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• Rad Racing GP Photo Galleries – 2009

  21 September 09 • 0 comment

  We’ve got several photo galleries from the spectacular setting at Rad Racing GP’s Steilacoom Park, outside of Tacoma, Washington. First up is Joe Sales’ photos from the day:

• Mud and Kiwis – Report from New Zealand’s Cyclocross National Championships

  4 September 09 • 0 comment

  There’s some high-profile racing going on in the Southern Hemisphere. Sure, the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships are going on in Australia, but that’s not the only event. Last weekend featured New Zealand’s second-ever National Championships in cyclocross. While New Zealand has sent riders to the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in the last decade, notably [...]

• 2009 Rad Racing GP of Cyclocross Course Changes & Preview

  2 September 09 • 0 comment

  The 2009 Rad Racing GP is in for some big changes this year. The legendary race course will see some modifications, and we’ve got video of some terrain changes within the park that will affect the race course, including the infamous 80-meter long Kona Knapp Time Run-Up. The “New” Knapp Time Run-Up, which reportedly will [...]

• To Hop or Not? Bunny Hopping Cyclocross Barriers

  15 August 09 • 2 comments

  

  Sven Nys’ early days of BMX racing developed his mad bunny hopping skills, and his ability to dominate races by hopping the UCI’s 40 cm barriers single-handily changed cyclocross courses and rules forever. Wonder why we see so few high-speed barriers at UCI races? For some reason, close, tight racing is believed to be more [...]

• An Artistic Success: Spectacross Wins Fans, Racers – Full Report

  2 August 09 • 4 comments

  Cowbells are something that have become synonymous with cyclocross. The inaugural Spectacross, was held at the perfect venue: the New Jersey State Fair, where there were cowbells a plenty. However, most of these cowbells were attached to, well, cows. Regardless, Spectacross provided excellent racing and a plethora of interesting post-race and pre-race activities.

• Calling for Old Skool Photos

  17 July 09 • 0 comment

  Issue 7 is just a few weeks away, but we’re still in need of a few photos for our magazine. While we’re always looking for any interesting ‘cross photos for our Cross Eyed Gallery (upload a few of your best in our community site), but we’re also on a particular request for any U.S. photos [...]

• Katie Compton Talks About Her Sponsorship Search

  6 June 09 • 0 comment

  As we originally reported two weeks ago, Katie Compton is seeking a title sponsor for her mountain bike and cyclocross campaign. Katie Compton rode for Sho-Air Specialized last weekend at the Bump ‘N Grind but hasn’t yet landed a sponsor for her upcoming ‘cross season. She talked

• Looking for Your Best Shot

  9 May 09 • 0 comment

  With Issue 5 finally completed, we’re looking for more great cyclocross shots for our summer issue.  Upload (a few) of your best shots to our community site, and you just might get published! Note: you need to be the photographer for us to publish the photo. Good titles and captions help!

• Cyclocross Magazine Wins and Loses Grant Competition

  1 May 09 • 0 comment

  Thanks to the help of the Cyclocross Magazine community, your favorite little magazine has been selected from nearly 2,000 submissions in Intuit’s Small Business Grant Competition as one of the top 60 entries! For our true short story from Kansas City, we’ve won a cute little Flip video camera which will be put to good [...]

• 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 [...]

• More Gear from Sea Otter – Ibis, Zipp, Ritchey, Kore, ESI and FSA

  18 April 09 • 2 comments

  We’ve got more ‘cross relevant gear from Sea Otter’s Expo. As mentioned yesterday, SRAM’s Zipp division announced its new 45mm tall 303 carbon rim design, offering a 5.1 mm wider rim and different shape. The wider rim

• Roger De Vlaeminck: Cyclocross World Champion and Mr. Paris Roubaix

  11 April 09 • 0 comment

  Cyclocrossers have a particular connection with Paris Roubaix. Although the distances are completely different, the conditions and surfaces are similar, and the mud-covered faces we’ve all seen from countless editions can’t help but remind us of our favorite sport. But there’s more of a connection between the two than just muddy faces and the occasional [...]

• San Diego Custom Bicycle Show 2009 – Cyclocross Highlights

  6 April 09 • 0 comment

  San Diego’s Chris Fly attended this past weekend’s inaugural San Diego Custom Bicycle Show for Cyclocross Magazine. And just as with other recent handmade bike shows, frame builders showed a lot of love for cyclocross and brought a ton of ‘cross artistry to drool over. See our two-page photo gallery of the highlights below.

• Last Call for Cross Eyed Gallery Submissions

  15 March 09 • 0 comment

  The Cross Eyed Gallery, our reader-submitted photo gallery, is back in our next issue, and we’re looking for a few more photos for it. Upload a few of your best with captions to our community site here for consideration and a chance to win some swag.

• One Last NAHBS Gallery

  6 March 09 • 0 comment

  We’ve finally sorted through all the NAHBS photos, saved some great cyclocross ones for the print mag to accompany our interviews, but have one last batch of cyclocross-related photos worthy of your online viewing pleasure. (See our NAHBS gallery #1, gallery #2, and gallery #3).