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• Product Review: Van Dessel’s Gin & Trombones

  18 November 10 • 1 comment

  Hopefully our first impressions of the Van Dessel Full Tilt Boogie got your juices flowing for these Belgium-inspired bikes, and you’ve been thirsting for more. Well, fear not, as CXM lacky Robbie Carver had the opportunity to take Van Dessel’s old stallion, the Gin and Trombones, out for more than a few tussles in the [...]

• New Product Spotlight: Stuffitts Shoe Savers

  17 November 10 • 5 comments

  

  by Kenton Berg If there is one thing that most all ’cross racers suffer from it is wet, stinky shoes. So unless you never race when the mud and rain show up, you’ve had the challenge of drying your Sidis, or whatever you own, overnight to get ready to race or ride in the next day. In the [...]

• New Product Spotlight and Review: VCRC Team Handlebar and Stem

  3 November 10 • 0 comment

  by Clifford Lee 2011 VCRC Team handlebar and stem MSRP $79 (bar) $59 (stem) Alloy handlebar and stems are usually not glamorous. Once set up, they simply perform as they should in most cases, and we tend to take them for granted. There is personal preference regarding reach of the stem and bar as well [...]

• New Product Spotlight and Review: Avid Shorty Ultimate Cantilever Brakes

  28 October 10 • 2 comments

  by Clifford Lee The Avid Shorty Ultimate cantilever brakes have been in development for several years, and we’ve been anxiously awaiting our chance for a review since we first learned they were coming. After prominent cyclocrossers, including US national champion Katie Compton and world champion Zdenek Stybar, relied on the Ultimate for speed-scrubbing duty last [...]

• Product Spotlight: Clif Shot Gels

  19 October 10 • 1 comment

  

  by Kit Redwine Interbike is famous for miles of bicycle eye-candy, but it’s also infamous for a lack of affordable and palatable dining options. When your day is packed with meetings, it’s not uncommon to graze all day on gel, bar and drink samples.  That’s how our crew stayed lean and mean throughout this year’s [...]

• New Product Spotlight and Review: Rolf Prima’s SSCX Singlespeed Cyclocross Wheelset

  18 October 10 • 1 comment

  by Andrew Yee You know singlespeed cyclocross racing has become popular when your local series has two categories and field limits, there’s a “world championship” event, and a company like Rolf Prima releases a cyclocross-specific singlespeed wheelset. All for good reason, as singlespeeds are simple, light and allow you to focus more on just pedaling [...]

• Race Tested: Stevens Team Cyclocross with Di2

  26 September 10 • 0 comment

  Cyclocross Magazine contributor Chris Bagg somehow finagled his way aboard a borrowed Shimano Di2 electric-shifting carbon dream bike at a recent Northwest race. So what happens when the pro triathlete trades his aero bars and bar-end shifters for paddles? Read on. by Christopher Bagg There’s a moment in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off during which Cameron, [...]

• New Product Review: Cyclesoles Custom Cycling Insoles

  15 September 10 • 0 comment

  by Andrew Yee Any experienced racer will tell you that a good bike fit is essential for optimal performance and injury prevention. And while it’s easy to tweak seat height, seat position, cleat position and handlebar position, it’s a little more complicated to make sure your feet and knees are in alignment for optimal pedaling [...]

• First Impressions: Van Dessel Full Tilt Boogie

  10 September 10 • 0 comment

  Every once in a while a new bike comes along that really stands out from the crowd. With cyclocross growing in popularity, it seems new cyclocross bikes are introduced every quarter, making it hard to stand out. Cyclocross Magazine has one of the first production all-carbon Full Tilt Boogie’s from Van Dessel, and it’s one [...]

• Book Review: The Spirit of Blue-Collared Racing Captured in Joe Parkin’s “Come and Gone”

  8 September 10 • 0 comment

  

  The release of Joe Parkin’s latest book, Come and Gone, may have gone and went – it released in April of this year – but what better way to stoke your personal fires for this exciting upcoming season than with tales of stubborn resilience and true love of the bicycle and competition? by Josh Liberles [...]

• Product Reviews: An International Cowbell Shootout

  5 August 10 • 0 comment

  Here’s an article from way back in Issue 3 of our print magazine. It’s been a while since we delved into the world of cowbells, but it’s high time that this popular article resurfaces. As you cobble together the various accoutrements to make this the best cyclocross season ever, don’t forget to add a healthy [...]

• Product Review: Dr. Will Offers a Great All-Natural Energy Bar to Cyclocrossers

  26 June 10 • 1 comment

  by Kenton Berg In a very crowded market like energy bars, it’s hard for the little guy to stand up and get noticed sometimes, but this is exactly what the folks at Dr. Will Bar have done. They’ve strayed from the mold, literally, and have figured out how to make a great-tasting, calorie-packed, small square-shaped [...]

• Retuled Part II – the 3-D Bike Fit Experience

  10 May 10 • 1 comment

  by Josh Liberles In the first part of this article, Josh introduced the high-tech Retül bike fitting process he experienced in Portland’s Cyclepath bike shop. Here, he takes a look at moving that data over to other bikes, including his ‘cross bike,  and weighs the pros and cons of getting a Retül bike fit. Multiple [...]

• It’s Time for a Bike Fit: Get Retuled!

  9 May 10 • 1 comment

  by Josh Liberles Spring has (just barely, and not very convincingly in many places) sprung, and for many of us it’s the perfect time to take a good hard look at our bike positions. Or, better yet, have a well-trained professional give your riding setups the eyeball. Think about it – we’re turning the cranks [...]

• Product Spotlight – Rudy Project Sterling

  24 April 10 • 0 comment

  by Jamie Mack Helmets tend to be a very personal choice, with fit sometimes determining the brand a rider prefers more than any other feature. Cyclocross Magazine has tested the latest from one of the major manufacturers of cycling helmets and eye wear in order to give our readers a preview of one of the [...]