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• 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 Look at the Barry Roubaix Open Women Winner’s Foundry Auger

  2 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  The night before the Barry Roubaix 62-mile gravel race, Mackenzie Woodring seemed to be relaxed, but it was clear that agitation was constantly threatening to surface. The first race of the season is always tough, a 62-mile race with tubular tires was a gamble, and Woodring wanted the win. The next morning though, she was [...]

• First Look: The New 2014 Ridley X-Night Disc Cyclocross Bike

  22 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  The new 2014 Ridley X-Night Disc cyclocross model made its debut today at FrostBike, and we’ve got a few images of the new bike. The X-Night Disc is, as its name implies, a disc brake model of the same frame Belgian cyclocross stars Klaas Vantornout and Kevin Pauwels rode in Louisville, with Vantornout finishing just [...]

• Pro Bike Profile: 2013 Sven Nys’ World Championship-Winning Colnago Cross Prestige

  3 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Just as mechanics were packing the team’s bikes in the Belgian team hotel, Cyclocross Magazine’s Clifford Lee was able to spend a few minutes with Sven Nys’ 2013 Cyclocross World Championship-winning Colnago Cross Prestige cyclocross bike and snapped a few quick photos of the machine. Nys, a career-long Colnago-sponsored rider rode a black Colnago Cross Prestige [...]

• Ryan Trebon’s Solid Disc Brake Rotors – Spy Photos

  1 February 13 • 2 comments

  

  Disc brake rotors typically include many cut-outs for weight savings, but those holes often serve as the perfect place for pad-eating sand and dirt to camp out and wear down brake pads. Over the course of the season, we’ve seen this proven several times: Cyclocross Magazine’s Andrew Yee attended a mid-season wet cyclocross race, and along [...]

• Pro Bike Profile: World Champion Niels Albert’s 2013 Colnago Cross Prestige

  28 January 13 • 2 comments

  

  Last year, after Niels Albert’s dominant win in the Koksijde sand dunes at the 2012 Cyclocross World Championships, we profiled Albert’s winning Colnago Cross Prestige carbon cyclocross bike. Nearly one year later, we got a close in-person look at his new rainbow-striped Colnago Cross Prestige at the 2013 Cincinnati Kings International Cyclocross Race last weekend before [...]

• Pro Bike Profile: Jonathan Page’s Mysterious 2013 National Championship Cyclocross Bike

  22 January 13 • 8 comments

  

  With today’s look at 2013 National Champion Jonathan Page’s (ENGVT) mystery carbon cyclocross bike, we continue our effort to bring you the winning cross bikes from the 2013 Cyclocross National Championships, with a few interesting 2012 bikes thrown into the mix. Stay tuned as we have a bunch more to come. Page’s unbranded mystery carbon [...]

• Pro Bike Profile: Katie Compton’s National Championship-Winning Trek

  14 January 13 • 3 comments

  

  by Jordan Villella Katie Compton has the won the Elite Women’s title at the US Cyclocross National Championships title every year it’s been held since 2004, missing just one year, 2011, like everyone else because of the move of the USA Cycling National Championships from December to January. Compton has sixteen World Cup wins under [...]

• Bike Profile: Kari Studley’s National Championship Redline Conquest Pro SS Singlespeed Cyclocross Bike

  11 January 13 • 2 comments

  

  by Jordan Villella Kari Studley (Redline) is best known as a singlespeed cyclocross champion, having won the 2009 Single Speed Cyclocross World Championship (SSCXWC) as well as the 2012 Singlespeed National Championship. On Wednesday, Studley successfully defended her singlespeed title, racing her aluminum Redline singlespeed cyclocross bike that she has worked together with Redline in testing and [...]

• Bike Profile – Masters World and National Champion Kathy Sarvary’s Spin Arts Custom Steel

  10 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  Update: Kathy Sarvary won the 2013 National Championship on almost the exact same setup. Stay tuned as we bring you pictures of her bike from this year’s winning ride in the Masters Women 55-59 age group.  As we gear up to bring you all the bikes, gear, crazy component pairings and DIY builds at the 2013 National [...]

• Singlespeed Nationals Primer: Aaron Bradford’s 2012 Title-Winning Rock Lobster Singlespeed

  8 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  This week, we’ll be bringing you all the state-of-the-art, DIY, and WTF bikes we can find at the 2013 National Cyclocross Championships. To kick this tech-happy week off, we’re giving a small ‘looking-back’ series to whet your appetite for the rigs that are being packed for Madison as we speak. Today we bring you Aaron Bradford’s Singlespeed [...]

• Pro Bike Profile: Nicole Duke’s Custom Alchemy Carbon Balius Cyclocross Bike

  21 December 12 • 0 comment

  

  Nicole Duke is back in full-force, premiering her new custom carbon cyclocross bike from Alchemy Bicycle Company at CXLA a couple weeks ago, racing again at the USGP races in Bend, and then taking the Colorado State Championships by storm. It seems like the team switch she made mid-season was the best thing for the [...]

• Pro Bike Profile: Ritte’s Single-Speed Cyclocrosser Ben Jacques-Maynes

  18 December 12 • 0 comment

  

  When we saw the Ritte single-speed bikes with the Gates belt drive at Interbike, we at Cyclocross Magazine knew we needed to profile a bike that had the Gates carbon drive as a standard feature. And watching their racers, including Ben Jacques-Maynes this season has made us even more curious about the bikes. Jacques-Maynes has [...]

• Pro Bike Profile: Justin Lindine’s Redline Carbon Conquest

  4 December 12 • 5 comments

  

  Justin “The Honey Badger” Lindine has been a staple of New England cyclocross for the past few years, stacking up wins like Providence last year, and a first place overall in the Verge Series in New England this season, as well as a seventh place at USGP Derby City Cup after a lengthy road trip. [...]

• Ibis Launches Hakkalugi Disc Cyclocross Bike – World Champion Don Myrah Bike Profile – Updated: More Photos

  13 October 12 • 4 comments

  

  2013 Ibis Hakkalugi Disc Cyclocross Bike Launched by Jordan Villella and Andrew Yee The Ibis Hakkalugi was first released in 1997 and has gone through some major changes over the years. After enjoying many years as a TIG welded steel steed, the Hakkalugi resurfaced in 2009 as a phlegm-colored carbon fiber do-it-all bike that we [...]