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• 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 [...]

• New Product Spotlight and Review: An Alternative Sticker to UCI’s Frame Approval Sticker

  17 March 11 • 2 comments

  

  Moments after attempting to shine some initial light on the UCI’s bicycle frame approval protocol and sticker program by posting  Are You Ready? UCI’s New Bicycle Frame Approval Protocol Impacts Upcoming Season and the initial list of approved frames, the comments flooded in, including one reader’s comment asking “So when do the counterfeit stickers start [...]

• Are You Ready? UCI’s New Bicycle Frame Approval Protocol Impacts Upcoming Season

  16 March 11 • 17 comments

  

  If you’re gunning for a UCI cyclocross point, or hoping to just measure up against the big boys this cyclocross season and not get lapped, you probably already know you have to pay attention to your tire width, wheels and clothing among other equipment. But starting this season, in case you haven’t already heard, you [...]

• New Product Review: Chomper Body Crank Embrocation Rub and Muscle Butter Therapeutic Lotion

  6 March 11 • 0 comment

  

  More than any other type of cyclist, cyclocrossers have an infatuation with embrocation. The ointments can help protect your skin from the elements, and give you a sense of warmth when it’s cold outside – not just during cyclocross but also during the wet winter and early spring season. With the growth of the cyclocross, [...]

• Part 3: Cyclocross Frames and Components from NAHBS 2011

  3 March 11 • 0 comment

  Still more bike goodies coming from our visit to the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Austin, Texas, this past weekend. In Part 2, we brought you high-end single speed creations and carbon works of art, two stunning red steel cyclocross bikes from legendary builders Richard Sachs and Ritchey, along with new chainrings, ultralight wheels, [...]

• Shimano Releases New Cyclocross Components, Refines 105 and Tiagra Component Groups

  1 March 11 • 0 comment

  

  Shimano sees the growth in cyclocross, and for 2012, is releasing new components to meet the needs of cyclocrossers. While the Ultegra Di2 has long been been rumored, the company isn’t officially releasing details on that group. Instead, there’s some exciting news about non-group specific components for cyclocross that includes a top-pull front derailleur as [...]

• More Cyclocross Goodies and News from FrostBike 2011

  24 February 11 • 0 comment

  In part one of our 2011 QBP Frostbike Expo coverage, we brought you news of new tires, wheels, bikes and chainguards.  In part two today, we’ve got some “braking” news, a new inner tube, and more scoops on new cyclocross frames. by Tommy “Hurl” Everson Lance Larrabee of TRP Brakes informs us that the company’s [...]

• Frostbike 2011 Heats Up with New Cyclocross Products

  21 February 11 • 4 comments

  by Tim Langlais, photos by Lynette Wong Each winter Quality Bicycle Products (QBP) hosts a trade show for customers at its facility in Bloomington, MN.  As one of the largest bike product distributors in the US, QBP serves more than 5,000 independent retailers throughout the country and counts nearly every major component manufacturer among its [...]

• Product Review: Fox Antifreeze Gloves

  16 February 11 • 1 comment

  

  As winter continues to storm across the country, the right gear can make all the difference between a good workout and a miserable one. And perhaps one of the most important pieces of cold weather gear are gloves. To that end, Cowbell blogger Jason Lombard took the Fox Antifreeze gloves for a spin to see [...]

• New Product Review: Yaktrax Pro

  8 February 11 • 0 comment

  by Brian Hancock As most cyclocross enthusiasts can relate to, after the last race of the season is over I go through a mix of emotions. Half of me is ready to hang up the bike after a long season, but the other half misses racing and seeing all of my friends that appear for [...]

• Sneak Peak: Dugast Pipistrello-Rhino

  19 January 11 • 7 comments

  If you’ve been watching closely, Marianne Vos has been winning races – Dutch National Championships and the Pont-Chateau World Cup among them – on an odd looking tire with a white center tread and a black side knob. Thanks to our friends over at The Chainstay, we’ve gained some close-up photo’s of these tires.

• Pro Bike Profile – Amy Dombroski’s Ridley X-Fire

  18 January 11 • 0 comment

  by Jamie Mack Amy Dombroski has charged into, through and to the top of the US ’cross scene over the last few seasons. Currently putting the finishing touches on her team for 2011, the diminutive Dombroski has established herself as a force to be reckoned with. Dombroski has changed teams and bikes several times over [...]