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• Buying Used CX Gear: An Alternative to eBay?

  17 May 09 • 0 comment

  If you’re on a tight budget and looking to upgrade with some (better) used gear, we all know eBay, our forums and your local Craigslist are three popular ways to find gear. Now there’s another option.

• First Twitter, Then FriendFeed? Follow CXM on Either

  15 May 09 • 0 comment

  According to this site, it’s been almost 800 days since we joined Twitter, well before our first print issue, and admittedly much to our surprise, the little service has actually grown a bit since then. Now it’s an easy way to keep abreast of all things cyclocross via our feed: http://twitter.com/cyclocross. We haven’t really advertised [...]

• Rocky Mountain Bicycle Show Expands Beyond Framebuilders

  14 May 09 • 0 comment

  

  The Rocky Mountain Bicycle Show (RMBS/09) expands beyond just custom framebuilders, adds 6-day racing and a concert. Interested in attending and covering it for us? If you’ve got some photo skills and can write a bit, drop us a line. Press release below. In keeping with the planned evolution of the show, RMBS/09 will include [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – May 13, 2009

  13 May 09 • 1 comment

  This week’s gossip edition brings you some big news from some of the biggest stars in Europe: Sven and Thijs light up the Benelux Championships, Vos takes over World Cup and lots of fun at the Joe Martin Stage race, plus much more! Sven Nys Wins Benelux Championships in Averbode An all-star lineup showed up [...]

• NAHBS Making Move to The Right

  12 May 09 • 0 comment

  NAHBS Announces Richmond, Virginia, as 2010 Venue – Exhibitor Registration Now Open Speedway, In.-The Greater Richmond Convention Center in the historic city of Richmond, Va. will host the 2010 North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS) when the world’s number one custom bicycle show moves to the east coast next February 26-28.

• Custom Cyclocross Clothing Guide: Mt. Borah

  11 May 09 • 2 comments

  With summer still a month away, it’s a strange time to think about cold-weather cycling gear. But ‘cross will be here before we know it, and if your team is considering new kits or warmer garments for the cyclocross season, now is the time to get organized, find the right vendor, and get your orders [...]

• PCR&R Early Edition – Cyclocross National Champs Add More Titles

  9 May 09 • 0 comment

  Former US National Collegiate Cyclocross Champion Jamey Driscoll and current Collegiate National Cyclocross Champion Carla Swart each added another national title to their extensive trophy display on Friday at the US Collegiate National Championships in Fort Collins, Colorado. For Swart, it’s another addition to her endless list of National Titles she has won on the [...]

• Simon Burney’s Schlamm Ltd. Joins CrossVegas Sponsors

  8 May 09 • 0 comment

  

  UK based cycle clothing company Schlamm Ltd have joined the growing list of supporters of season-opener CrossVegas by agreeing to be the “Official Race Merchandise Supplier” of the event. Schlamm will provide official clothing to all event staff, race marshalls and credentialed photographers, in addition to presenting a range of race merchandise that will be [...]

• Zipp OVCX Tour Dates and Locations Announced

  8 May 09 • 0 comment

  New Races, Venues Highlight 2009 Zipp OVCX Tour Schedule May 8, 2009; Conshohocken, PA, USA:  The Zipp OVCX Cyclocross Tour has announced an expanded 2009 schedule with several new and “upwardly-mobile” events – including one at what some observers are already calling one of the most impressive cyclocross venues in the world: Covington Kentucky’s stunning [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – May 7, 2009

  7 May 09 • 1 comment

  A relatively slow week in the world of Cyclocross but here’s a few gems from your favorite riders: Tour of the Gila attracts top talent, Marianne Vos keeps on ticking, Americans at Houffalize World Cup, Driscoll wins Jiminy Peak Road Race Tour of the Gila Brings Out Some Cyclocross Stars Davide Frattini was the best [...]

