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• Sneak Peek: Issue 19′s Feature on Recovery Rules

  31 December 12 • 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. With Nationals and Worlds just around the corner, this article couldn’t come at a better time: it focuses on how to recover properly so you’re on [...]

• Sneak Peek: Issue 19′s Feature on Belgian-turned-American Racer Ben Berden

  24 December 12 • 3 comments

  

  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 looks at Belgian racer Ben Berden, one of the few who has spent his last two seasons racing almost entirely in the US, focusing [...]

• Retroshift’s CX2 Shifters Review: Prioritizing Reliability and Simplicity for the Mud and Muck of Cyclocross

  13 November 12 • 11 comments

  

  As we enter the sloppy period of the cyclocross season, some of you may have suffered from gunked-up or broken shift levers and races hampered by unreliable drivetrains. If you’re on a budget and prefer reliability over conformity, Retroshift has an alternative shifter and brake lever combination worth considering. This review by Andrew Yee originally [...]

• Issue 18 Errata: 2012 SRAM Red Review and More

  20 September 12 • 1 comment

  

  Welcome Cyclocross Magazine Reader. In our mad sprint to get Issue 18 off to the printer before Interbike and start the cyclocross season with a bang, we goofed. When our early copies of Issue 18 arrived at our dive in Vegas, it became completely clear we jumped the gun a little and had a technical [...]

• Skills and Fitness on the Fritz? Consider a Clinic!

  25 August 12 • 2 comments

  

  With so many clinics popping up in early September, we wanted to show this gem off again! Summer: a time to relax, have barbeques, hit the beach, and … get ready for cyclocross season. If you finished last season feeling like your technical skills weren’t quite up to par, or you hit the buffets a [...]

• Discover Cyclocross Magazine in Print: “Laurence Malone: The Original Rebel: America’s First King of ’Cross”

  12 August 12 • 1 comment

  

  Already subscribed to Cyclocross Magazine in print or digital? Great! After a slightly longer-than-expected off-season pause, you’re in for some great print issues in the next few months. Haven’t gotten around to it yet? Now is the perfect time to get your subscription in and make sure you don’t miss any more issues. Haven’t seen our print [...]

• On the Newsstands: Cyclocross Magazine Issue 16

  24 February 12 • 0 comment

  

  As the whirlwind of Nationals, Masters Worlds and Worlds winds down, Cyclocross Magazine Issue 16 arrives in mailboxes and on store shelves around the country. Issue 16 is the most photo-heavy yet, with cyclocross stories and photo essays from around the world, from Nats to Koksijde to Japan with a stop at SSCXWC along the [...]

• On the Newsstands: Cyclocross Magazine Issue 15

  18 December 11 • 1 comment

  

  As the domestic cyclocross calendar winds down for 2011, Cyclocross Magazine Issue 15 arrives in mailboxes and on store shelves around the country. Issue 15 takes readers back to the roots of American ’cross, and reports on where we’ve come to at this point in our sport’s history. If you haven’t subscribed to the only [...]

• Cheap Bike Project: An Exercise in Cyclocross Penny Pinching

  18 December 11 • 5 comments

  

  The following article launching Cyclocross Magazine’s “Cheap Bike” project originally appeared in Issue 14. Part 2 of the article is in Issue 15, which is arriving in shops nationwide now, and soon to be available for purchase on our website and as a digital download. by Andrew Yee Cheap Bike: An Introduction Bike racing has [...]

• Give the Gift of a CXM Digital All-Access Subscription! Issue 14 is Out, Issue 15 Coming Shortly!

  9 December 11 • 0 comment

  NOTE: THIS PAGE IS A GHOST OF CXMAS PAST, IF YOU’D LIKE THE LATEST AND GREATEST FOR YOU AND YOURS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON PLEASE VISIT OUR 2012 HOLIDAY GIFT PAGE. With the holidays here, we have the perfect answer to all your gift-giving needs that ensures instant delivery and hours and hours of enjoyment: a [...]

• How-To: Singlespeed Conversion (in time for SSCXWC)

  16 November 11 • 6 comments

  

  Just in time for SSCXWC, we’ve got a how-to article on singlespeed conversions. This article is part of the Singlespeed Overdose feature in Issue 2 that also reviewed tensioners and covered the first edition of the Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships in Portland, Oregon. Be sure not to miss our follow-up singlespeed how-to article and [...]

• Cyclocross Wheel Review: Williams Cyclocross Tubular Wheelset Review

  18 October 11 • 1 comment

  

  Williams has brought to market a cyclocross specific tubular wheel set that is a strong performer yet durable enough for even the most aggressive Clydesdale. The wheels are built with stout 14 straight gauge spokes: 2-cross lacing on the front and 3-cross on the rear. The semi-aero, aluminum rim is robust, benefiting from a simple tubular cross section. The rims are completed with a brilliant white paint scheme, and their `cross-specific pedigree is emphasized by bold decals.

• On the Newsstands: Cyclocross Magazine Issue 14

  6 October 11 • 1 comment

  

  Our subscribers are just beginning to report receiving Issue 14 – and we’re getting kudos both on its quality and our record-breaking turnaround time to keep the content coming during the season. Copies are also showing up at the bike shops and book stores that stock our publication too [See our list of "Top Shops"]. [...]

• Euro Dominance on American Soil

  5 October 11 • 0 comment

  Unless you’ve been sleeping through the beginning of cyclocross season, you’ve noticed the prevalence of Euros racing on American soil, and the impressive results they’ve been racking up. Helen Wyman led a trio of Brits, and she took home an amazing nine straight wins, while Bart Wellens, Rob Peeters, Lars van der Haar and others [...]

• Digital Magazine Update: Issues 6, 7, 13 Now Available!

  22 September 11 • 0 comment

  

  We’ve been getting a bunch of questions about the digital magazine, especially Issue 13, and wanted to announce that our much-loved and highly-discussed Issue 13 has been available for several weeks now, as well as several more back copies, including Issues 6 and 7. Included in Issue 13 is our eye-opening CXM Labs testing of [...]