippi, send them our way! Those are the only three holdouts from keeping CXM from representing this entire [...]
It’s that time of year already. Folks are laying out their cyclocross training plans, dusting off the ‘cross bike and running shoes, and starting to scrape off old tubular glue. In that spirit, we’re posting a timely Issue 1 piece for you from killer B racer and Kiwi, Damian Handisides. But before you go and [...]
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