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• On the Newsstands: Cyclocross Magazine Issue 13

  10 August 11 • 3 comments

  

  Subscribers coast to coast are reporting that they’ve received the latest and greatest edition of our print magazine – lucky Cyclocross Magazine Issue #13! Copies are also showing up at the bike shops and book stores that stock our publication too [See our list of "Top Shops"]. Of course, you can always subscribe to the world’s only dedicated cyclocross publication to make sure you never miss an issue.

• The Girl With The Cowbell Tattoo: Things Fall Into Place

  9 August 11 • 2 comments

  

  There are some moments that are undefinable. There are some days that are just great. And then, if you’re really lucky, there are weekends full of those moments, one right after the other. This was one of those weekends.

• Collegiate Chronicles: ECCC Leadership Cyclocross-Style, Part II

  9 August 11 • 3 comments

  

  Welcome to Part II of our “Director’s Cut” of the ECCC Cyclocross Program. We’ve talked to some of the behind-the-scenes workers who make the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference run so smoothly, especially during cyclocross. It’s certainly no easy task, since races aren’t strictly collegiate, and the calendar has to take location, size, elite fields and timing into consideration. It’s make even more difficult (or easy) this year since Nationals are now in January, right when most students will be on winter break. Because of this, the collegiate season will be extended well into December, which could affect students who would like to make it home for the holidays, but who are in contention for top spots in the conference. Last time, we heard from Drexel’s Joe Kopena and Tim Manzella. This week, we talk to Union College alum and New England cyclocrosser Steven Hopengarten.

• This Week on Cyclocross Magazine: August 8

  8 August 11 • 0 comment

  

  Want to know what to look for on Cyclocross Magazine this week? Worried you might have missed something last week? Fear not, because we’ve got it all mapped out for you. Every Monday, we have a preview of what’s in store for the week, and we’ll let you know about some of the great articles that you might have missed last week. If there’s any story you’d like us to cover, any burning question you want answered, or any cool racer you’d like to hear from, let us know! Leave messages in the comments, find me on the Cowbell Forums or email molly [at] cxmagazine.com.

• Mechanical Mondays: Gluing Tubies, How Clean Is Clean Enough?

  8 August 11 • 0 comment

  

  Gluing tubulars can be stressful enough, and there are so many different “best ways” of getting the job done. This week, we wanted to look at one question that we hear a lot when talking about gluing up tubulars: when gluing new tires on a wheel that’s been used and glued before, what kind of prep should you be doing? And more specifically, how clean do you want your rims to be before gluing on new tires?

• We’re Not In Canada Anymore: Craig Richey Tackles The Off-Season

  7 August 11 • 0 comment

  

  Canadian racer Craig Richey is back in North America after his first season racing ‘cross in Belgium. He checks in with an update on off-season successes and plans for a big adventure this August.

• It’s Always A Good Day To Ride: When To Ignore Coach Crusty’s Program

  6 August 11 • 2 comments

  

  It was one of those rare days this summer in Wisconsin: sunny, 75 degrees, mild winds. I was camping with a buddy in Boulder Junction, home of some beautiful northwoods roads and trails.

  My friend was going fishing, and I was headed out on the ride. The training program told me to ride zone 2 for 80 minutes.

  When I returned, my friend asked me where I’d been.

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of August 5th, 2011

  5 August 11 • 0 comment

  The summer months really are winding away but the high temperatures of August are showing no signs of relenting anytime soon. With a little over a month before the season gets under way, the rumors and rumblings are starting to get juicy. And, how do we know that? Well on Twitter, Veldrijden_info is no longer silent. So, the big news of the week is Tom Vannoppen’s drug bust. But that really shouldn’t cloud other good ’cross news like Nicole Duke joining the Cannondale–Cyclocrossworld.com team. Nys double flats at the London test event and would rather take an Olympic Medal over the ’cross World Championships. Tim Johnson heads to the high country for a week of epicness, how will the former “roadie” handle seven days of mountain bike racing? In this week’s Working Man’s Edition a new working man’s ’cross team comes to Colorado featuring Spencer Powlison, Grant Holicky and Scott Tietzel.

• Are Deep Section Rims Really Better in Mud? CXM Labs Puts Them to the Test

  4 August 11 • 1 comment

  

  In Issue 13, we take a look at some “Mud Myths” that, as racers, you’ve surely heard from coaches, old racers, mechanics and spectators. In particular, myths exist about deep carbon rims and their effectiveness when the terrain gets soggy. One of three myths lined up to be confirmed or busted in this issue was, “Does a carbon rim really track better in mud?” We wanted answers, so we took some time in the “CXM Lab” (read: muddy course) with these myths and some serious gear in mind, all for science’s sake.

• Women’s Wednesdays: Kathy Sherwin, Raleigh Midsummer Night’s Cyclocross Winner

  3 August 11 • 1 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford Kathy Sherwin has been popping up on our radar at Cyclocross Magazine quite a bit this past month. First, she took a stunning fourth place in US MTB Nats in the Short Track competition at Sun Valley, Idaho, directly behind one of our past Women’s Wednesday ladies, Georgia Gould. Then, she went [...]

• In The Saddle With Geoff Proctor, “Jack Of All Cyclocross Trades”

  3 August 11 • 0 comment

  

  Geoff Proctor truly is a Jack Of All Trades: not only does he manage to stay involved in cyclocross at nearly every level, from junior development to running camps to sitting on the UCI commission to racing, but he also manages a full-time job as an English teacher teaching AP Lit. He’s also responsible for EuroCrossCamp, a hugely successful venture that is now in it’s ninth year. That he had time at all to sit down and answer a few questions for us was amazing, especially since he just finished running his USAC Cyclocross Development camp for junior racers.

• Nicole Duke Signs with Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com

  3 August 11 • 4 comments

  

  When we recently posted that Christian Heule had joined the Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com crew, we also mentioned that Stu Thorne, who runs the team and owns Cyclocrossworld.com, alluded to the possibility of signing another woman to join Kaitlin Antonneau. Well, we’ve just learned that Nicole Duke is that new addition. Duke is coming off of a breakthrough [...]

• Training Tuesdays: An Ounce Of Prevention, Cyclocross-Style

  2 August 11 • 1 comment

  

  You already know that cyclocross is good for you — you are informed reader of Cyclocross Magazine, after all — and you certainly know ‘cross is good for your body. It strengthens your legs, and it strengthens your arms and core. It’s good for the heart, and for the lungs, and for the waistline. It’s good for pretty much everything — except the skin of your calves and ankles that your pedals always tear up.

• Echelon Gran Fondo Gets Dirty in Oregon – PLUS Contest for Free Entries!

  1 August 11 • 0 comment

  

  Cyclocross Magazine is partnering up with Echelon Gran Fondo to bring a first-ever dirt option to the organization’s rides. In addition to a variety of road offerings, the Hood River, the Oregon, fondo adds “CrossMountain” routes – either 30 or 45 miles mixing paved road, singletrack and dirt forest roads in the stunning Columbia River Gorge.

• Sneak Peak: Geoff Proctor’s USAC Cyclocross Development Camp

  1 August 11 • 0 comment

  

  We started each day with early morning strength conditioning—running bleachers, doing plyometric stations with power skips, lateral hops, ab work. Late morning entailed specific cyclocross training on a cyclocross circuit and, in the afternoon, we did some big training rides in the mountains.