This is the second installment in a weekly series of from-the-crew-pits tips. Some will be straight-forward, others more involved, but they’ll all help you to keep your cyclocross bike humming smoothly along. Dave Drumm is the Webcor chief mechanic during the road season and wrenches on a freelance basis during cyclocross season for the likes [...]
Yellow Springs, OH – Greasy, to bone-chilling, to idyllic — three contrasts in weather conditions and three words that characterize the last three years of Zipp OVCX Tour events at John Bryan State Park near Dayton, Ohio. If this year’s race weather had been any more perfect, it wouldn’t have been cyclocross. Sunny skies and [...]
Colorado Springs, Colo. (November 30, 2009) – The USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships are quickly approaching and online registration is set to close at 11:59 p.m. EST on Thursday, December 3.
British Columbia’s Cyclocross Championships were held this weekend in Mahon Park, North Vancouver. 140 racers came out and enjoyed one of the first rain-free days in close to a month. A very balmy 11 degrees was on the menu as well. It was a great course that offered no rest to all competitors and certainly [...]
Introducing… Shoe Week! We at Cyclocross Magazine will run a week-long roundup in our search for shoes well-suited for ‘cross, featuring everything from wicked cheap to ultra-bling. Some we love, others we don’t – and we’ll provide unbiased feedback on the lot. Several members of our staff will write about their experiences and preferences so [...]
It’s down to the business end of the cyclocross season as Master’s racer Lee Waldman fine-tunes his preparation for the Colorado state championships and master’s nationals. This is installment #7 of Lee’s regular column, catch up on #6 here. by Lee Waldman One week until our state championships, two weeks ’til Nationals. Cyclocross season seems [...]
I don’t know why I love you like I do All the changes that you put me through Sixteen candles there on my wall And I’m comin’ on the biggest fool of them all I wanna know, can you’ll tell me I’d love to stay Take me to the River –Talking Heads, “Take Me to [...]
November 23, 2009: Ojai, CA – With clear skies, no winds and a fantastic course, Lake Casitas park was this year’s venue for the Southern California / Nevada Cyclocross Championships sponsored by Shimano. The course supplied one of the most consistently flowing races of the season. The combination of turns with loose dirt, fast sweeping [...]
by Brian Morrissey IOWA CITY, IA – Clouds and wind arrived as the Elite women staged in the starting grid, chasing away the spring-like sunshine enjoyed by the racers on Saturday. The final iteration of the Jingle Cross course was much dryer, however, and many riders even in the lower categories were riding up what [...]
Bend, OR – The weather could not be any better for racing ‘cross in Bend, Oregon with Cyclocross Nationals right around the corner. Hosted at the Seventh Mountain Resort, the Crossaflixion course featured lots of fast sweeping turns with huge opportunities for hard accelerations. It started out as an icy cold morning but the sun [...]
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