by Molly Hurford When Marianne Vos's name popped up on the start list at Sea Otter, you could see the ripple of excitement that went through the crowd. Vos has claimed almost every title available,...
We asked each and every Nationals medalist just how he or she does it. What’s the training like? What kind of cross training do you do? What workouts do you love to hate? How do you plan nutrition?...
27 January 2013
by Molly Hurford Cyclocross Magazine was lucky enough to get to spend some time in the RV at Kings CX in Cincinnati on Saturday with three of the best racers in Europe: Niels Albert, Wietse Bosmans and Radomir Simunek. We talked with them about their impressions of the US so far and their thoughts on [...]
27 January 2013
If you’ve attended a USGP, or any of the major cyclocross races in the US this season, you’ve probably noticed Steven Wilkes working at the Rapha-Focus team tent. But when he isn’t fixing rider’s bikes and making sure all is right in the riders’ worlds, he’s been out snapping shots of the 2013 Cyclocross World [...]
27 January 2013
Part of the Belgian National Team, led by Sven Nys, Aernouts and Peeters, climbed over the course fencing to sample the Worlds cyclocross course at Eva Bandman park (despite the organizers’ Tweet that “the [course] is NOT open to pre-riding”). We don’t profess to be great at Flemish, but our rough translation is that the [...]
27 January 2013
After storming to a solo win at Nationals earlier this month, Jonathan Page proved that living, training and racing in Belgium might just be the right move for an American racer trying to make his or her way in the sport. And at Kings CX in Cincinnati yesterday, he left is mark on the course [...]
27 January 2013
by Dave Queen I am preparing to make my cyclocross pilgrimage. Cyclocross, like almost any activity, has those who observe, others that dabble, some who are dedicated, and a select few for whom it is their Alpha and Omega. I am a cyclocross racer. Oval tracks exist only for dogs or horses. Roads and trails [...]
26 January 2013
by Joe Bellante with additional coverage by Molly Hurford CINCINNATI, OHIO – The first race with the Euro crew assembled for Worlds next week is in the books, and it’s clear that despite a trans-Atlantic voyage, nothing is stopping the Euro invasion. Niels Albert took the win in the men’s race at Cincinnati Kings International [...]
26 January 2013
Here’s the Men’s start list for the Cincinnati Kings International Cyclocross race. Follow the action live on Twitter via #kingscx and @cyclocross
26 January 2013
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – Can’t wait for Worlds? Neither can we! Cyclocross Magazine fan Nolan McQueen sent us this video via Twitter of the 2013 Cyclocross World Championship course at Eva Bandman Park. Things are looking cold and dry at the moment, with some ice patches in the low lying areas, but as we learned from the Masters World [...]
26 January 2013
With the 2013 Cyclocross World Championships just a week away, the cyclocross geeks at Cyclocross Magazine thought we’d take a look at the UCI cyclocross rankings, starting with the men. These rankings matter in terms of Worlds in two main ways: Starting position for each rider, and number of riders per country. The nation’s UCI [...]
26 January 2013
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – The 2013 UCI Cyclocross World Championships will be streamed live for a world-wide audience to watch this historic moment in sport on Cyclocross Magazine’s website at cxmagazine.com. Live Streaming Video from the 2013 World Championships in Louiville, Kentucky, brought to you by the UCI, will be hosted here: http://www.cxmagazine.com/live-video-stream-2013-cyclocross-world-championships. Also join us for [...]
25 January 2013
What happens when Raleigh Bicycles teams up with Cyclocross Magazine to run a contest to find the best new obstacle for a singlespeed race? You, our readers came up with some of the most absurd, funniest, downright zany obstacles that exceeded our wildest expectations. And for good reason: on the line was a trip to [...]
24 January 2013
The last time we saw Geoff Kabush out racing, it was at the USGP in Bend back in early December. And since Canadian Nationals were already over by then (with Kabush taking the win), he didn’t have any races to look forward to, except for the big one: Worlds Championships in Kentucky, two months after his last cyclocross race of the season. Yesterday, we caught up with him to find out what he’s been up to for the past few weeks, and find out a bit about his goals for Worlds and the upcoming MTB season.
