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• Cyclocross Rig Profile: 2013 On-One Dirty Disco

  13 March 13 • 0 comment

  

  Our latest issue of Cyclocross Magazine, Issue 19, boasted more bike reviews than we’ve ever had before. Among these was the On One Dirty Disco. Check out its vital stats here, and make sure you pick up a copy of Issue 19 to see what we had to say about it! Issue 20, out soon, [...]

• How You Should be Taking Care of Your Rig in the Off-Season

  11 March 13 • 0 comment

  

  Between travel to Louisville for Worlds and these gravel races that keep popping up, it seems like your cyclocross bike may never get a real off-season. But that’s no excuse for sloppy care-taking! Check out some of our articles on the care and keeping of your bikes in the off-season, from maintenance to storage. Off-Season [...]

• Mechanical Mondays: But my Bearings are Sealed!

  4 March 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Chandler Snyder It’s that time of year again. Time for the post-cyclocross blues to set in for some, though others may be happy that the past month of mud, snow, ice and sub-freezing temps are gone. Regardless of which side of the fence you’re on, don’t just hang the bike(s) up and leave them [...]

• Straight from the Mechanic: Review of the Soulrun Tool Roll

  1 March 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Chandler Snyder It’s been a few weeks since wrapping up a rain, wind, snow and ice-soaked week in Louisville at Cyclocross Masters Worlds. The conditions there were something else, and I needed to have all of my tools/gear taken care of, since they had to survive a night of tornadoes and thunderstorms. Luckily, I [...]

• White Industries Hubs are Built to Last: Review of H2 and H3 Hubs

  1 March 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Joey Mullan Remember when you saved your paychecks as a young man for that “child’s toy”: a bicycle? Everyone thought you were crazy spending 500, even up to 1,000 clams for your first two-wheeled wonder machine. But to you, it was the most amazing thing you had ever purchased. And now, you’re still into [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Ventus Custom Cycles Gets Crafty With Hand Carved Lugs

  26 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Ventus Custom Cycles, based in Ames, Iowa, was founded in 2006 by builder Mark Kargol. Ventus began as a custom frame painting venture, but soon grew to include hand-built frames, such as this beautifully lugged gravel bike. This Ventus is built from carbon tubing and hand-crafted stainless steel lugs, and features internal cable routing, integrated [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Boo Bicycles RS-X Brings Bamboo to the World Championships

  26 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Boo Bicycles has been getting a lot of love lately in the cyclocross world, in part due to U23 racer Skyler Trujillo racing the bamboo/carbon Boo RS-X cyclocross bike at Nationals and the World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky. Founded in 2009 by Nick Frey and James Wolf, the Fort Collins-based Boo Bicycles, in their words, [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Stinner Frameworks Fillet Brazed Cyclocross Build

  25 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Stinner Frameworks, run by Aaron Stinner in sunny Santa Barbara, California, has only been around for a few years. A graduate of the United Bicycle Institute, Stinner hand-crafts steel frames, such as this disc-equipped cyclocross bike we spotted at NAHBS. The steel, fillet-brazed frame features internal cable routing, S-Bend seatstays for added mud clearance and [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Bilenky Baltimore Bullet

  25 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Perhaps just as famous (infamous?) for putting on the Junkyard Cross races, Philladelphia-based Bilenky Cycle Works was at NAHBS showing off their day job—building custom bikes, such as this fillet-brazed cyclocross steed made for local racer Bobby “The Baltimore Bullet” Phillips. The frame was made for Phillips, who also organizes local races, in conjunction with [...]

• NAHBS 2013 Award Winners for Sunday, Including Best of Show

  24 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  DENVER, COLORADO – The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is pleased to announce the Sunday group of the 2013 NAHBS Awards. The Sunday NAHBS Awards winners are: Winter Bicycles — Best finish Moots — Best Theme Bike and People’s Choice Avery County Cycles — Best new builder Level — President’s Choice English Cycles — Best [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Kelson Bikes R.A.D. and Shamrock Shire

  24 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Kelson Bikes’ R.A.D. The R.A.D. (Road-Asphalt-Dirt) by Kelson Bikes, based in Ashton, Southeastern Idaho, is a carbon / titanium hybrid specifically designed to handle long, mixed-terrain rides, such as the gravel events we’re highlighting in our upcoming Issue 20. As builder Brian Williams noted, while out exploring the gravel roads that border Yellowstone and the Grand [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Predator Cycling’s Disc Brake and Belt Drive-Equipped Carbon Singlespeed Cyclocross Frame

  24 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Predator Cycling has been building custom carbon fiber cyclocross bikes and components for over 10 years in Southern California, an ever-growing hotbed for US cyclocross. Their show bike at NAHBS this year? A disc brake-equipped singlespeed carbon frame with integrated seat mast, stem and handlebar combo and with FSA SL-K carbon wheels, weighing in at [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Alchemy Bicycle Company’s Balius Carbon Cyclocross Frame

  23 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Alchemy is having a good year at NAHBS. The company moved from Austin, TX to Denver, CO, and now, they’ve taken home the prize on home turf for Best Carbon Construction for NAHBS 2013. However, it wasn’t their road bikes that we were interested in, and we got some up close and personal looks at their [...]

• NAHBS 2013 Cyclocross Builds in Photos: Independent Fabrications, Rol Wheels, Gaulzetti, Mosaic and Guru

  23 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Our photographer at the North American Handmade Bike Show (NAHBS), Lance Barry, snagged some shots of some seriously beautiful hand-built cyclocross rigs, and we couldn’t wait to share some of them. Stay tuned for full reports on some of the rigs, but for now, here’s a selection of some of the cyclocross bikes from the [...]

• WebbWorks Branches Into Bamboo Cyclocross Bikes – Southeast Bike Expo 2013

  23 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  NAHBS may be the biggest handmade bike show in the US this weekend, but not every builder is there. The Southeast Bike Expo in Conyers, Georgia, hosted a few small builders including steel framebuilder, Silent Cycles, and the bamboo builder WebbWorks Bamboo Bikes. We chatted with the vice president of WebbWorks, Micah Webb, and took [...]