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• Raleigh Climbing High Above Rainier

  9 August 09 • 3 comments

  With Raleigh’s stunning 2009 Rainier singlespeed project a surprise hit and quickly sold out, the company has been hard pressed to come up with a successor. The  Rainier Brewery-styled logos combined with the understated white frame and fork (reviewed in Issue 6) was eye-catching, and the small production run and custom finish of the singlespeed [...]

• Custom Cyclocross Clothing Guide: Capo Forma

  7 August 09 • 0 comment

  It’s not too late to help your road, mountain, or cyclocross-specific team find the right products and vendors for kits for the ‘cross season, and so we’ve taken a look at some of the top custom clothing companies and their cyclocross-relevant product offerings. Today we’re taking a look at Capo Forma. Previously, we reviewed Nalini [...]

• New Product Spotlight: Schwalbe Rocket Ron Cyclocross Tire

  31 July 09 • 0 comment

  We’ve just learned that Schwalbe will be releasing the popular Rocket Ron mountain bike tire in a cyclocross version for 2010. With the popular Racing Ralph cyclocross clincher now featuring a tread more suited for hard pack, the new Rocket Ron may be

• New Product Spotlight and Review: GoPro Hero Wide Helmet Cam

  18 July 09 • 2 comments

  

  Most of you would agree that cyclocross is one of the most exciting spectator sports, either live in person, or, later on TV or online. Lately, a popular form of amateur race coverage has been via a helmet or bike-mounted video camera.  With digital video cameras getting smaller and cheaper, recording your own race to [...]

• Custom Cyclocross Clothing Guide: Castelli

  11 July 09 • 0 comment

  Summer is here and it seems like a strange time to think about cold-weather cycling gear. But ‘cross will be here before we know it, and if your team is considering new kits or warmer garments for the cyclocross season, now is the time to get organized, find the right vendor, and get your orders [...]

• New Product Spotlight: Bianchi’s Vintage Celeste Wool Jersey

  23 June 09 • 0 comment

  

  Bianchi is releasing a retro wool jersey in its trademark celeste color in limited quantities just in time for cyclocross season. Made by Santini, the short sleeve jersey is Bianchi’s first wool jersey in celeste, and will be available on a pre-order basis only and should arrive before the first September cyclocross races.

• New Product Spotlight: Redline’s 2010 Lineup

  20 June 09 • 0 comment

  

  Tim Rutledge and the cyclocross diehards at Redline unveiled some of their 2010 ‘cross bikes at Sea Otter, and we documented the company’s new 20″ wheel kid’s Conquest but didn’t get to see the full 2010 line. They’re now out, and the Conquest line expands to seven bikes, from the 20″ and 24″ wheel youth-oriented [...]

• New Product Spy Photo: Jonathan Page’s Blue Norcross Carbon Cyclocross Frame

  19 June 09 • 2 comments

  

  Cyclocross Magazine got an early peak at Jonathan Page’s new ride for the 2009/2010 cyclocross season: Blue’s brand new new full carbon cyclocross frame. The frame appears to share Blue’s low-slung, racy geometry found on the CXC frame that Page, Laura Van Gilder and Brian Matter rode at Worlds (see our review in Issue 6), [...]

• New Product Spotlight: Extreme Endurance Dietary Supplements

  8 June 09 • 0 comment

  

  by Jacob Sisson Nutrition is key for anyone trying to perform at their peak. For many people, the rigors of racing every weekend, training during the week and trying to hold down a steady job can put a strain on complete nutrition. Enter Extreme Endurance dietary supplements. Extreme Endurance produces Extreme Vital 40 and Extreme [...]

• New Product Spotlight: EU Cycle Imports SCX Cyclocross Wheelset

  30 May 09 • 1 comment

  EU Cycle Imports has just launched their own line of wheels, and their first offering, lucky for us, is a cyclocross wheel. For cyclocrossers, whether you ride tubulars or clinchers, wider rims are often better, and the folks at EU Cycle Imports adhere to this philosophy, basing their SCX ‘cross wheel on a 23 mm [...]

• New Product Spotlight: Beer. Cupcake. Mustache. Cyclocross Book

  2 May 09 • 0 comment

  

  No, we’re not reviewing beer, cupcakes, or mustaches (although we’d be happy to receive and review the first two). But we are taking a quick look at a new cyclocross book. Natalia McKittrick of Pedal Power Photography has just published a book on cyclocross titled Beer. Cupcake. Mustache. Beer. Cupcake. Mustache. is not a how-to [...]

• New Product Spotlight: Kore Palmster Road Handlebar Grips

  24 April 09 • 0 comment

  Okay, maybe the Kore Palmster road handlebar grip is not totally new – the innovative road bar grip has actually been out for over a year now.  But even Kore admits they’re little-known, and we finally got our hands on a pair to try on a ‘cross bike. Kore created the grips for people who [...]

• One Last New CX Products Gallery from Sea Otter

  20 April 09 • 1 comment

  We’ve got one last report and gallery on cyclocross gear from Sea Otter’s Expo.  Highlights include a lighter Ksyrium Elite wheelset for 2010 and a closer look at new 2009 cyclocross bikes from

• New CX Product News and Cancellations from Sea Otter

  19 April 09 • 0 comment

  

  Beyond the ‘cross products on display at the Sea Otter Classic Expo, there are plenty of cyclocross product news and rumors that we dug up. Fuji bikes says they have a third cyclocross bike in the works

• 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