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• Gut-Wrenching Mechanical Mondays: Off-Season Bike Prep and Storage

  1 February 10 • 0 comment

  Before you forget that still-muddy skinsuit you left in a corner of the basement after your last race and put your bike away for this “offseason,” Dave Drumm has some tips that will help preserve your rig and have it ready to roll when it’s finally another ‘cross season already. This is the tenth installment [...]

• 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 [...]

• Pro Bike Profile – Helen Wyman’s Kona Major Jake

  15 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Jamie Mack Helen Wyman (Kona/FSA) is having a great season on her way to representing Great Britain in Tabor at the Cyclocross World Championships. There have been setbacks along the way, with the recent postponement of the UK National Championships, but through the season Wyman has pulled out victories, podiums and a top-10 at [...]

• Redline Issues Recall of 2010 Conquest Pro Forks

  14 January 10 • 0 comment

  If you are riding a new 2010 Redline Conquest Pro, pay attention to the recall notice below and let your Redline dealer take of you. Know folks who may be riding one? Be safe and alert them of this recall. Bicycles and Framesets Recalled by Seattle Bike Supply Due to Fall Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C. – [...]

• New Product Spotlight and Review: ProMax Cantilever Brakes

  8 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Dr. Clifford Lee Promax is a Taiwanese manufacturer of bicycle components, many of which are Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) on mid-priced bikes. The cantilever brake is their new product in the low profile category.  Though at first glance it appears similar to the new Avid Shorty with its double arm design, it has some [...]

• New Product Spotlight and Review: Slime Pro Tubless Sealant

  7 January 10 • 1 comment

  

  by Dr. Clifford Lee Slime has been around for a long time and has products for every category of tire or tube whether it’s on an auto, lawnmower or bike. Tire sealants work analogously to our blood clotting system, though in a much more rudimentary fashion. When a puncture occurs, particles suspended in a solution [...]

• Retro Product Spotlight and Review: SRP Mr. Grumpy Cantilevers

  7 January 10 • 2 comments

  

  by Dr. Clifford Lee The SRP Mr. Grumpy has been around for a long time. It was maligned for its relative lack of stopping power but has recently made a comeback for its light weight, unique look and copious amount of rim clearance.

• Pro Bike Profile – Troy Wells’ Salsa Chilli on Crosso

  5 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Jamie Mack Wells is a familiar name to ‘cross fans in the US.  Older brother Todd (Specialized) has a couple of ‘cross national jerseys and placed fourth this year on his Specialized Tricross.  Younger brother Troy (Clif Bar) has also been a player in national races for the last couple of years, winning a [...]

• Product Spotlight and Review: Kurt Kinetic Road Machine and Power Computer

  4 January 10 • 2 comments

  by Josh Liberles It’s hard for me to get excited about an indoor trainer. If I’m riding a trainer, it usually means I’ve either done a poor job of time management and have no other alternative, or I’m being too much of a wuss to put up with the weather du jour. Fact of the [...]

• Product Spotlight – Kool N’ Fit Sport Conditioning Spray

  31 December 09 • 1 comment

  

  by Josh Liberles Kool ‘N Fit Sport is a liquid spray designed to help with muscle warm-up and recovery. Add “does laundry” and “cooks your recovery dinner” to its list of attributes and it would be every racer’s perfect mate. Seriously, product manufacturer Kool Fit recommends using their Sport product to improve warm-up, invigorate, avoid [...]

• Pro Bike Profile – Alison Dunlap’s Orbea Igorre

  30 December 09 • 2 comments

  Alison Dunlap (Team Luna Chix) returned to cyclocross racing after retiring in 2005 and quickly reestablished herself as one of the top female ‘crossers in America. Podiums and top-fives in some of the biggest US races culminated with a run at a seventh national cross title. The two-time Olympian settled for fourth in Bend but [...]

• New Product Spotlight: FastForward F4C Wheelset

  23 December 09 • 1 comment

  by Josh Liberles For the past several months, Cyclocross Magazine’s remote test lab in Oregon has been slinging through the mud, putting Fast Forward’s new F4C carbon cyclocross tubulars to the ultimate test. Founded in 2006, Fast Forward is a relative newcomer to the high end world of carbon wheels. The Dutch company’s wheels are [...]

• Mud, Sweat and Gears Wraps Up Final Series Races of 2009

  21 December 09 • 2 comments

  Tennessee’s Mud, Sweat and Gears series finished up this past weekend. Here we have race reports for both MSG#5 in Bristol, Tennessee and MSG#6, the series finale and blowout bash. by Dwayne Letterman MSG #5 dawned cold and snowy with a couple of inches on the ground and big fat flakes falling. This weekend we [...]

• Down In the Pits at Nats: Tire Choices

  16 December 09 • 3 comments

  We’ve got a lot more great content from Nats coming. Today we take a look at racers’ tire choices for the constantly changing course conditions. (Be sure to keep checking our complete coverage of the 2009 Cyclocross National Championships Center as we continue to update the page with more updates, tech pieces, photos and videos.) [...]

• Pro Bike Profile: Jesse Anthony’s Jamis Supernova

  12 December 09 • 1 comment

  by Jamie Mack Seven-time cyclocross National Champion Jesse Anthony is living the ‘cross dream.  After rising through the ranks as a junior and espoir, the now 24-year-old Anthony spends the year traveling to races that many of us can only read about.  After battling illness for part of the early season, Anthony is working on [...]