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• NoTubes Adds Five New Cyclocross Disc Tubeless Wheelsets for 2013/2014 Season

  18 June 13 • 0 comment

  

  NoTubes revealed new cyclocross disc brake wheelsets and updates to pre-existing wheelsets today at PressCamp, and the wheels themselves will be available by mid-August. Disc brakes and tubeless tires may offend the traditionalists, but on most rides, the Cyclocross Magazine team is enjoying the benefits of both technologies. If you were considering converting to tubeless [...]

• Never Tired of Tires: More from Challenge, Vittoria and Vee Rubber

  7 May 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Clifford Lee At Sea Otter a couple weeks ago, we learned of a few developments in the tire department from several companies regarding cyclocross. Thanks to a new licensing agreement, the Challenge Eroica will be renamed the Strada Bianca, both names referring to the race and ride around Siena in the Tuscan region of [...]

• Asylum Cycles Turns to Crowd Supply to Create Its Meuse Carbon Disc Brake Cyclocross Bike – Updated

  30 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  PORTLAND, OREGON — Asylum Cycles has announced the crowd funding and product launch of the Meuse, a disc-brake, full-carbon cyclocross bike. With a Belgian river as its namesake, the Meuse pays homage to the early European origins of cyclocross. What’s particularly intriguing is that the Meuse is being launched on Crowd Supply, the first crowd funding site [...]

• TRP Releases Hylex Hydraulic Drop Bar Brake System for Singlespeed Cyclocross

  29 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  When we stopped at the TRP Brakes booth at the Outdoor Demo in Vegas before Interbike 2012, we inquired about the HyWire, the innovative hydraulic disc brake levers with TRP’s own electronic shifters built into the brake lever. The company had figured out how to make shifters compatible with Shimano’s Dura-Ace 7970 10-speed Di2 derailleurs, [...]

• First Look and Ride: Zipp 303 Firecrest Disc Brake Wheels – Sea Otter 2013

  26 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  Zipp’s 303 carbon rim wheels have been a mainstay in US cyclocross races and European spring classics since they were redesigned in 2010 to be wider than the average road rim. Although the company tweaked the 45mm deep rim’s profile again two years ago to go from the toroidal shape to the new Firecrest shape [...]

• Fizik Launches M1 and M5 Uomo MTB Shoes – Sea Otter 2013

  25 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  Fizik shoes, from the priciest to the most inexpensive, are handmade in Italy. They want you to know that, because to them, Italy stands for high quality and craftsmanship, and, as Adam Bookwalter, the North America Area Manager, tells me right away, “That’s really important to us.” Fizik, like companies including Sidi and Gaerne, has [...]

• Grammo’s Paru Disc Brake Carbon Cyclocross Bike Arrives in the States – Sea Otter 2013

  24 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  “The Paru is built with the inner determination to find the limit of grip and pain, but now with braking abilities to match.” While New Zealand-based Grammo revealed their disc brake-equipped carbon cyclocross frame at Sea Otter last year, it wasn’t until this year’s show that they were able to finally say that it was [...]

• First Look: Industry Nine i25 Road Wheels, Designed with Cyclocross in Mind – Sea Otter 2013

  23 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  What happens when a mountain bike wheel company makes road wheels? They come out with wheels that are more designed for cyclocross than they are for a crit. This week, North Carolina-based Industry Nine is releasing their latest iteration of their i25 aluminum road wheels, and at Sea Otter this weekend, Operations Manager Jacob McGahey [...]

• Spotted: Adam Craig’s Prototype Disc Brake-Equipped Giant TCX Advanced – Sea Otter 2013

  22 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Clifford Lee It’s always exciting when we spot things so new that even the reps can’t give us details on the equipment, so we were thrilled to see Adam Craig’s prototype Giant cyclocross bike, a bike so new that Craig himself hasn’t been on it. We reviewed the Giant TCX Advanced in Issue 17 [...]

• A Quick Look at Continental’s CycloX King Clincher Tire: Sea Otter 2013

  22 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford When Spencer Paxson rolled over to Continental with his Kona road bike yesterday, he wasn’t looking for slicks, he was looking for a tire that would turn his road bike into a cyclocross racing machine, and he found that in the new Continental CycloX King that we broke the news about one [...]

• Spencer Paxson’s Kona Road-Bike-Turned-Cyclocross-Rig

  20 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  When I ran into Spencer Paxson pre-cyclocross race at Sea Otter today, he was searching for new tires. Not for his normal cyclocross bike–that was at home in Bend, Oregon–but for his new Kona road bike, the carbon fiber Red Zone. With wide clearance for big tires, he was curious to see if he could [...]

• Lake Cycling to Release Cyclocross-Specific MX331 Shoe

  20 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  Lake Cycling, bought in early 2012 by a Dutch company, has reinvested in their brand and cycling shoes, and may become the first company to recognize the growth of cyclocross by launching a cyclocross-specific model. While companies like Pearl Izumi have announced designs like the Project X that may work well in cyclocross (due to toe flex for [...]

• First Look: Felt’s 2014 F2X, F5X and F65X Cyclocross Bikes – Sea Otter 2013

  18 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  Felt brought three cyclocross bikes to the show, in addition to the newest kiddie ’cross bike: the F2X, the F5X and the F65X. The overarching trend? Disc brakes and carefully selected components. All three use 140mm Ashima rotors, rotors made to be as light as possible, with cutouts that are said to allow for better [...]

• First Look: 2014 Felt F24X Kid’s Cyclocross Bike – Sea Otter 2013

  18 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  When I wandered into the Felt booth at Sea Otter, at first I thought I was looking at a new BMX bike that happened to have drop bars and was just leaning next to the latest cyclocross offerings. But I quickly realized that I was looking at the latest addition to the Felt family: the [...]

• First Look: 2014 Redline Conquest Pro Cyclocross Bike, MSD Interchangeable Dropouts – Sea Otter Day 1

  18 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  Redline made a few subtle changes to its widely successful carbon Conquest Pro and Team frames for 2014, and the biggest news is that the company will be offering the option for either 130mm or 135mm rear spacing through a neat interchangeable dropout that the company is calling MSD (Multi Space Design). When the company [...]