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• A Small Cantilever Retro Brake Mod with Big Results

  7 June 09 • 0 comment

  

  Many old wide-profile cantilever brakes from companies like Dia Compe and Polygon came with doubled-ended straddle cables. These cables make brake setup a bit easier, since it reduces the three confusing variables (pad extension, straddle length and straddle height) down to two.  The downside of these cables is that the fixed length eliminates one major [...]

• New Product Spotlight and Review: Lazer O2 Helmet

  5 June 09 • 2 comments

  

  by Andrew Yee If you take a look at pictures of any UCI World Cup, say, this year’s World Cup in Roubaix, you’ll see plenty of Lazer helmets near the front of the race. It should be no surprise, as even though the helmets may be rare here in the U.S., the Belgium-based helmet company [...]

• New Product Spotlight: Williams Cyclocross Tubular Wheels

  4 June 09 • 5 comments

  This is our second of two New Product Spotlights on new ‘cross wheels. Our first was the EU Imports SCX Clincher Wheels. While deep section carbon tubular wheels may grace the bikes of most pros, for many, the benefits of riding a low-pressure tubular makes even a normal alloy tubular wheel a big upgrade from [...]

• Custom Cyclocross Clothing Guide: Nalini Custom Cycling Apparel (Parts I & II)

  31 May 09 • 1 comment

  With summer still a month away, it’s 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 [...]

• New Product Spotlight: EU Cycle Imports SCX Cyclocross Wheelset

  30 May 09 • 1 comment

  EU Cycle Imports has just launched their own line of wheels, and their first offering, lucky for us, is a cyclocross wheel. For cyclocrossers, whether you ride tubulars or clinchers, wider rims are often better, and the folks at EU Cycle Imports adhere to this philosophy, basing their SCX ‘cross wheel on a 23 mm [...]

• Polls: ‘Cross Attracting New Bike Racers; What’s Slowing You Down?

  29 May 09 • 0 comment

  Our last poll confirmed cyclocross has a unique ability to bring road and mountain bike racers together, with equal numbers of you coming from road and mountain. More surprising is that one in five of you got your start in bike racing through ‘cross. Five years ago such a stat would have been unheard of.  [...]

• Got Cyclocross Brake Questions?

  28 May 09 • 2 comments

  We have an upcoming feature on brakes and pads in our print mag, and we want to know your brake-related questions that you’re dying to have answered. Whether its about pads, setup, squeal, chatter, no question is a dumb question. Fire away. Drop us a comment below and we’ll do our best to address it [...]

• Trek and Cannondale Recall Forks on Hybrids

  28 May 09 • 0 comment

  Using a hybrid for ‘cross or commuting?  With 700c wheels and cantilever brake posts, hybrids can make great starter ‘cross bikes. But if you own a recent model Trek or Cannondale hybrid with a house-branded suspension fork, see the recall info below: Trek and Cannondale have recalled select hybrid forks, made by

• Vintage Product Spotlight: Hogan Cyclocross Brakes

  16 May 09 • 0 comment

  

  While we love all new cyclocross products, we also have a deep appreciation for old skool, vintage gear that made early ‘cross bikes so unique. To pay our respect to the products of earlier generations, and to compliment Jason Prince’s Cross Bike Love article in Issue 6, we’re starting up a new semi-regular series of [...]

• Cyclocross Bike Geometry: The Highs and Lows of Bottom Bracket Heights and Drops

  5 May 09 • 0 comment

  

  Shopping for a cyclocross bike? It’s worth looking beyond the parts and listed size to determine whether the bike is a good fit and meets your needs. In this article, Brooke Hoyer takes a deeper look at cyclocross bike geometries, specifically bottom bracket heights and drops. (This was originally published in Issue 4. Have you [...]

• New Product Spotlight: Beer. Cupcake. Mustache. Cyclocross Book

  2 May 09 • 0 comment

  

  No, we’re not reviewing beer, cupcakes, or mustaches (although we’d be happy to receive and review the first two). But we are taking a quick look at a new cyclocross book. Natalia McKittrick of Pedal Power Photography has just published a book on cyclocross titled Beer. Cupcake. Mustache. Beer. Cupcake. Mustache. is not a how-to [...]

• New Product Spotlight: Kore Palmster Road Handlebar Grips

  24 April 09 • 0 comment

  Okay, maybe the Kore Palmster road handlebar grip is not totally new – the innovative road bar grip has actually been out for over a year now.  But even Kore admits they’re little-known, and we finally got our hands on a pair to try on a ‘cross bike. Kore created the grips for people who [...]

• One Last New CX Products Gallery from Sea Otter

  20 April 09 • 1 comment

  We’ve got one last report and gallery on cyclocross gear from Sea Otter’s Expo.  Highlights include a lighter Ksyrium Elite wheelset for 2010 and a closer look at new 2009 cyclocross bikes from

• New CX Product News and Cancellations from Sea Otter

  19 April 09 • 0 comment

  

  Beyond the ‘cross products on display at the Sea Otter Classic Expo, there are plenty of cyclocross product news and rumors that we dug up. Fuji bikes says they have a third cyclocross bike in the works

• More Gear from Sea Otter – Ibis, Zipp, Ritchey, Kore, ESI and FSA

  18 April 09 • 2 comments

  We’ve got more ‘cross relevant gear from Sea Otter’s Expo. As mentioned yesterday, SRAM’s Zipp division announced its new 45mm tall 303 carbon rim design, offering a 5.1 mm wider rim and different shape. The wider rim