Today, in the sand dunes of Koksijde, Belgium, Niels Albert led a Belgian domination of the 2012 Cyclocross World Championships, but for company Colnago, the win represented a return for Italy to the top step of the Worlds podium and showed that their signing of the 2009 World Champion was a smart move and major coup. [...]
We’ve captured a ton of interesting bikes at both the 2012 UCI Cyclocross World Championships as well as the 2012 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships, and we’re beginning the long, slow process of unveiling these bike profiles to you now. by Jay Kwan Germany’s Feliz Drumm finished 15th in the ultra-competitive 2012 Junior World Championship [...]
Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) made the switch in 2012 from his custom-painted and self-branded Ridley X-Night carbon cyclocross bikes to the impossible to miss pink aluminum Specialized Crux cyclocross bike, something hard to fathom for a road racer mid-year, but relatively common for a cyclocross racer due to the calendar year nature of sponsor contracts [...]
For the hard-core cyclocross fan, we’ve got the full pit lane assignments for the 2012 Cyclocross World Championships in Koksijde, Belgium, and they differ for each race. Will it matter? In years past, racers have dropped their bike intentionally or unintentionally in front of other riders, causing crashes and mechanicals, so you never know. But [...]
As the 2011-2012 cyclocross season comes to an end, the editors of Cyclocross Magazine want to know what gear, racers and races you loved with our first-ever Cyclocross Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards. Who’s your favorite Euro star? Domestic racer? Your favorite brake? Tire? Have you adopted CXM Lab’s “Shimergo” drivetrain? What was the best tech [...]
We’re big fans of the Gore Sealed Low Friction cable sets for low-maintenance cyclocross racers, but Gore announced that select Ride-On brake cables, when installed with the campagnolo cable end, are being recalled by the company. See the full press release below. An issue has been identified at our supplier which leads us to request [...]
by Josh Liberles We first spied Ritte Van Vlaanderen’s new 2012 mixed-material Steeplechase model at Interbike this year, as the prototype was being prepped for Katheryn Curi Mattis’ CrossVegas race. Ritte’s all-stainless-steel model evolved this year into a striking blend of stainless steel and carbon, and the Steeplechase joins Ritte’s carbon Crossberg in the company’s [...]
If you’ve seen the current issue (#15) of Cyclocross Magazine, then you’ve heard of the Fountain brothers. Or maybe you’ve had the pleasure of lining up with JT or Louie Fountain in an Elite race in the Northwest only to get schooled by the singlespeed-spinning brethren. For a quick intro, check out our report on [...]
Not used to riding and racing cyclocross in the cold of the Midwest? Or want to make sure your national championships is stress-free and that you’re completely equipped? We talked with cyclocross legend and almost constant-national champion, Kansas’ Steve Tilford for his advice on being prepared for the potential bitter cold weather in Madison. For [...]
by Andrew Yee With the 2012 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships and the 2012 UCI Masters Cyclocross World Championships approaching, many racers have resigned themselves to steep airline bike fees or paying full retail shipping rates to get their cyclocross bike or bikes to Madison, Wisconsin, or Louisville, Kentucky. There is another way as we’ve [...]
by Molly Hurford The best way to test cold weather gear is to, well, ride in the cold. So it’s taken us a while, with the mild East Coast weather this December, to get in some serious rides with Bellwether’s 2012 line up of cold weather gear. But when the cold finally hit, we were [...]
The holidays are a perfect time to celebrate the gift of cyclocross, and what better way to whoop it up than to share some ’cross love with others? Our editors have reviewed, tested and hand-picked a plethora of last-minute gift suggestions. Today we bring you an array of nutrition products we’ve reviewed that might just [...]
The holidays are a perfect time to celebrate the gift of cyclocross, and what better way to whoop it up than to share some ’cross love with others? Give a teammate a must-have tool (that you can borrow), introduce a loved one to the sport, drop a hint by leaving this list out for a [...]
The holidays are a perfect time to celebrate the gift of cyclocross, and what better way to whoop it up than to share some last-minute ’cross love with others? Give a teammate a must-have tool (that you can borrow), introduce a loved one to the sport, drop a hint by leaving this list out for [...]
by Molly Hurford We recently interviewed Graeme Street, the creator of the Cyclo90 H.I.T. Program, and now that we’ve had time to check out the DVDs in his collection, we’re bringing you a review of his program. Cyclo90 H.I.T. focuses on high intensity training, core strength and rapid fitness gains in a 90-day period. The [...]
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