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• Rapha and Ridley Scott Productions Launch New Bike-Themed Fridays Film Series

  13 August 10 • 0 comment

  

  British cycling clothing manufacturer Rapha has teamed up with Ridley Scott Associates (think Bladerunner and other visually sumptuous productions) to produce a series of three cycling films. The films will each air on the Rapha Web site for one Friday only, with the first, A Throw of the Dice, broadcasting today. A Throw of the [...]

• NorCal CX Kicks Off The Season

  13 August 10 • 1 comment

  

  As if the dawn of the ’cross season itself wasn’t exciting enough. Cyclocross Magazine is happy helping to get the action started as a sponsor of the NorCal CX Kickoff Party. by Mack Murphy You heard it here first… It’s the NorCal CX Season Kickoff Party! Teams from all over NorCal will be descending on SF to push each [...]

• MAC Opens UCI ’Cross Season in One Month with New Title Sponsor

  13 August 10 • 1 comment

  

  With just one month remaining until officially kicking off the 2010/2011 international cyclocross season in Pennsylvania on September 11th, the Mid-Atlantic Championship Cyclocross Series (better known as MAC) has announced a new title sponsorship with Champion System Sportswear, a leader in custom technical custom apparel. The 11-race series, which stretches from the tip of New [...]

• USA Cycling Adopts Rule Changes for 2010 Season

  12 August 10 • 1 comment

  

  Colorado Springs, Colo. (August 12, 2010) – USA Cycling announced today that its Road, Track & Cyclocross Board of Trustees has voted in favor of several rule changes for the upcoming cyclocross season. The new rules are in line with the UCI rulebook and will take effect at the beginning of the 2010/2011 cyclocross season. [...]

• North American Cyclocross Trophy Updates Series Rules

  12 August 10 • 0 comment

  

  The NACT has updated the 2010 rules, including a change that should help out riders who struggle to travel to all eight of the events on the schedule, or who have misfortune or bad luck at one of the races. Overall series standings will now be determined by total points of a riders best six [...]

• Guns Grits and Gravel Cyclocross Clinic

  12 August 10 • 1 comment

  

  ’Crossers near West Virgina should take a look at this Press Release from Raw Talent Ranch, which will be putting on a two-day cyclocross clinic featuring some big name racers. Fueled by the success of this year’s Lost River Classic Road Race, event sponsor and promoter Raw Talent Ranch (RTR) is proud to announce the [...]

• CrossVegas Gets Single Speed Category

  12 August 10 • 0 comment

  

  Heading to Vegas? Have a Singlespeed? CrossVegas Promoters have just released the following press release that should excite your gearless steed. Raleigh Single Speed Challenge Joins Wheelers & Dealers Lineup Shiftless cyclocrossers now have a category especially for them! Joining the lineup of the Bicycling Magazine Wheelers & Dealers Race is the Raleigh Single Speed [...]

• Former World Champ Radomir Simunek Sr. Dead – Updated

  10 August 10 • 2 comments

  Czech Radomir Simunek Sr. passed away today at the age of 48 after a prolonged battle with liver disease. Simunek was the Elite world cyclocross champion in 1991, and had previously taken both Junior and amateur Worlds titles. He remains the only cyclist to claim all three championships. Simunek also claimed three Superprestige titles, in [...]

• Wheels of Fire MTB Movie Trailer

  10 August 10 • 0 comment

  

  Robin Moore, whose MC SpandX videos Performance and Get Dirty have poked fun at bike culture and gone viral, just released the movie trailer for Wheels on Fire. Based on Moore’s interview with Outside Magazine, there actually is a plan for a full-fledged Wheels of Fire film. We’ll believe it when we see it, but [...]

• Johnson, Anthony, Mannion Rule Beverly Gran Prix Criterium Podium – UDPATED Report, Photos

  10 August 10 • 1 comment

  by Josh Liberles The top 20 of the second annual Beverly Gran Prix Criterium reads like a who’s who of New England cyclocross. When reigning national cyclocross champion Tim Johnson bridged to Jesse Anthony and Gavin Mannion, a cyclocrossers’ sweep of the podium was all but guaranteed. Johnson, who helped to organize the event, and [...]