• Canada Selects Toronto for 2010 National Championships

  6 May 09 • 0 comment

  The Canadian Cycling Association has announced the ZM Cycle & Fitness Team in Toronto, Ontario will be hosting the Canadian Cyclocross National Championships for 2010. The date has yet to be announced, but past championships have been held in early October or November. The championships will move to Toronto after

• New Product Spotlight: Beer. Cupcake. Mustache. Cyclocross Book

  2 May 09 • 0 comment

  

  No, we’re not reviewing beer, cupcakes, or mustaches (although we’d be happy to receive and review the first two). But we are taking a quick look at a new cyclocross book. Natalia McKittrick of Pedal Power Photography has just published a book on cyclocross titled Beer. Cupcake. Mustache. Beer. Cupcake. Mustache. is not a how-to [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – April 30, 2009

  30 April 09 • 1 comment

  I apologize for the gap of a day, but we’re back and rolling. Updates for this week: Our weekly Marianne Vos update, North Americans polar opposites in Offenburg, Suspended sentence for Roodhooft, and much more! The Marianne Vos Train Keeps On Rolling Marianne Vos, current World Cyclocross Champion has been having arguably the best season [...]

• Robb Jebb Continues Three Peaks Race Domination

  29 April 09 • 1 comment

  

  Robb Jebb, seven-time winner of the Three Peaks Cyclocross race, can’t get enough of the hills of UK’s Yorshire Dales National Park. Jebb won the Three Peaks running version of the race this past Saturday, completing the 55th running of the hilly 24-mile race in a time of 2 hours, 54 minutes and 53 seconds. [...]

• Katie Compton Seeks World Cup Title and Bike Sponsor

  28 April 09 • 1 comment

  Katie Compton is starting to ramp up her training with the mountain bike and cyclocross season in mind, and has planned out an aggressive schedule with her most ambitious goals yet.  The six-time national cyclocross champion (five elite, one espoir) is planning to race the fat tire circuit this summer, starting with the Bump n [...]

• Sven Nys and SpongeBob Team Up to Host Youth Cyclocross Clinics

  27 April 09 • 0 comment

  No, this is not an April Fool’s joke. Sven Nys, the world’s number one cyclocross racer and his coach are teaming up with Nickelodeon, the children’s television network that brings you SpongeBob SquarePants, to host a series of five cyclocross clinics for children of ages 8 to 14. The clinics, titled “The Wheel of Sven,” [...]

• 200 Laps of Dismounts, Mounts, Crashes, and Beer? The Little 500 Returns

  26 April 09 • 0 comment

  by Andrew Yee Mom: He was very sickly until he started riding around on that bicycle. Dad: Yeah… well… now his body’s fine, but his mind is gone. -Breaking Away, 1979 Academy Award Winner, Best Screenplay Many long-time cyclists have lost count of the # of times they’ve seen the classic movie Breaking Away, including [...]

• Tim Johnson and Lynne Besette Talk Riding, Racing and Life

  25 April 09 • 0 comment

  Our friends at Cyclingdirt.com took the time to sit down with former National Cyclocross Champion Tim Johnson and his wife and Multiple Canadian National Champion and Olympian Lynne Bessette following their rides at the Hopbrook Dam mountain bike race. Johnson took second behind Andrew Freye and ahead of Cyclocross regular Matt O’Keefe. Bessette also took [...]

• Cyclocross Magazine and Erwin Vervecken Team Up to Support Summer CX

  24 April 09 • 0 comment

  Cyclocross Magazine and Erwin Vervecken team up to sponsor the summer SpectaCross in New Jersey. Full press release below. April 23, 2009; Conshohocken, PA, USA:  Cyclocross Magazine has joined the New Jersey State Fair SpectaCross as a sponsor of the cyclocross races on the opening weekend of this year’s New Jersey State Fair / Sussex [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – April 22, 2009

  23 April 09 • 0 comment

  Marianne Vos continues winning ways, Tour of the Battenkill wrap up, Powers wins in Ancaster, Cyclocross at Sea Otter, Jacobs banned for 2 years. The cyclocross world was active over the last week! Marianne Vos Wins Womens Flèche Wallonne, 4th at Ronde van Gelderland World Cyclocross Champion and Dutch Road Champion Marianne Vos kept up [...]