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• Gut Wrenching Mechanical Mondays: The Power Wash, Quick & Dirty

  18 January 10 • 0 comment

  Sometimes it takes faithful pit help to keep a racer in contention. This week’s Gut-Wrenching Mechanical Mondays feature describes how to do a down and dirty wash with a pressure hose to get a muddy bike back and ready for action quickly. This is the eighth installment in our series of from-the-crew-pits tips. Some will [...]

• Gut-Wrenching Mechanical Mondays: Sealing Tubular Sidewalls with Liquid Urethane

  30 November 09 • 1 comment

  

  This is the second installment in a weekly series of from-the-crew-pits tips. Some will be straight-forward, others more involved, but they’ll all help you to keep your cyclocross bike humming smoothly along. Dave Drumm is the Webcor chief mechanic during the road season and wrenches on a freelance basis during cyclocross season for the likes [...]

• Dress for Success: Stay Warm in Nasty Weather

  19 November 09 • 6 comments

  

  by Chris Mayhew Racing cyclocross presents many interesting challenges. One of the hardest to deal with is the weather, especially the cold and rainy variety. Many racers new to the sport struggle to properly prepare for nasty, bone-chilling conditions. I am here to tell you that having a positive experience in even the harshest conditions [...]

• Cyclocross Race Prep: Packing!

  12 November 09 • 1 comment

  

  by Josh Liberles Cyclocross races are short, ranging from 30 minutes to an hour depending on category, yet they require the most equipment prep of any bike racing discipline. Part of that relates to the time of year and the variability of the weather. Racers need to be ready to deal with wind, rain, snow, [...]

• BikeSnob NYC Gets Sticky: Think Before You Glue

  31 August 09 • 2 comments

  So you’ve now read different ways on how to secure your cyclocross tubular tires, but should you do it? Your favorite bike snob weighs in on this sticky issue. by BikeSnobNYC Cyclocross, despite its inherent absurdity and discomfort, can hook you easier than your handlebars can hook the course tape. And once you’re hooked, you [...]

• Taping and Gluing Tubulars the Belgian Way

  29 August 09 • 5 comments

  So you’ve picked up your tubular wheels and tires and are eying that first race. Perhaps  our how-to for multi-step process of gluing cyclocross tires is overwhelming? You can kick back with a Belgian brew and enjoy the drawn-out process, or you can simplify the steps and speed things up a bit by going with [...]

• Countdown to Nationals: Packing to Win

  9 December 08 • Comments Off

  This is part of an ongoing series of national championships-related articles to get you ready for KC as a racer or spectator. You can view the rest of the series articles here. Gear to Keep You in the Clear by David Hutton With just a few days until the kickoff of the National Cyclocross Championships, [...]