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• SRAM Issues 10 Speed PowerLock Connector Link Recall

  11 August 09 • 0 comment

  SRAM is currently working with the Consumer Product Product Safety Commission to announce a voluntary recall on certain SRAM 10 speed Powerlock Connector Links for its 10 speed chains. Although not yet announced to consumers, it’s certainly worthwhile checking your 10-speed chain for the affected part. Be safe, pass this info along to your 10-speed [...]

• Raleigh Climbing High Above Rainier

  9 August 09 • 3 comments

  With Raleigh’s stunning 2009 Rainier singlespeed project a surprise hit and quickly sold out, the company has been hard pressed to come up with a successor. The  Rainier Brewery-styled logos combined with the understated white frame and fork (reviewed in Issue 6) was eye-catching, and the small production run and custom finish of the singlespeed [...]

• Training With Power for Cyclocross: Kenton Berg’s Diary #2

  7 August 09 • 1 comment

  

  Not sure if you’re training effectively? Have some ambitious goals for the season but feel like your racing has plateaued? Cyclocross Magazine’s Kenton Berg has been stuck in this situation but this summer he’s been motivated to do something about it and decided to seek professional help. Follow Kenton this season as he brings Cyclocross [...]

• Custom Cyclocross Clothing Guide: Capo Forma

  7 August 09 • 0 comment

  It’s not too late to help your road, mountain, or cyclocross-specific team find the right products and vendors for kits for the ‘cross season, and so we’ve taken a look at some of the top custom clothing companies and their cyclocross-relevant product offerings. Today we’re taking a look at Capo Forma. Previously, we reviewed Nalini [...]

• New Product Spotlight: Schwalbe Rocket Ron Cyclocross Tire

  31 July 09 • 0 comment

  We’ve just learned that Schwalbe will be releasing the popular Rocket Ron mountain bike tire in a cyclocross version for 2010. With the popular Racing Ralph cyclocross clincher now featuring a tread more suited for hard pack, the new Rocket Ron may be

• New Product Spotlight and Review: GoPro Hero Wide Helmet Cam

  18 July 09 • 2 comments

  

  Most of you would agree that cyclocross is one of the most exciting spectator sports, either live in person, or, later on TV or online. Lately, a popular form of amateur race coverage has been via a helmet or bike-mounted video camera.  With digital video cameras getting smaller and cheaper, recording your own race to [...]

• Custom Cyclocross Clothing Guide: Castelli

  11 July 09 • 0 comment

  Summer is here and it seems like a strange time to think about cold-weather cycling gear. But ‘cross will be here before we know it, and if your team is considering new kits or warmer garments for the cyclocross season, now is the time to get organized, find the right vendor, and get your orders [...]

• Shimano and Campagnolo – Can’t We All Get Along?

  27 June 09 • 87 comments

  

  Most ‘cross racers don’t have the luxury of component sponsors, don’t receive new bikes or new drivetrains each year, and lack pit crews to clean their bikes every lap. We at Cyclocross Magazine are no different, and as we choose parts for our ‘cross bikes, we take all these things under consideration in hand-picking our parts. Over the last few years, we’ve come to be fond of one particular setup: Campagnolo Ergopower shifters mated to Shimano derailleurs and cassettes. Some fondly call his setup “Shimergo.” What the hell? These two aren’t supposed to work, you say?

• Do You See Nine Speeds in Color?

  26 June 09 • 2 comments

  Many cyclocrossers prefer older, non 10-speed drivetrains due to the wider spacing of the cogs for mud clearance and what some consider stronger chains. But as SRAM and Hudz’s colored brake hoods grow in popularity, style-conscious 8-speed and 9-speed ‘crossers are left in the black. Perhaps those days in the dark will be ending soon. [...]

• Felt Recalls Some F1X Cyclocross Forks

  24 June 09 • 2 comments

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Felt Bicycles has a voluntary recall of about 1450 2007/2008 F1X Cyclocross bicycles.

• New Product Spotlight: Bianchi’s Vintage Celeste Wool Jersey

  23 June 09 • 0 comment

  

  Bianchi is releasing a retro wool jersey in its trademark celeste color in limited quantities just in time for cyclocross season. Made by Santini, the short sleeve jersey is Bianchi’s first wool jersey in celeste, and will be available on a pre-order basis only and should arrive before the first September cyclocross races.

• New Product Spotlight: Redline’s 2010 Lineup

  20 June 09 • 0 comment

  

  Tim Rutledge and the cyclocross diehards at Redline unveiled some of their 2010 ‘cross bikes at Sea Otter, and we documented the company’s new 20″ wheel kid’s Conquest but didn’t get to see the full 2010 line. They’re now out, and the Conquest line expands to seven bikes, from the 20″ and 24″ wheel youth-oriented [...]

• New Product Spy Photo: Jonathan Page’s Blue Norcross Carbon Cyclocross Frame

  19 June 09 • 2 comments

  

  Cyclocross Magazine got an early peak at Jonathan Page’s new ride for the 2009/2010 cyclocross season: Blue’s brand new new full carbon cyclocross frame. The frame appears to share Blue’s low-slung, racy geometry found on the CXC frame that Page, Laura Van Gilder and Brian Matter rode at Worlds (see our review in Issue 6), [...]

• The Grifo Tread: Perfected Decades Ago or Far From Perfect?

  16 June 09 • 5 comments

  

  Cyclocross technology has come a long way. Nowadays racers can walk into a store and walk out with an 18 pound carbon ‘cross bike with an ultralight, stiff, carbon frame and fork with oversized tubes, headsets, and bottom brackets, easily adjustable brakes, an amazing 20 speeds (and indexed!) and complete with clipless pedals. Yet on [...]

• New Product Spotlight: Friction Freedom Chamois Cream

  14 June 09 • 0 comment

  

  by Kenton Berg Chamois cream doesn’t exactly evoke visions creating speed or power, but it is one of those items that can make or break a ride, race, or lazy day on the bike. So when the good folks at Friction Freedom sent up a jar of their chamois cream I was very interested to [...]