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• Pro Bike Profile: Katerina Nash’s Orbea Terra TDR Carbon Cyclocross Bike

  20 September 11 • 2 comments

  

  Katerina Nash, in our feature on her Issue 13 said, “The bottom line is that cyclocross is all I want to race.”  It’s clear the Luna rider meant it, and has been anxiously waiting for this season to begin. She’s transitioned from her mountain bike schedule into this year’s cyclocross season fully motivated and fit, [...]

• Mechanical Monday: Protecting Your Tubulars

  19 September 11 • 4 comments

  

  It’s nearly mid-September and by now a good portion of y’all reading this will have raced already or will be prepping to race this next weekend. If you’ve been to your first race you undoubtably heard the moans of some poor soul who flatted his or her newly glued tubular and can’t believe they have to go through those dreaded steps again. You know, clean, stretch, glue, et cetera! If you’re lucky enough that this poor sap isn’t you, then a little bit more prep work can stave off this scenario.

• Interbike 2011 Cross Bike Bling: Moots Titanium PsychloX RSL

  19 September 11 • 0 comment

  

  Moots’ employees take cyclocross seriously. One just has to look at the CrossVegas Wheelers and Dealers results from the last few years to see that the employees of the Steamboat Springs-based framebuilder don’t just dabble in cyclocross, but specialize in the discipline with much success, with three racers finishing in the top 10 in the [...]

• Interbike 2011: New and Updated Cyclocross Tires, Part 1

  17 September 11 • 0 comment

  

  Cyclocross tires are arguably the only cyclocross-specific components found on a ’cross bike. Cantilever brakes, drivetrain components, and cockpits are all used by other types of bikes and other types of riding. With this in mind, we pay particular attention to cyclocross tires at Interbike, and have Part 1 of our coverage of cyclocross tires from [...]

• Interbike 2011: Katheryn Curi Mattis & Ritte’s Cyclocross Bikes

  16 September 11 • 0 comment

  by Josh Liberles Katheryn Curi Mattis apparently has a hard time staying “retired” from competitive bike racing. Curi Mattis—who won the 2005 US road race national title and the 2008 Geelong World Cup road race, and is one of the top American roadies of the past decade—has lightened her racing load this year and transitioned [...]

• Interbike 2011: 3T Shows Off Ergoterra Bars, Luteus Fork

  16 September 11 • 0 comment

  

  At Interbike today, 3T was more than happy to show Cyclocross Magazine their new cyclocross-specific goodies for the 2012 season. Specifically, we looked at the new Ergoterra carbon handlebars and the carbon Luteus disc brake cyclocross fork.

• Pro Bike Profiles and Last-Minute Bike Builds: Bikes from Powers, Wells, Mani and Emmett

  15 September 11 • 1 comment

  Every year, there’s a mad scramble to get the cyclocross pros their new bikes for the season, but often that rush is split between happening before the first big races of the season (often UCI Nittany Lion Cross in Pennsylvania or StarCrossed in Seattle) and for some, just before CrossVegas.

• View All Cyclocross Coverage from Interbike 2011 and CrossVegas

  13 September 11 • 0 comment

  For the fifth year in a row, Cyclocross Magazine is here at Interbike bringing you all the latest cyclocross product and racing news. Stay tuned to our Interbike 2011 Center for all the latest cyclocross product news and complete live CrossVegas Coverage.  Tweet it, Facebook it, and share with your friends to show them the [...]

• Interbike 2011: Vee Rubber Shows Off Eight New Cyclocross Tires

  13 September 11 • 0 comment

  

  Vee Rubber might just be the oldest bicycle tires company you’ve never heard of, having made bicycle and motorcycle tires in Thailand since 1977. For cyclocrossers, that’s about to change, as the tire company showed off no fewer than eight tread patterns that it plans to release in 700x35c and 700x40c (for select models) sizes [...]

• Interbike 2011: Cateye Inou GPS-Enabled Camera

  13 September 11 • 0 comment

  

  by Josh Liberles Cateye is introducing its new Inou GPS-enabled camera this year, which allows users to shoot POV footage while they ride. The lightweight, 150g unit quickly straps to helmets or handlebars, and can be set to full video capture mode (at either 15 or 30 frames per second) or can take still photographs [...]

• Meet the Builder, Racer & Pro Bike Profile: Ben Berden’s Stoemper Ronny

  12 September 11 • 2 comments

  

  by Josh Liberles Stoemper, a new Springfield, Oregon-based cyclocross frame maker, has an interesting philosophy for launching a new brand: Hire a really fast, heavily tattooed Belgian, put a Belgian-inspired bike with a Flemish name underneath him, and bring him over to the States to turn some heads. David Alvarez, the business side of Stoemper, [...]

• Pro Bike Profile – Gabby Day’s Raleigh RXC Pro Carbon

  9 September 11 • 0 comment

  

  With Gabby Day stateside for the start of her normally European-based season, it seemed like a perfect chance to get an up-close and personal look at her new Raleigh RXC Pro Carbon bikes with Ritchey and SRAM Red componentry. Since we’re the same size, it’s been a huge temptation for me, seeing the new carbon Raleigh frames with their stealth matte black appeal. Day is stylish on her own, and the new bikes perfectly compliment to her new team, The Chainstay and RENNER Clothing Team. Day is racing on the East Coast for the next month, from Baltimore to Vermont, and spent some time this week talking with me about her race plans, thoughts on the US, and thoughts on being a woman in racing.

• Mechanical Mondays: Pre-Season Equipment Improvements; A Case Study

  5 September 11 • 3 comments

  

  The season starts in less than a week — is your bike ready? Mechanical Mondays writer and mechanic Jeremy Chinn walks us through improving the shifting on one specific bike, but you can also look at his advice in a much broader spectrum of bike maintenance, upkeep and constant improvement.

• Cyclocross at Eurobike, Part Two: More Disc Brake Bikes, New Tires, Tools and Gear

  3 September 11 • 0 comment

  

  Here at Eurobike, among the fancy carbon mountain bikes, quirky commuter rigs, sexy road bikes, latest cycling fashions and the most diverse group of bike-nerds in the world, is the newest collection of cyclocross rigs and components. Just about every bicycle manufacturer, large an small, has some sort of cyclocross offering here at the 2011 Eurobike bicycle trade show in Friedrichshafen, Germany.

• Eurobike Trade Show Highlights New Cyclocross Gear

  1 September 11 • 0 comment

  

  A simple stroll through the Eurobike trade show in Friedrichshafen, Germany is impossible. It’s the largest bicycle trade show in the world, and such a distinction means it’s a sensory overload of all things bicycle. Two-wheeled (and three- and four- and one-wheeled) eye candy of all shapes, sizes colors and versions assault the visitor’s senses on several levels.