Posts in category clothing & accessories

There’s quite a bit of innovation happening in the bicycle helmet world. Earlier this week we unveiled and reviewed the innovative Smith Overtake aero/road helmet, …

Back in September at Interbike, we saw Smith Optics present the Forefront, a mountain bike helmet built to incorporate the Koroyd honeycomb-like material and designed to …

After seeing The Cutter frames from Spy Optic back at Interbike this year, we knew we wanted to get our hands on them to test …

We’re guessing there are a few of you who, like us, have procrastinated, worked too much, and frankly prefer to compress holiday shopping into one …

Moots has once again released their “Ti Sticks” (exactly what it sounds like: a serious noisemaker for a serious cyclocross fan), and this year, the …

Cyclocross Magazine was front-and-center at the Philadelphia Bike Expo presented by Bilenky Cycle Works and held at the Philadelphia Convention Center. While it wasn’t a …

by Molly Hurford I’ve been putting Giro’s most recent iteration of their women’s Sica MTB shoe through the paces, and a month and a half …

by Molly Hurford As fall weather starts creeping up, some of us are rejoicing that it’s finally sweater season again. Or, in bike terms, it’s …

A set of lenses that can make you happy? Spy Optics has you covered with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) covered with their latest innovation, the …

by Rena Hartman and Molly Hurford Finding the right legwarmers can be a simple process for some people, but for others, finding a knee- or …

Today, 45North surprised customers when they released the newest addition to their footwear collection by posting a provocative video online. Aimed at providing protection in …

by Molly Hurford In anticipation of Issue 21 of Cyclocross Magazine with our huge women’s feature, we’re taking a look at some of the kit …

  by Molly Hurford If you watch Parks and Recreation at all, you may be familiar with this scene, and the three little words that …

by Molly Hurford Whoever assumes that all undershirts are created equal … has probably never ridden on a cold day. At CXM HQ, Craft sent …

Scarf … headband … balaclava … the Hoo-Rag is a multi-faceted piece of cycling gear. While it may seem silly, it’s a fairly brilliant concept, …

by Chandler Snyder It’s been a few weeks since wrapping up a rain, wind, snow and ice-soaked week in Louisville at Cyclocross Masters Worlds. The …

‘Tis the season for giving, and here at Cyclocross Magazine HQ, our heads are full of fun holiday gift ideas for any budget, for any …

by Molly Hurford When cyclocrossers think of the brand Mad Alchemy, they automatically think of embrocation. After all, embrocation to cyclocross is what … well, …

by Molly Hurford When LEG LUBE® sent us their shave gel to review, I was a little skeptical. For one thing, I’ve never heard of …

by Molly Hurford When I first got into cyclocross, I heard whispers of a great brand of cycling apparel. Sure, it was expensive, but it …

by Brian Hancock In the fourteen years I’ve been cycling, clothing options have come a long, long way. And in cold weather ’cross, I don’t …

by Brian Hancock In Michigan, the temperatures are dropping fast, so in an effort to figure out how to best stay warm during ’cross I’m …

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 holidays are a perfect time to celebrate the gift of cyclocross, and what better way to whoop it up than to share some ’cross …

Call it “The 12 days of Crossmas,” “The Festival of Cyclokkah” … or something similarly themed surrounding Kwanza, Saturnalia, Festivus (or your favorite winter holiday …

Is there such a thing as a perfect cyclocross shoe? We’re certainly always looking out for one. In our short little history, we’ve reviewed nearly …

by Josh Liberles The Cyclocross Magazine Labs had the chance to preview some of the latest product offerings from clothing company Castelli, and we found …

More than any other type of cyclist, cyclocrossers have an infatuation with embrocation. The ointments can help protect your skin from the elements, and give …

A crash in a mid-week crit suddenly made my review of UVEX’s Boss Race helmet a lot more thorough than I’d originally planned.

Even if the proliferation of UCI races here in the States may have had a trickle-down effect in reducing the number of high-speed dismounts at …