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  • Rider Diary: Gabby Day’s US Adventures

    Gabby Day at the Midnight Ride of Cyclocross. Russ Campbell

    Since mid-September, UK-based racer Gabby Day has been on the East Coast in the US racing in the MidAtlantic and New England races, from Nittany to Nor’Easter. This Wednesday, she finished second at the Midnight Ride of Cyclocross in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and updated us on how her trip to America has gone so far. (Our [...]

  • A Fine Line – Trying To Stay Upright In Oregon, Part II

    Sterry takes to the barriers at David Douglas CX. Photo courtesy of David Sterry

    This season, we’ll be following a few racers who have some interesting stories to share. From a freshly-minted elite racer to a newly declared master, we have a wide variety of racers we’ll be hearing from. We’ll catch up with them intermittently as the season wanes on, and hopefully we’ll be able to chart their [...]

  • Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard

    Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

  • British Invasion Continues at Midnight Ride of Cyclocross: Video, Report

    Anthony and Field led for the first laps of the race. Russ Campbell

    The New England Holy Week of Cyclocross has begun! The kickoff event, Midnight Ride Cyclocross hosted by the Minuteman Road Club at the Lancaster Fairgrounds in Lancaster, Massachusetts brought out almost 400 racers for a fantastic event complete with some of the biggest names in the sport. Racing kicked off in the twilight at 5pm [...]

  • In the Saddle with Adam McGrath, Pro Cyclocross Racer Turned Farmer/Racer

    New training buddies. Adam McGrath

    Pro racer Adam McGrath has gone from international racer to local farmer in the past year, though he hasn’t hung up his bikes just yet. He’ll be chronicling his new set of experiences in his new column for Cyclocross Magazine, “For Mud, Beer, Bikes and Barns.” We wanted to start off with a Q&A so [...]

  • Maile and Trux Score Wins against the Competition and the Wind College Cyclery Compound; Sacramento Cyclocross Series

    An Ebullient Sarah Maile (Ventana Mountain Bikes) after her Category Win at the Sacramento Cyclocross Series, College Cyclery Compound, West Sacramento

    The cyclocross season is now well underway in Northern California. Following the CCCX season opener two weeks ago and this past week’s Folsom’s Cyclebration, two more events took place this past weekend. The CCCX series continued at Fort Ord and, at the College Cyclery Compound, the Sacramento Cyclocross Series opened its season. Temperatures held to a comfortable range at West Sacramento but the wind blew throughout the day and was particularly strong toward the end of the event. Good fortune held, however, and a repeat of last year’s dust bowl failed to occur.

  • 10,000 Spectators and “the works” for Zipp OVCX

    Last week’s Zipp OVCX Athletes of the Week Ray Smith and Rachel Dobroszi. Zipp OVCX

    Dayton, Ohio —  Possibly the most important week in the short history of the Zipp OVCX Cyclocross Tour has started even better than expected.  Just days before racing in front of an expected 10,000 spectators, Zipp OVCX Tour Director Mitch Graham announced that Papa John’s Pizza has re-joined the series as presenting sponsor. The announcement [...]

  • DarkCross Cyclocross Event Smashes Previous Manitoba Cycling Association Attendance Records

    Men's Cat 1/2 racer Ian Hall on the Wallace + Wallave Grandstand run-up. Mark Reimer

    Winnipeg, Manitoba — On September 17, under the lights of the Red River Co-op Speedway in St Adolphe, MB, a large crowd of cyclists and spectators gathered to take part in the inaugural DarkCross Cyclocross Race, presented by Wallace + Wallace. The event was enthusiastically embraced by the Manitoba cycling community. Organizing clubs Fort Garry [...]

  • “You Got This”: Amateur Women’s Nor’Easter Edition

    Lodrina Cherne races for Geekhouse in the Verge Series. © Tiffany Remy (http://www.remyphotographic.com)

    Preparation for my trip to Burlington, Vermont and Nor’Easter ‘Cross came with a lot of expectations. After a weekend where I went flying off my bike like Joey hitting a barrier, I was ready to make the three hour plus drive to Burlington worthwhile. I wanted to get a Verge point which would earn me callups at series races for the rest of the year.

  • Viewpoints: From a Master to a Woman, Coast to Coast

    Lee Waldman and Molly Hurford: 2 cyclocross fanatics, 2 different viewpoints

    From the “Girl with the Cowbell Tattoo” to the philosophical Master’s racer extraordinaire, we bring you a new meeting of the minds. When Lee Waldman approached me (Molly) about doing a “conversation” column together, I immediately thought it was a great idea. After all, he lives across the country from me, we have a large [...]

