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• 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 [...]

• NAHBS 2013 Saturday Winners Announced – Mosaic Wins the Award that Matters (Best Cyclocross Bike)

  23 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  On Thursday before NAHBS 2013 started, we showcased a custom titanium disc cyclocross from Mosaic Cycles (with photos, video) that we’ve had the good fortune to test over the last few months and will be telling print and digital subscribers all about in Issue 20. It’s clear that the judges from NAHBS have had the same [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Twenty2 Cycles Goes Big and Small with a 650b Titanium Monster Cross Bike

  23 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Twenty2 Cycles fabricates titanium, steel and aluminum bicycles in Vail, Colorado, just a few hours away from the 2013 NAHBS show. Founded in 2011 by Todd Robison, Ryan Van Ness and Alan Christie, the trio builds road, mountain, cyclocross, and touring bicycles, but also is known for their fat bikes, which can come in handy [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Six Eleven Bicycle Co’ Shines Bright with S&S Coupled Steel Cyclocross Bike

  23 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Six-Eleven Bicycle Co. brought an intricately-detailed and painted, brazed steel cyclocross bike to NAHBS back in 2012 and walked away tied for first place with the Moots’ Psychlo-X RSL in the Best Cyclocross bike category. In his first three years, Six-Eleven’s Aaron Dykstra has won three awards, beginning with the Rookie of the Year in 2010, Best Track Frame [...]

• NAHBS 2013: New Bikes from Alchemy, Geekhouse, Engin and Cielo – Updated Videos

  22 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Our intrepid reporter, Jesse Pisel, was on the ground at the 2013 North American Handmade Bike Show (NAHBS) and spotted a few new rigs from Alchemy Bicycle Company, Engin Cycles, Geekhouse Bikes, and Cielo Cycles. Alchemy Bicycle Company: We’ve profiled Nationals bronze medalist Nicole Duke’s Alchemy bikes before, but we wanted to snap a few [...]

• TRP Unveils HyRd Hydraulic/Mechanical Hybrid Disc Brakes at NAHBS 2013

  22 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  We’re checking out the eye candy at the North American Handmade Bike Show (NAHBS) 2013, and spotted the new TRP Brakes HyRd hybrid hydraulic brake. Two years ago, TRP introduced the Parabox at Sea Otter and Cyclocross Magazine got the first ride on the hydraulic disc brake system for cyclocross that allowed you to use [...]

• Considering Custom & NAHBS 2013 Preview: Mosaic Cycles Titanium Cyclocross Frame Profiled in Issue 20 – Updated Video

  21 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  With the 2013 North American Handmade Bike Show (NAHBS) starting tomorrow in Boulder, Colorado (stay tuned as we bring you all the great cyclocross bikes from the show), we figure it’s a good time to talk custom, hand-built cyclocross bikes. [Update: Mosaic Cycles wins Best Cyclocross bike at NAHBS 2013] In that spirit, with round 1 [...]

• Catching Up with Helen Wyman: Worlds, Women’s Racing, and Her Season

  19 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Paul Burgoine Helen finished second to Sanne Cant in the final Superprestige race of the season in Middelkerke, and Paul Burgoine was there to ask her about the race and her season as a whole. PAUL BURGOINE: How did the race go? HELEN WYMAN: It was good. I’m a bit tired now – I’ve [...]

• Kaitie Antonneau Reflects on Worlds, Looks to New Year

  17 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Cody Sovis At just 21 years old, Kaitie Antonneau made her third ever World Championships start at Louisville. Already thought of as the future of American cyclocross, Antonneau proved she is also the present with an outstanding tenth place finish in the biggest race of her career. The phenom is already set for an [...]

• CX Tokyo Draws Crowd of 13,000 as Powers Rides to the Win

  14 February 13 • 7 comments

  

  Japan has started to become a hotbed for cyclocross action, hosting races that draw in riders like Tim Johnson, Ben Berden, Jeremy Powers and many of our other big names in US cyclocross, and sending a squad of racers to Worlds in the US. They also have the fan base: this weekend, 13,000 fans showed [...]

• Shaky Start for USA’s First Worlds Earns Flying Colors by the End, According to Belgians

  9 February 13 • 10 comments

  

  by Christine Vardaros America’s inaugural World Cyclocross Championships incited a roller coaster of emotions throughout the Belgian (Flemish) community, for both riders and fans alike.  The wave of uncertainty was finally put to rest after Belgian Sven Nys crossed the line, hand in the air – but not a moment earlier. The first question mark [...]

• Dan Horndasch Explains Power Washer Problems at Masters Worlds: Video

  9 February 13 • 1 comment

  

  On Friday, the final day of the 2013 Masters Cyclocross World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky, one set of the power washers had been moved to the Elite World Championship course at Eva Bandman Park, and the remaining set was left out overnight and would freeze solid and be useless for the day’s championship races. The [...]

• Sneak Peek: Issue 19′s Feature, Inside the Gilly Suit

  8 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  In the spirit of holiday giving, we wanted to offer our readers a sneak peek at what’s between the pages of our latest issue of Cyclocross Magazine, Issue 19. This piece focuses on one of the characters that makes cyclocross unique: the man in the gilly suit, hanging out cash at races. Haven’t seen him? [...]

• Cyclocross Magazine’s Team Reflects on the World Championships in Louisville

  7 February 13 • 3 comments

  

  by Robbie Carver, Molly Hurford and Andrew Yee With three races – and three Dutch winners – in the books, with temperatures dropping and crowds swelling, the tension at Eva Bandman park was palpable. The beer line thinned as spectators elbowed their way to the best spots on the course. Costumed spectators took up their [...]

• Number Crunching: Analyzing Lap Times from the World Championships

  6 February 13 • 3 comments

  

  by Robbie Carver As with the 2013 National Championships, we here at Cyclocross Magazine can’t help but geek out on the lap times from the World Championship races this past Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky. With the benefit of electronic timing, we can pick apart each race to see where the moves were made or the races [...]