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• Can I Go Riding?

  22 August 10 • 0 comment

  

  It’s that time of year again. Time to start cashing in on all those trips to the mall with your partner, all those times you got up in the middle of the night to take care of the baby. Time to start pulling out every excuse in the book to get out on your bike. [...]

• Gallery: Katie Compton’s Arctic ’Cross Clinic

  16 August 10 • 0 comment

  Mark Legg-Compton shot us some pictures of day two of Katie Compton’s Arctic ’Cross Clinic, taking place in Anchorage, Alaska. For the first two days, 25 lucky ’cross crazy cyclists learned skills and technique from one of the best cyclocrossers in the world. Day 3? Participants raced, with both Katie and Mark shadowing the course. [...]

• 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 [...]

• New Trends Revealed at Dealer Camp 2010 in Deer Valley

  1 August 10 • 0 comment

  by Ryan Hamilton Dealer Camp is billed as a new opportunity for bicycle retailers to have access to bike manufacturers for details on upcoming products. The 2010 event was held at Deer Valley ski resort, providing lift-assisted access to trails, as well as plenty of roads to test a bike out on the hills. A [...]

• Fayetteville, Tennessee, Invites You to Beat the Freak

  29 July 10 • 0 comment

  

  Beat the Freak is back for another season of Tennessee cyclocross action in 2010. From Kevin Freeman, Beat the Freak promoter: Coming to Fayetteville, Tennessee, September 25th and 26th,  October 9th, November 20th, December 18th and January 9th, Beat the Freak Cyclocross Series will be back for its third season at  Dondavidson Park in Fayetteville, Tennessee.

• Gallery: Katie Compton’s 2010 Short Track National Win

  24 July 10 • 0 comment

  Katie Compton stole the show at this year’s MTB Short Track Nationals. “Katie crushed the short track today, winning from defending champion Georgia Gould. Katie lapped all but the first four riders” said husband Mark Legg-Compton via Twitter. Katie herself was a little more grounded: “Yep, still coughing up a lung from Sunday’s effort. Pretty [...]

• MTB Nationals XC Photo Gallery

  20 July 10 • 0 comment

  Wrapping up our coverage (XC here and Short Track here)  of the MTB Nationals, in which ’crossers played a dominating role, are a few more pictures to add some color to our reports. Special thanks to Amy Dykema for being there to snap those shots!

• MC SpandX Comes to His Senses, Realizes It’s Time to Get Dirty

  15 July 10 • 0 comment

  

  MC SpandX, who rose to viral superstardom thanks to his Performance (that’s the name of the game) music video, is abandoning his Tirreno bike and Euro style in favor of cruising through the woods and getting dirt all up in his grill.

• Bike Hutt Offers July Cyclocross Series – in New Zealand

  11 July 10 • 0 comment

  The Independence Day Cyclocross Classic kicked of the Bike Hutt’s July ‘cross series last weekend, the first of four races put on by Go Home Yanqui Promotions. As the organization’s name implies, unfortunately for those of us Stateside, the series isn’t on US soil, but instead is put on by an American expat in New [...]

• Video: Ride, Run or None of the Above?

  15 June 10 • 4 comments

  

  It’s an age-old debate among ’crossers: when to ride, when to run. The same section of a course will elicit a variety of approaches from different racers. The video below shows a third alternative. After unsuccessfully trying to ride one technical section and bogging down, with competitors scampering on past, one racer opts for Plan [...]

• Get Thee to DeKalb, Illinois, for the Gravel Metric

  15 May 10 • 1 comment

  

  If you’ll be anywhere near DeKalb, Illinois on Sunday, May 30th, the Gravel Metric looks too good to pass up. Although the promoters at North Central Cyclery claim that it’s a spirited ride rather than a race, the “62 miles of self-supported mayhem” should be fun. Besides, when was the last time that you went [...]

• Halfway Through the Offseason, Cyclocross Videos to Keep Our Focus

  1 May 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Josh Liberles I’ll cut to the chase here – it’s been way too long since the last ‘cross race. By my rough (U.S.-season-based) calculations, we’re just about at the midpoint of the “offseason.” Are you bored with your road racing, MTB’ing or whatever the heck it is you people do to kill time during [...]

• Cyclocross Flavor at De Ronde and Cross Skills for Roadies – Updated Video

  8 April 10 • 2 comments

  

  by Josh Liberles Cyclocross season hasn’t been over for long now, and as we watch the best roadies duke it out in northern Europe, the oft-asked question is, “Why don’t more of these guys race cyclocross?”  – Lars Boom, Marianne Vos, Steve Chainel, et al excluded. The obvious short answer is that the pay scales [...]

• Sven Nys Goes Moto

  3 April 10 • 2 comments

  A few days ago Sven mentioned a new endeavor called “project M” on his blog. Now however all is revealed: Sven Nys will ride motocross! As if Sven Nys, arguably the best technical ‘crosser in the business, needs any more work on his skills! Sven Nys (33) just had another very good winter. The Landbouwkrediet-Colnago [...]

• Cult Cross Cometh to Colorado, This Weekend

  2 April 10 • 1 comment

  The Cult Cross 2010 flyer’s headline says it all: “Suffer in the Spring As You Do in the Fall.” Maybe you’ve built up some early season road/mtb fitness, but you yearn to be back where you belong, on the ‘cross course? The Eagle, Colorado venue will host six “flights” of races tomorrow (April 3, 2010), [...]