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• Jeremy Powers Hops to Rapha-Focus Cyclocross Team

  17 March 11 • 2 comments

  

  Cyclocross star and USGP and NACT cyclocross series winner Jeremy Powers joins Team Rapha Focus from Cannondale-CyclocrossWorld. Full press release below. Team Rapha-FOCUS Signs Cyclocross Standout Jeremy Powers 2010 US Gran Prix and North American Cyclocross Trophy Series winner to strengthen top cyclocross team. March 17, 2011; Carlsbad, CA – Team Rapha-FOCUS has announced the [...]

• Rediscovering Francis Mourey via Video

  17 March 11 • 0 comment

  

  Francis Mourey has established himself among the best on the world cyclocross stage, including taking fourth place at Worlds in St. Wendel and winning his sixth French title this year. But the American interest in the Frenchman skyrocketed when he stormed our shores and won Starcrossed, the Rad Racing GP and CrossVegas (with a crazy [...]

• New Product Spotlight and Review: An Alternative Sticker to UCI’s Frame Approval Sticker

  17 March 11 • 2 comments

  

  Moments after attempting to shine some initial light on the UCI’s bicycle frame approval protocol and sticker program by posting  Are You Ready? UCI’s New Bicycle Frame Approval Protocol Impacts Upcoming Season and the initial list of approved frames, the comments flooded in, including one reader’s comment asking “So when do the counterfeit stickers start [...]

• Are You Ready? UCI’s New Bicycle Frame Approval Protocol Impacts Upcoming Season

  16 March 11 • 17 comments

  

  If you’re gunning for a UCI cyclocross point, or hoping to just measure up against the big boys this cyclocross season and not get lapped, you probably already know you have to pay attention to your tire width, wheels and clothing among other equipment. But starting this season, in case you haven’t already heard, you [...]

• New Het Fairwheel Concept Store Displays Podium Bikes, Parlee Custom Build, Cyclocross Goodies

  12 March 11 • 0 comment

  by Josh Liberles Het Fairwheel Podium is a new concept store that just opened in the cyclocross hotbed of Portland, Oregon, and like any modern shop worth its salt, there’s some cool cyclocross gear in the house. Emiliano Jordan, a Tucson, Arizona, transplant who helped to build Tucson shop Fairwheel Bicycles’ online presence, opened the [...]

• Website Update: Content Returns

  12 March 11 • 0 comment

  Here’s the latest on our website woes, which despite paling in comparison to the tragic current events in Japan, have us royally bummed out and working around the clock. Our reputable hosting company mysteriously overwrote our database with an old version, and to make matters worse, had a setup error on the routine backups. Nevertheless, [...]

• Video: Van der Haar’s Offseason

  10 March 11 • 0 comment

  

  Lars van der Haar is fresh off of a stunning 2010/2011 cyclocross campaign, which included winning the World and European Championships as well as the World Cup and GvA series overalls in the U23 division. Not too shabby. What’s scary is that the 20 year-old still has two more potential seasons of eligibility in the [...]

• Cyclocross Magazine’s Complete UCI Cyclocross Race Calendar for 2011 / 2012 Season

  9 March 11 • 0 comment

  

  We’ve got the 2011/2012 UCI Cyclocross Race Calendar loaded up and ready for your viewing pleasure. At the current count, there’s a whopping 144 races schedule for next season. You can sort the list by date, country, category, class or name, or search by keyword.

• Japan’s Cyclocross Season Still Going Strong with March Race in Tokyo

  8 March 11 • 0 comment

  

  Japan’s cyclocross scene has been growing rapidly, but most of its racing is constrained to the Kansai region of western Japan, an area that includes Osaka and Kyoto. But this past Sunday, Tokyo, considered by some to be the world’s largest city, held a new March cyclocross race in the Hachioji area. The course was [...]

• New Product Review: Chomper Body Crank Embrocation Rub and Muscle Butter Therapeutic Lotion

  6 March 11 • 0 comment

  

  More than any other type of cyclist, cyclocrossers have an infatuation with embrocation. The ointments can help protect your skin from the elements, and give you a sense of warmth when it’s cold outside – not just during cyclocross but also during the wet winter and early spring season. With the growth of the cyclocross, [...]

• Tim Johnson and Bikes Belong Ride on Washington

  26 February 11 • 1 comment

  by Josh Liberles Last year Tim Johnson crossed a line that, unfortunately, few professional cyclists do – from competitor to bike advocate. Johnson attended the annual National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C., and something clicked. This March he’ll be taking his support one step further, by riding from Boston, near his home town, all the [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of February 25th, 2011

  25 February 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman The 2010–2011 cyclocross season is over. The general classifications have been decided and many of the rider–team agreements have been made for the 2011-2012 season. So what is there to talk about in the realm of pro cyclcoross? Well, we still have pro cyclocross to talk about. Just because the season is [...]

• Stybar and Vos Prove Masters of Cross Yet Again: Photo Gallery

  25 February 11 • 0 comment

  Wednesday’s Masters of Cross brought the 2010/2011 season to a fitting end with our two Elite World Champions taking top honors for the night. It was perhaps fitting that Zdenek Stybar and Marianne Vos, who both repeated their World Titles this year, also repeated their victories here in the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium. The [...]

• Versluis Snowcross – Late Season, Grassroots Michigan Racing

  24 February 11 • 0 comment

  by Marc Dettman So what do Michigan cyclocrossers do when the long, cold, white fingers of winter start scratching at the frost on the window? Get the shanty out and ice fish? Sit around the stove eating mac ’n cheese, drink PBR and play euchre? Sew suede patches on the elbows of our brown corduroy [...]

• More Cyclocross Goodies and News from FrostBike 2011

  24 February 11 • 0 comment

  In part one of our 2011 QBP Frostbike Expo coverage, we brought you news of new tires, wheels, bikes and chainguards.  In part two today, we’ve got some “braking” news, a new inner tube, and more scoops on new cyclocross frames. by Tommy “Hurl” Everson Lance Larrabee of TRP Brakes informs us that the company’s [...]