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• FSA and BH Release New BB386EVO Bottom Bracket Size, FSA Announces New K-Force Cantilever Brake – Updated

  19 April 11 • 2 comments

  BH bicycles in conjunction with FSA officially introduced another bottom bracket standard labeled BB386 EVO today at the Sea Otter Classic, while FSA officially announced its new K-Force cantilever brake that offers the ability to change configuration from low profile to wide profile, like the Avid Shorty Ultimate. The BB386EVO is a press fit 86.5mm [...]

• Sea Otter 2011: Easton and WTB’s Mountain Bike Wheels Give Glimpse of Upcoming Cyclocross Technologies

  19 April 11 • 2 comments

  

  Sea Otter 2011 tech coverage continues with all new product relevant to cyclocrossers. In this installment, we take a look a mountain bike wheels from Easton and WTB that are ready for the disc brake cyclocross bike and give us a preview of upcoming tubeless-compatible cyclocross wheels. by Clifford Lee Easton has revealed their new [...]

• Sea Otter 2011: Ritchey Brings Back the Swiss Cross and Mount Cross Frames

  18 April 11 • 2 comments

  

  After a decade in retirement, the Ritchey Swiss Cross and Mount Cross, the company’s original off-road 700c bikes, are back. We previewed the stunning red Swiss Cross show bike at NAHBS 2011 in Austin, but got a closer look at it during our annual look at all the new cyclocross gear at the Sea Otter [...]

• Sea Otter 2011: Airborne Unveils Disc Brake-Equipped Cyclocross Bike for the Masses

  17 April 11 • 0 comment

  After re-launching the brand last year at Sea Otter, Airborne Bicycles was back this year and had a new cyclocross ride to show off at Sea Otter. The Delta cyclocross bike follows the company’s relatively lengthy history of making cyclocross bikes, including the titanium and aluminum versions of the Carpe Diem frame from as long [...]

• Sea Otter 2011: New Cyclocross Products and News from Vittoria, Kore, Xpedo, Enduro and More…

  16 April 11 • 0 comment

  Coverage of all the new cyclocross gear from the Sea Otter Festival continues as we take a look at new tires, pedals, a handlebar and more. While the cyclocross season is still a few months off, there are already some things to put on this year’s wish list. See all our Sea Otter 2011 coverage [...]

• Shimano Adds Shadow Plus Derailleur to XTR, Adds New Pedals and Double Cranksets to Deore XT

  15 April 11 • 0 comment

  

  Shimano unveiled a few new technologies to its top two groups in its mountain bike lineup that may be of interest to some cyclocross racers and perhaps of particular interest to the monster cross crowd.  As expected, the Deore XT component group, celebrating its 30th Anniversary, now inherits technologies releases last year in the XTR [...]

• SRAM Apex Components Get White for 2012

  15 April 11 • 3 comments

  

  “White is not a mere absence of color; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black.” -Gilbert K. Chesterton. While we’re not sure who Chesterton is, he might as well be speaking about the new road component options over at SRAM. Following the company’s announcement of their new [...]

• Sea Otter 2011: The Best of Day 1 – Redline, Felt, Norco Unveil Multiple Carbon Cyclocross Models

  14 April 11 • 0 comment

  photos by Tim Westmore The cycling world has once again descended on the town of Monterey, California for the traditional season opener, at least for those road and MTB racers. But never fear dedicated cyclocross fans, as the crew from Cyclocross Magazine is on the ground to bring you previews of the new product that [...]

• New Product Spotlight: TRP’s Parabox Hydraulic Disc Brake System for Cyclocross – Updated

  13 April 11 • 10 comments

  by Andrew Yee The Sea Otter Classic Expo is just a day away, and there’s quite a number of new cyclocross products expected to be unveiled at the Monterey, California event.  Several of these new products are disc-brake related, whether it is the highly-anticipated new carbon Redline Conquest (assumed to be disc-ready), or the disc-equipped [...]

• Sneak Peak: Cole’s New Cyclocross Alloy Tubular Wheelset

  7 April 11 • 4 comments

  

  Cole Wheels and Richard Sachs Get Fat for Cyclocross Cyclocross Magazine got an exclusive first look at the upcoming Cole alloy tubular wheelset specifically made for cyclocross. The wheels were designed with significant input from Richard Sachs (Cole is a wheel sponsor for the Richard Sachs cyclocross team), and the end result is that Cole [...]

• Sneak Peak at Redline’s New Carbon Conquest Cyclocross Frame

  6 April 11 • 3 comments

  

  Redline is one of the few bike companies that uses the April Sea Otter Classic Expo to unveil its new cyclocross product line. The April date is ideally suited to showcasing the company’s new Conquest models, as the company aims to have models widely available well before the cyclocross season, while much of the industry [...]

• New Product Spotlight: WickWërks Cyclocross Chainrings

  29 March 11 • 0 comment

  WickWërks is a Utah-based company founded by Chris Wickliffe with the intention of improving the front shifting on road, mountain and cyclocross bicycles. The front derailleur has not changed much over the last 40 years, and WickWërks’ Chris Brand told Cyclocross Magazine that Wickliffe has been spent many years developing and refining a new “Paradigm [...]

• New Product Spotlight: Panaracer Cedric Gracia Cyclocross Tire (CGCX)

  23 March 11 • 6 comments

  by Paul Guerra Cyclocross Magazine got its first look at the new Cedric Gracia cyclocross tire at QBP’s FrostBike 2011 Expo, but now we’ve got a pair in hand for testing. Here’s our first detailed look at the new cyclocross clincher from Panaracer. The newest member of the Panaracer cyclocross tire lineup is the Cedric [...]

• “A Ruota Libera” Show Combines Artisan Pizza and Bicycle Frames

  21 March 11 • 3 comments

  

  by Paul Guerra On March 20th, Petaluma frame builder Soulcraft and Una Pizza Napoletana hosted ‘A Ruota Libera’ in San Francisco. A Ruota Libera, Italian for “Freewheeling,” was an intimate gathering of frame builders and Bay Area custom bicycle aficionados in Napoletana’s space and spilling out into the street. Anthony Mangieri, owner of Una Pizza [...]

• Campagnolo Expands Cyclocross Lineup with Cantilevers and Bora Carbon Tubular

  20 March 11 • 0 comment

  

  Italian component manufacturer Campagnolo used the Taipei Cycling Show in Taiwan to unveil the latest additions to its array of cyclocross-specific components. The company started off by launching its CX Power-Torque compact cranksets and line of cyclocross-branded clincher wheels last September during Interbike. The main difference between these new components and their road-friendly brethren is [...]