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• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of October 21st, 2011

  22 October 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman So I had a really great idea to break down the awesomeness of the last round of the World Cup in Plzen. Talking about the grit and determination, the anger, the power, and the amazingly intelligent move made by Nys to take the win; but, the internet has thwarted me. So instead [...]

• The Girl with the Cowbell Tattoo: Midterms

  18 October 11 • 2 comments

  

  by Molly Hurford It’s mid-season now, a time to re-evaluate, to reflect, and to make a list of every darn thing I’m doing wrong. Which, admittedly, is a lot. After all, I’ve only been racing in the elite field for a month — there’s got to be a learning curve … Right?

• Seattle Singlespeeders Descend on Cross Crusade, Say: FPDX!

  17 October 11 • 14 comments

  by Joey Mullan (one of the FPDX singlespeed crew and, yes, he’s OK) Portland and Seattle. They both claim to have the finest in cyclocross around the Pacific Northwest. Let’s be honest, they do. At Cross Crusade #3 this last Sunday, a statement was made about cyclocross. For the last three months, a dubious plan [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of October 14th, 2011

  14 October 11 • 1 comment

  by Kat Statman The Superprestige has begun, folks, and if you don’t know how important that is, well, the Euro’s know that the only classifications that matter are the Superprestige, GvA Trophy and the World Cup. Nothing else is important. But we have some important matters to discuss relative and not relative to the significance [...]

• The Fountain Brothers’ Sky Ranch Cyclocross Takes Flight

  13 October 11 • 0 comment

  by Josh Liberles The Fountain Business Park in Moscow, Idaho, hosted an event last weekend that at the very least can be termed unique – but it also captured the quintessential spirit of grassroots American cyclocross. The business park consists of a dozen or so light industrial companies on the front end of the property [...]

• First Race: a Column by Lee Waldman

  8 October 11 • 0 comment

  

  Last week, Masters racer and Cyclocross Magazine columnist Lee Waldman talks about the importance of keeping relationships steady even during the cyclocross season. This week, he’s reflecting on the season’s first races, as many of you are surely doing. I strolled through the main office in my middle school one day last week. Our financial secretary  [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of September 30th/October 1st, 2011

  1 October 11 • 0 comment

  

  by Kat Statman Every year, cyclocross and women get a little closer to equality and Rabobank has helped making that transition again. So I hear that disc brakes are the next thing in cross, but where are they? Niels Albert has taken the plunge as the first Euro to really think that disc braking performance [...]

• Viewpoints: From a Master to a Woman, Coast to Coast

  28 September 11 • 2 comments

  

  From the “Girl with the Cowbell Tattoo” to the philosophical Master’s racer extraordinaire, we bring you a new meeting of the minds. When Lee Waldman approached me (Molly) about doing a “conversation” column together, I immediately thought it was a great idea. After all, he lives across the country from me, we have a large [...]

• Ten Things About Your Partner: A Column by Lee Waldman

  24 September 11 • 3 comments

  

  Although the cyclocross season is happily getting incrementally longer every year, it’s still more compact than the road season. For those of us whose passion is cross that’s a good thing. For our partners, who have to suffer through mud filled showers, mud stained towels, abrasions, bruises and the occasional broken collar bone, the season is probably about 8 weeks too long already. Bottom line, if it wasn’t for their patience with our obsessive behavior, their moral support as we spend the majority of our time thinking about, talking about, and racing cross, and their physical presence at the races, racing cross would be much more difficult. So, this column is dedicated to them. [More...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of September 23rd, 2011

  24 September 11 • 1 comment

  The American ’cross season is in full swing with two full weekends and two Wednesday night extravaganzas completed, the European season is just getting underway and now the first USGP is here. It really is ’cross season. Sometimes I don’t believe it’s real. How can the best bike racing season, which we’ve been waiting so long for really be here already? Didn’t we just finish last season? Anyways, onward we go, there is a long winter coming up and lots of rumors to talk about. In this week’s edition: Euro ’Cross is back on TV, start looking for your live feeds, folks. Kevin Pauwels takes a big win for his new team in Erpe-Mere. Zdenek Stybar will be showing off the new Quick Step rainbow stripes in Stribro this weekend. Enrico Franzoi has found a home with the Guerciotti team, he lines up for the first time this weekend in Switzerland. Is it true that Pro ’crossers actually understand the worth of their equipment? At least Tom Meeusen does. Amy Dombroski heads back to her motherland for the season. With a venerable “who’s who” of ’cross lining up in Sun Prairie this weekend, is there really a favorite? Who should we talk about in this week’s Working Man’ Edition? We’ll go with Justin Lindine, Jake Wells, Bryan Fawley, and Chris Sheppard

• Cyclocross on the Cheap: Chaingangs and Powermeters

  23 September 11 • 2 comments

  

  Cyclocross rarely knows such glamour, despite richly deserving it. And Vegas had it all: shiny things, light things, new things, expensive things; trade shows were ever thus. Oh, and the hangovers. I’m sure there were some immense hangovers.

  A casual glance at this array of goodies might convince you that their purpose was to make you faster. Anyone who has ever pressed a pedal in anger can tell you otherwise. These gadgets exist solely to tell you how slow you are. They can express inadequecy in figures accurate to the third decimal point. The all-consuming guilt that can be inspired by a powermeter is phenomenal. If I ever find myself poor (poor in a serious way, not poor in my current self-proclaimed, irreverent, slightly flippant way) I will qualify as a psychoanalyst and specialise in treating the anxieties of middle-aged bike racers. I would never go hungry again.

• Collegiate Chronicles: Cyclocross versus the Semester

  20 September 11 • 6 comments

  

  Going to college is great. There is enough parties and beer to make anyone happy. But you have to remember the point of going to school, and that is: to get a degree. Hopefully, that degree will turn into a job. In order for you to get a degree, you need to do your homework.

  That homework is keeping me off the bike.

• The Girl with the Cowbell Tattoo: the Good, the Bad, and the Awesome

  20 September 11 • 0 comment

  

  At Interbike on Wednesday, you see beyond the glitz and glamour of carbon fiber road wheels and fixed gear glory. You feel the grass, you smell the dirt, sweat, blood, tears … you know it’s almost time for CrossVegas. You check your watch over and over again, counting down to the moment when you can finally start heading to the event you’ve been waiting for.

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of September 16th, 2011

  17 September 11 • 1 comment

  The Belgians came, they saw, and, oh man, have they conquered. Well, an American did grab one win and that was a UCI race, so I guess it counts for something. The first week of the international season is under way and is there ever a bunch to talk about! First is CrossVegas, so much going on there. We can’t not talk about this weekends upcoming races in Seattle, Vermont and Maryland. Did you catch the velo bowl? Jurgen Mettepenningen is confident in Pauwels, Aernouts and Vantornout. National Champ Todd Wells will not defend his stars and stripes this January; London Olympics and Louisville 2013 are the goals. Finally, in this week’s Working Man’s Edition there were just too many of you, so instead, there’s a list of all the riders that deserve some respect!

• Cyclocross And Guacamole: Finding Family

  13 September 11 • 2 comments

  

  I’ve been in Texas now for about two months, and I have a confession to make: I’m a little homesick.

  Initially the thrill of being in a new place and meeting new people kept me from thinking too much about it, but as the dust has settled and I have fallen into my daily routine, I have to say: I miss my crew.