  • Kansas City Cyclocross Season Opener: Manion’s Cyclocross

    The racers make their way along the course. Jon Peck

    by Steve Vockrodt The Kansas City cyclocross season opened up last weekend at Manion’s Cyclocross, and now the rest of autumn’s racing schedule seems easy by comparison. Manion’s Cyclocross launched the 2011 campaign at an auction house tucked away in the bucolic Nearman Hills of Kansas City, Kansas, where at its highest points, the downtown [...]

  • Pro Bike Profile: Dan Chabanov’s Richard Sachs Bike

    Dan Chabanov takes a corner on his Richard Sachs bike. © Cyclocross Magazine

    by Molly Hurford How does it feel riding a custom Richard Sachs creation? Dan Chabanov, one of Sachs’ racers this season, tried to explain: “It’s not some magical feeling … OK, it’s kind of a magical feeling.” Within the New York cycling scene, you might know Chabanov as the guy who won the Red Hook [...]

  • Tacchino Cyclocross Kicks Off MABRA Super8 Series

    The Tacchino CX's namesake turkey mascot was in evidence throughout the day, handing out primes and other encouragement. Jay Westcott

    Days of rain that soaked the Washington, DC metro region relented just in time for the Tacchino Cyclocross, the MABRA Super 8 series opener, but the deluge was still evident just below the surface of Rosaryville State Park in Upper Marlborough, Maryland. The soggy ground, high humidity, and the churning wheels of some 600 racers [...]

  • Cyclocross Art Exhibit at Rapha Cycle Club opens in San Francisco

    Uncle Charlie and other stories of North Cal. Cyclocross

    Uncle Charlie and Other Stories of North Cal. Cyclocross: An art show dedicated to the spirit of North Cal Cyclocross, its roots, and its current spectacle. Featuring works of photography, writing, sculpture, painting, collage, as well as historical documents and images.

  • Clammy Cross 2011 CX Series: Presented by Team Clammy Chamois

    Alex Kim races through the mud.

    by Joshua McCarrel This is the second time we have put on a race at Art Dye Park in American Fork, Utah. We did one last year, and this year we have extended it into a three race series, with another date in the works for a night race under the lights. Team Clammy Chamois [...]

  • Southern California Prestige Series of Cyclocross: Week Two

    While New England had inches of mud this weekend, SoCal was dry and fast. Jordan Haggard

    The second weekend of Southern California Prestige Series presented by Spy Optic hit Camarillo, CA with the Pacifica Crossfest. This is the newest race to the series and was hosted by Casa Pacifica, a residential facility licensed by the state of CA which serves abused, neglected, and severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents from the [...]

  • 2011 Wedgewood New Brighton Cyclocross: A Joe Sales Photo Gallery

    The New Brighton cyclocross course features a long sand section that riders have to navigate twice each lap. © Joe Sales

    With scenery like this, Joe Sales couldn’t resist taking some scenic shots of the racing action at the 2011 Wedgewood New Brighton cyclocross race this past Sunday.

  • 2013 Louisville Cyclocross World Championships in Jeopardy? UPDATED: Bruce Fina Comments

    The first cyclocross world championships to be based in the US will be in 2013 in Kentucky.

    Louisville’s hold on the 2013 Cyclocross World Championships may be in jeopardy, according to Belgian newspapers. The race, which would be the first cyclocross world championship to be held in the US, is to take place in February of 2013 in Louisville, Kentucky, but according to Belgian newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen, the organizers are having [...]

  • Providence Cyclocross Festival Honors Dr. Kim Fries

    Providence, Rhode Island – The family and staff here at the Providence Cyclo-cross Festival presented by Interbike, would like to take this moment to talk about something that has nothing to do with actual cyclocross, the festival, its partners or sponsors. We want to express our deepest sympathies for a founding member of our team, [...]

  • Mechanical Mondays: Mechanical Disc Brake Adjustments

    Setting up disc brakes correctly is going to be a big new part of cyclocross. Jason Gardner

    There is no denying that disc brakes are gaining in popularity among cyclocross bikes. One look at the ’cross bike photos from the recent Eurobike and Interbike trade shows is enough to show that disc-brake-equipped ’cross bikes are the wave of the future. Their benefits are well known; tire clearance is now only a matter of the frame. They are more powerful with more control and they are not so nearly affected by water and mud. Apart from all these benefits though, the tighter tolerances associated with disc brakes lend themselves more easily to poor adjustment, and improper adjustment on disc brakes can ruin your race more easily than a poorly adjusted cantilever. Too loose and you lose your braking altogether; too tight and your brake drags the whole time. The down side is these poor conditions happen a lot easier to disc brakes than to cantilevers.



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