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• The Girl with the Cowbell Tattoo: The Countdown Begins

  17 July 12 • 0 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford I’ve started my countdown to cyclocross season. We’re less than two months away from the first UCI race, and just shy of two months away from CrossVegas, the unofficial season opener. That’s both incredibly exciting and completely terrifying, for reasons both work and race-related. I suppose it really hit me just how [...]

• The Dirtbag Chronicles: Disco Inferno

  16 July 12 • 1 comment

  

  Cyclocross Magazine introduces a new semi-weekly op-ed column called “The Dirtbag,” an opinionated series by Cyclocross Magazine contributor Brooke Hoyer. Hoyer previously wrote “The Highs and Lows of Bottom Bracket Heights”  for Issue 4, and we’re psyched to have him back. He describes his column as one “focused on equipment choice that is based on value, [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of Friday the 13th (July 2012)

  14 July 12 • 0 comment

  

  by Kat Statman Tour de France is happening, the Olympics are coming up, and it’s Friday the 13th. Is there a better time to address the rumors and rumblings in the world of pro ’crossers? So what’s been going on since the last installment, you ask? Todd Wells has been unseated, in part, while Georgia [...]

• Having Trouble Finding Just Fun: A Column By Lee Waldman

  7 July 12 • 0 comment

  

  Lee Waldman has talked a lot lately about his off-season motivation issues. It’s been a tough year for him with work, and now he’s finally got a few weeks off to reflect on why he still manages to ride his bike. by Lee Waldman So, in reality, simply focusing on fun hasn’t been as easy [...]

• The Girl with the Cowbell Tattoo: With Every Crash, A Lesson Learned

  4 July 12 • 3 comments

  

  by Molly Hurford What a week. It almost felt like cyclocross season this weekend, since the Windham World Cup gave me the chance to not only race my bike, but interview some of my favorite cyclocrossers, including Georgia Gould, Geoff Kabush, Todd Wells, and Justin Lindine. Watching Georgia almost take her first World Cup win [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of June 29th, 2012

  29 June 12 • 0 comment

  

  by Kat Statman While it may have been hard to keep an eye on the wonderful world of bike racing over the past few days with Congress’ contempt vote and the Supreme Court’s health care vote, we did, and have a little bit going for you on the eve of the Tour de France. [Ed. [...]

• Introducing A New Column: “The Dirtbag” Opines and Rants on Singlespeeding and Cyclocross Equipment

  28 June 12 • 4 comments

  

  Cyclocross Magazine introduces a new semi-weekly op-ed column called “The Dirtbag,” an opinionated series by Cyclocross Magazine contributor Brooke Hoyer. Hoyer previously wrote “The Highs and Lows of Bottom Bracket Heights”  for our Issue 4, and we’re psyched to have him back. He describes his column as one “focused on equipment choice that is based on [...]

• Just Having Fun: A Column By Lee Waldman

  23 June 12 • 3 comments

  

  Lee Waldman has talked a lot lately about his off-season motivation issues. It’s been a tough year for him with work, and now he’s finally got a few weeks off to reflect on why he still manages to ride his bike. by Lee Waldman Looking back on my last few columns, I realize how much [...]

• The Girl with the Cowbell Tattoo: Learning More, Year After Year

  19 June 12 • 0 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford It’s been a nostalgic couple of weeks. Last column, I was celebrating one year at Cyclocross Magazine. Yesterday, I turned 25. The day before that was Fathers Day, which reminded me that without my dad, none of this craziness would have happened. Which served to remind me … last year, one of [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Olympic Selection Week of June 16th, 2012

  16 June 12 • 0 comment

  

  by Kat Statman With the US and a few other countries finally getting their acts together and starting to name their Olympic cycling teams, it’s to devote a few words to those ’crossers that will be representing their countries this summer in London. On the mountain bike side, Sven Nys was given the nod for [...]

• School’s Out: A Column By Lee Waldman

  9 June 12 • 1 comment

  

  Lee Waldman has talked a lot lately about his off-season motivation issues. It’s been a tough year for him with work, and he’s finally got a few weeks off to reflect on why he still manages to ride his bike. by Lee Waldman I’m done teaching for the year, finally! I can’t think of a [...]

• The Girl with the Cowbell Tattoo: One Year Anniversary

  5 June 12 • 0 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford It’s been over a year since I first started at Cyclocross Magazine, and — wow — what a year it’s been! I hadn’t even realized that it had been a year since I started working for the magazine until I was interviewing Luke Keough post-Somerville race. Last year, he was one of my [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of June 1st, 2012

  1 June 12 • 0 comment

  

  by Kat Statman Another few weeks, a whole lot of news compressed, and always more to talk about than we have time and/or space. This week, Johnson does a double week; Vos is victim of that finicky and fragile bone near our shoulders; Compton forges her own path for glory; Barry Wicks really is back [...]

• I Have This Friend … : A Column by Lee Waldman

  27 May 12 • 2 comments

  

  Lee Waldman has talked a lot lately about his off-season motivation issues. Today, he’s looking at what really matters: the friends we ride with. by Lee Waldman I have this friend, let’s call him “Count” because that’s what he calls himself. Not “the Count,” just Count. He and I met while riding at the back [...]

• The Girl with the Cowbell Tattoo: Gaining Technical Competence, One Crash at a Time

  22 May 12 • 2 comments

  

  by Molly Hurford For the past two weeks, I’ve been traveling and playing in the dirt so much that it almost feels like cyclocross season again (is it here yet, is it here yet?). I just spent the weekend at DirtFest with Rebecca Rusch as part of her Gold Rusch tour, where she goes all [...]