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Former Tour de France and World Champion Greg LeMond to Hit the Dirt in Hood River Greg LeMond has just announced that he will be riding the CrossMountain ride presented by Cyclocross Magazine at the Echelon Gran Fondo in Hood River, Oregon. It’ll come as no surprise to our loyal print magazine readers that the [...]
It’s the shoulder season – right between the late road and MTB events and the kickoff of cyclocross. It’s the perfect time to head out on the dirt roads and escape the hub-bub while working on your off-road skills via ’cross bike, and most of us have the fitness at this point to make our [...]
Subscribers coast to coast are reporting that they’ve received the latest and greatest edition of our print magazine – lucky Cyclocross Magazine Issue #13! Copies are also showing up at the bike shops and book stores that stock our publication too [See our list of "Top Shops"]. Of course, you can always subscribe to the world’s only dedicated cyclocross publication to make sure you never miss an issue.
When we recently posted that Christian Heule had joined the Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com crew, we also mentioned that Stu Thorne, who runs the team and owns Cyclocrossworld.com, alluded to the possibility of signing another woman to join Kaitlin Antonneau. Well, we’ve just learned that Nicole Duke is that new addition. Duke is coming off of a breakthrough [...]
Cyclocross Magazine is partnering up with Echelon Gran Fondo to bring a first-ever dirt option to the organization’s rides. In addition to a variety of road offerings, the Hood River, the Oregon, fondo adds “CrossMountain” routes – either 30 or 45 miles mixing paved road, singletrack and dirt forest roads in the stunning Columbia River Gorge.
Rumors have been flying about European racers coming stateside for the 2011/12 cyclocross season, and both the Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com team and Christian Heule featured prominently in those speculations. Stu Thorne made no secret about looking for someone to take the place vacated by Jeremy Powers, and Christian Heule announced a new team and a big change for the upcoming season, but hadn’t yet confirmed details. Well, now the secret’s out – Heule will ride alongside Tim Johnson, Jamey Driscoll and Kaitlin Antonneau for his final season, and he’ll mix a US-based schedule with some European swings.
Fortunately it was pretty easy to make one of my mountain bikes ‘cross worthy, and that was enough to get me by for a few seasons. I think any cross-country oriented mountain bike will work for cyclocross racing, with a few caveats. A hardtail is best, but a full-suspension bike isn’t a deal breaker. It’s like bringing combat boots to a 5K run. The equipment will work, but will probably put you out of contention for a podium spot. That being said, I’ve seen some sub-20lb, super-efficient, “no-bob” full suspension bikes with traditional front triangle designs, which would be fine to take to the starting line.
We’d heard rumors of a UCI race coming to Bend, Oregon, and this release confirms it. What we didn’t realize was that it’s the USGP that’s making a move, leaving its long time home in Portland. From USA Cycling: Bend, Oregon, to host the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross presented by Greenware@ Season Finale December [...]
USA Cycling has tried different methods for establishing start orders for National Championships the past few years. While Elite racers have a UCI point system that makes ranking and positioning easy, non-UCI and age-based racers first endured the “race to registration” – whereby the front row was determined by the previous year’s results, but everyone else got their spot on the grid based on when they signed up online – then for 2010 had a time trial the day before the main event determine lineup.
USAC has talked about implementing a point system for non-UCI races for a while now,
Most of our subscribers now have the latest issue of Cyclocross Magazine, #12!, in hand, and they’re showing up at the bike shops and book stores who stock our publication too [See our list of "Top Shops"]. Of course, you can always subscribe to the world’s only dedicated cyclocross publication to make sure you never miss an issue.
Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that when it comes to bike maintenance, sometimes the simplest tools can be the most effective. For example, Dave Drumm walks us through the many uses for a five dollar conical brush. (We also love baby bottle brushes for cleaning out water bottles, and they can be found for about [...]
Characters of ’Cross: An ongoing series wherein Cyclocross Magazine contributor Kenton Berg badgers, begs and coerces answers and information about the life and times of the personalities who are helping to shape the world of cyclocross as we know it. This week we feature Zac Daab, co-founder of MFG Cyclocross, founder of Hup United and [...]
Can’t wait for the cyclocross season to kick off? Head Down Under for the 2011 Dirty Deeds cyclocross series and check out some new competition and terrain. The series takes place during what’s mid-winter for Australia, and for just $10, you get access to well-supported racing, a growing prize list and what sounds like a [...]
The Filmed By Bike Film Festival comes to Portland this weekend, and Peter Monahan’s The Cyclocross Experience will be among the shorts featured. Relive the mud of the 2004 Cyclocross Nationals at PIR in Portland, Oregon, and check out a whole lot more cycling action on celluloid (or, more likely video these days).
Jeremy Powers turns his attention from tearing up the ’cross fields to raising money for developing cyclists in Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley. For more on Powers, be sure to grab a copy of the upcoming Issue 12 and read are feature article about him. Cyclocross racer Jeremy Powers is leading cyclists through Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley with [...]
The 2011 Rabo-Giant Offroad team had its launch at the Omnisport Velodrome in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, last week during the World Track Championships (where, coincidentally, Marianne Vos was busy adding another title to her palmares). The second-year squad has expanded to include two women: seven-time U.S. cyclocross champ Katie Compton, who also plans to race [...]
Tired of fruitless coordination efforts to try and get a group assembled for a ride? Us too. When we stumbled across tomorrow’s Ride by Myself Ride, we knew that we’d finally found a work-around for our espresso sipping, raindrop dodging and napping schedules that always seem to conflict with our friends’. Oh, and work responsibilities [...]
It seems like the 2011 World Cyclocross Championships just happened, and race organizers of next season’s Worlds in Koksijde, Belgium, are just starting the fanfare for the 2012 event. The lens of the race world was already focused on the Belgian town on Wednesday as Russian Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha) shot off the front of the [...]
On Wednesday we showed you some videos of a real athletic supporter – Slyfox injects energy (and cash) into Utah’s UTCX race scene. Now Ali Goulet has released the latest webisode in his “The Real Ali G Show,” and the pro-snowboarder-turned-cyclocrosser brings more good energy, yucks, and of course talent to the sport. Crossthetics, Natty [...]
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