• Masters ’Crossers Take To The Road in Louisville

  10 August 10 • 0 comment

  

  While many of us are just starting to shake off the cobwebs and regain some of the fitness and skills that we finished last ’cross season with, there are those that have continued to race in the “off-season.” Racing this past week in Louisville, Kentucky, saw the top masters Macers from all over the US [...]

• Bob’s Red Mill Sponsors USA World Championship Cyclocross Team Member Maureen Bruno Roy

  9 August 10 • 0 comment

  

  Bob’s Red Mill is a company that’s continuing expand its support of cyclocross in the US. The Oregon company has been a supporter of the Cross Crusade series in its home state and has offered free, hot steel cut oats to racers and spectators; sponsors both the USGP and NACT series; and now will be [...]

• Borders − a Column by Lee Waldman

  9 August 10 • 1 comment

  Cyclocross Magazine columnist and Masters racer Lee Waldman discusses crossing borders, pushing boundaries and loving cyclocross – and life. In case you missed it, go back and check out Lee’s previous column as he talks about using a coach and enjoying the ride. by Lee Waldman Borders. They surround us, penning us in. They limit [...]

• StarCrossed Sweetens Singlespeed Pot: Winner Automatically Qualifies for SSCXWC

  9 August 10 • 0 comment

  The winner of the StarCrossed singlespeed race will not only take home a new Raleigh frame, but can also count on a spot in the SSCXWC finals on October 24th – no qualifying race the day before required. A word from the promoters below. Low Pressure Promotions, LLC and Washington Unified Single Speeders, LLC (WUSS) [...]

• Coryn Rivera Medals at Junior Road Worlds

  8 August 10 • 0 comment

  

  Coryn Rivera, who already owns a closet full of national championship jerseys in ’cross, road races, crits and time trials, just added to her trophy case with an impressive bronze medal in the Junior women’s World Championship road race in Offida, Italy. Rivera’s visit to the podium comes on the heels of a solid time [...]

• Chicago ’Cross Clinic Features Jeremy Powers

  8 August 10 • 0 comment

  Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is hosting its third annual Cyclocross clinic August 15th, located on IIT’s Main Campus on the Southside of Chicago. Just in time to get prepped for the Chicago cyclocross scene, or USGP/UCI races if your love for the cowbells and mud goes a little further, the clinic will cover information [...]

• Felt Bicycles Unveils 2011 ’Cross Lineup

  7 August 10 • 1 comment

  by David Lawson Tucked away in a non-descript Orange County industrial park just a few minutes away from the venue of Spooky Cross, SoCal’s largest cyclocross race, lies the world headquarters of Felt Bicycles. The unveiling last week of Felt’s 2011 line of bicycles drew out cycling’s tech illuminati from behind their workstations to poke, [...]

• Seattle Swap Meet and CX Bike Sale Host Raffle to Benefit Cyclocross Promoter

  6 August 10 • 2 comments

  

  Cycle U will be hosting a bike swap, used cyclocross bike sale and raffle this Saturday, August 7th, from 10am-3pm at West Seattle Cycle University. The raffle is to benefit local cyclocross promoter “Wick” who is battling a serious infection and in intensive care. Cyclocross Magazine plans to attend, and will have a limited supply [...]

• Niels Albert Fails to Repeat Success at Tour Alsace

  4 August 10 • 0 comment

  

  In our constant habit of making up GC rankings for our favorite ’crossers partaking in road races, we bring you the seventh annual Tour Alsace, a six-day stage race held in Alsace, France. In attendance were Neils Albert, Christian Heule, Enrico Franzoi and Dieter Vanthourenhout. Albert, Franzoi and Vanthourenhout were representing their team, BKCP-Powerplus, and [...]

• NACT Offers 2010 Calendar and a Sneak Peek at Features

  4 August 10 • 0 comment

  

  North American Cyclocross Trophy Series – 2010 Season Preview Looking ahead to its third season, the North American Cyclocross Trophy announces some exciting additions for the 2010 cyclocross season. With a schedule that includes some of the largest metro markets in the US, the series is poised to ride the wave of popularity ’cross is [...]