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• Mechanical Monday: Re-gluing Tubulars

  26 March 12 • 3 comments

  

  Mechanical Monday is back, and we’re testing out a new feature: Reader Questions. If you have a mechanical question, feel free to ask it in the comments, on Twitter, on Facebook, or in our Cowbell Forum. Today, our topic is how to get tape off of tubulars, and if it’s possible to remove tires and [...]

• Product Review: Mad Alchemy LaFemme Chamois Crème

  24 March 12 • 2 comments

  

  by Molly Hurford When cyclocrossers think of the brand Mad Alchemy, they automatically think of embrocation. After all, embrocation to cyclocross is what … well, apple pie is to America. And while the brand may be best known for their product that should never, ever, go near a racer’s “nether-regions,” they do, in fact, offer [...]

• NAHBS 2012: SyCip Bikes’ Cross Dresser Cyclocross Bike, Jeremy SyCip Interview

  20 March 12 • 0 comment

  

  Clifford Lee of Cyclocross Magazine caught up with Jeremy SyCip of SyCip Bikes at NAHBS 2012 in Sacramento for a quick interview. Jeremy has building bikes since 1992 after apprenticing with Paul Sadoff of Rock Lobster, and certainly has picked up the art of welding quickly, building his own brand into a well-recognized NorCal name. Sadoff certainly [...]

• NAHBS 2012: DeSalvo Custom Cycles Shows Off Titanium, Talks Cyclocross

  19 March 12 • 0 comment

  

  NAHBS 2012 may have come and gone, but we’ve got a ton of profiles of handmade cyclocross bikes and builders from NAHBS still to come. View our recent NAHBS 2012 cyclocross coverage. by Clifford Lee Mike DeSalvo is considered by his peers, including Rock Lobster’s Paul Sadoff, to be one of the best welders in [...]

• Product Review: LEG LUBE® Shaving Gel

  17 March 12 • 8 comments

  

  by Molly Hurford When LEG LUBE® sent us their shave gel to review, I was a little skeptical. For one thing, I’ve never heard of a shave gel designed for athletes. Most of the men I know almost seem to get a kick out of rocking the women’s razors and shaving cream when attempting to [...]

• NAHBS 2012: Appleman Bicycles’ Carbon Cyclocross Bike

  16 March 12 • 0 comment

  

  NAHBS 2012 may have come and gone, but we’ve got a ton of profiles of handmade cyclocross bikes and builders from NAHBS still to come. Check back often for more eye candy and new cyclocross products, and view our recent NAHBS 2012 cyclocross coverage. by Clifford Lee Matt Appleman from Minneapolis has been building bikes for [...]

• NAHBS 2012: Tim O’Donnell Shamrock Cycles’ Steel Cyclocross Bikes

  14 March 12 • 2 comments

  

  NAHBS 2012 may have been more than a week ago, but we’ve got a ton of profiles of handmade cyclocross bikes and builders from NAHBS still to come. Check back often for more eye candy and new cyclocross products, and view our recent NAHBS 2012 cyclocross coverage. by Kevin White Before bike frames were made of [...]

• NAHBS 2012: A Different Approach to NAHBS – Interview with Paul Sadoff of Rock Lobster Cycles

  13 March 12 • 0 comment

  

  NAHBS 2012 may have been a week ago, but we’ve got a ton of profiles of handmade cyclocross bikes and builders from NAHBS still to come. Check back often for more eye candy and new cyclocross products, and view our recent NAHBS 2012 cyclocross coverage. by Andrew Yee It would be understandable if you walked by [...]

• NAHBS 2012: Ira Ryan Cycles of Portland, Oregon

  12 March 12 • 0 comment

  

  NAHBS 2012 may have been a week ago, but we’ve got a ton of profiles of handmade cyclocross bikes and builders from NAHBS still to come. Check back often for more eye candy and new cyclocross products, and view our recent NAHBS 2012 cyclocross coverage. by Kevin White It’s no secret that Portland, Oregon, has a [...]

• NAHBS 2012: Baum Cycles of Australia and the Turanti Titanium Cyclocross Bike

  11 March 12 • 0 comment

  

  NAHBS 2012 may have been a week ago, but we’ve got a ton of profiles of handmade cyclocross bikes and builders from NAHBS still to come. Check back often for more eye candy and new cyclocross products, and view our recent NAHBS 2012 cyclocross coverage. by Kevin White This year’s eighth running of North American Handmade [...]

• NAHBS 2012: Independent Fabrication’s Titanium Factory Lightweight Cyclocross Bike and Gary Smith Interview

  9 March 12 • 0 comment

  

  Walking the showroom aisle at NAHBS 2012 in Sacramento, you might notice that titanium seems to be making a comeback, and that the lightweight, fatigue-resistant, rust-proof material may be ideally suited to the adverse conditions of cyclocross. Companies including Independent Fabrication, Moots (see their winning Pscyhlo-X RSL here), Ericksen and Mosaic all had titanium cyclocross [...]

• A Look at the Felt 65X Disc-Equipped Cyclocross Bike: Video

  8 March 12 • 1 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford While wandering the aisles at the Southeast Bike Expo, my eye was immediately drawn to the Felt tent, because unlike most of the vendors who were pushing their mountain bikes heavily (understandably, given the season), the guys at Felt had their new 65X Cyclocross bike prominently on display. With a retail price [...]

• NAHBS 2012: Moots Cycles’ Winning Titanium PsychloX RSL Cyclocross Bike

  6 March 12 • 1 comment

  

  Cyclocross Magazine readers are probably quite familiar with Moots’ top-of-the-line titanium PsychloX RSL cyclocross bike. We covered the Moots PsychloX RSL at Interbike 2010 and 2011, and had an in-depth review in our Issue 15 (available as a print back copy, digitally, or on the Apple Newsstand). NAHBS judges in Sacramento finally got an opportunity to appreciate [...]

• NAHBS 2012: Bruce Gordon Re-Releases Rock ‘n Road Tire, Shows off Mixed Terrain Bikes

  6 March 12 • 1 comment

  

  We’ve got a ton of NAHBS 2012 content still to come. Check back often for more eye candy and new cyclocross products, and view our published NAHBS 2012 coverage. Bruce Gordon Cycles has a long history building bikes and tires that are capable for mixed terrain riding and touring, and some consider him one of [...]

• NAHBS 2012: Paul Components Unveils New MiniMoto Mini V-Brake for Cyclocross

  5 March 12 • 1 comment

  

  by Clifford Lee Paul’s Components introduced a new mini-linear pull brake, the MiniMoto, at NAHBS 2012 in Sacramento.  A beautiful alternative to cantilevers for cyclocross and competing directly with the TRP CX 8.4 mini V-brake, the new MiniMoto brake has asymmetrically curved arms that are about 84 mm from the pivot to the cable anchor [...]