24 January 2013
Yesterday, frequent Cyclocross Magazine contributor Ted Burns teamed up with Managing Editor Molly Hurford to host a podcast for NorCal Cycling News and Cyclocross Magazine with some of the members of the US team for World Championships, which are just nine days away. This podcast, part one of two, talked with Danny Summerhill, Georgia Gould [...]
23 May 2013
by Molly Hurford In anticipation of Issue 21 of Cyclocross Magazine with our huge women’s feature, we’re taking a look at some of the kit and gear options out there for women these days. The fashion spectrum has improved drastically over the years, and finally companies are making clothing for women, not just taking men’s [...]
22 May 2013
by Alan “Danger” Zinniker Go to any high-level professional cyclocross or road race, and watch the professional European mechanics clean and work on a bike. They’re not dealing with workstands with finicky clamps that can crush lightweight carbon frames or seatposts, but take care of washing and adjusting their riders’ bikes with workstands that have [...]
20 May 2013
A couple of weeks ago, we asked some of our favorite mechanics and the staffers at Cyclocross Magazine which tools they simply couldn’t live without during the cyclocross season. Allen wrenches were heavily featured. But this time, we wanted to hear from our readers, the racers who can be found in the trenches and pitting [...]
16 May 2013
by Molly Hurford If you watch Parks and Recreation at all, you may be familiar with this scene, and the three little words that may inspire a hefty chunk of your bike and bike accessory buying: “Treat Yo Self.” You spend most of your spare time on the bike, so why not make it [...]
13 May 2013
by Chris Mayhew The season is over, but before you pack away the bike into the back of the garage until next September, there are a few things you should do to ensure than when you do pull it out, covered in dust and begging to be ridden again come cyclocross season, it’s in race-ready [...]
7 May 2013
by Clifford Lee At Sea Otter a couple weeks ago, we learned of a few developments in the tire department from several companies regarding cyclocross. Thanks to a new licensing agreement, the Challenge Eroica will be renamed the Strada Bianca, both names referring to the race and ride around Siena in the Tuscan region of [...]
6 May 2013
Work time will be decreased with a repair stand. With work time decreased, beer time increases, and that makes for happier cyclocross racers. Happy cyclocross racers make for a better sport. So you see, the future of our sport depends on everyone owning repair stands.
3 May 2013
Now that the dust has died down, we’re going through our massive memory cards full of photos of some of the goodies we spotted at Sea Otter but didn’t have time to post while we were there. Getting the lay of the land from the short track MTB course on Friday. Saturday, the cyclocross race [...]
30 April 2013
PORTLAND, OREGON — Asylum Cycles has announced the crowd funding and product launch of the Meuse, a disc-brake, full-carbon cyclocross bike. With a Belgian river as its namesake, the Meuse pays homage to the early European origins of cyclocross. What’s particularly intriguing is that the Meuse is being launched on Crowd Supply, the first crowd funding site [...]
29 April 2013
When we stopped at the TRP Brakes booth at the Outdoor Demo in Vegas before Interbike 2012, we inquired about the HyWire, the innovative hydraulic disc brake levers with TRP’s own electronic shifters built into the brake lever. The company had figured out how to make shifters compatible with Shimano’s Dura-Ace 7970 10-speed Di2 derailleurs, [...]
26 April 2013
Zipp’s 303 carbon rim wheels have been a mainstay in US cyclocross races and European spring classics since they were redesigned in 2010 to be wider than the average road rim. Although the company tweaked the 45mm deep rim’s profile again two years ago to go from the toroidal shape to the new Firecrest shape [...]
25 April 2013
Fizik shoes, from the priciest to the most inexpensive, are handmade in Italy. They want you to know that, because to them, Italy stands for high quality and craftsmanship, and, as Adam Bookwalter, the North America Area Manager, tells me right away, “That’s really important to us.” Fizik, like companies including Sidi and Gaerne, has [...]
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