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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,...
22 January 2013
In late October, Cyclocross Magazine teamed up with KHS Bikes to announce the give away of a CX300 Cyclocross Bike during the Design Your Dream Cyclocross Course Contest. After consulting world famous course designer Tom Stevens we had whittled down entries into our top five, which were announced last week on our Facebook Page. One [...]
22 January 2013
CINCINNATI, OHIO – At first glance, the bikereg.com registered riders list seems more like a promoter’s wishlist than a reality, but it’s really happening. Next weekend, Niels Albert, Radomir Simunek, Joachim Parbo, Ryan Trebon, Tim Johnson, Jonathan Page and Wietse Bosmans will be racing in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, at Cincinnati Kings International Cyclocross. With only [...]
20 January 2013
HOOGERHEIDE, NETHERLANDS – As flurries of snow swirled around the racers and frozen ground saw the best riders in the world crashing as their bikes disappeared beneath them, Czech racer Martin Bina (CEZ Cyklo Team Tabor) had the greatest victory of his pro career with a dominating show of riding on the ice. Dutchman Lars van der Haar (Rabobank-Giant), racing [...]
20 January 2013
HOOGERHEIDE, NETHERLANDS – On the first true winter conditions of this year’s World Cup series, Marianne Vos (Rabobank) was right at home as she stormed across the slippery, frozen ground to take a snowy win in the final round at Hoogerheide. Sanne van Paassen (Rabobank) rode into a strong second place, staying with Vos until [...]
19 January 2013
By Molly Hurford and Robbie Carver The Glory The 2013 Cyclocross Nationals wasn’t found in the dull roar of the fans, the screams, the jeers, the pounding on the course siding along the finishing straight; it wasn’t found in the victory salute, the raised arms, the mud-stained interviews. No. For us, Nationals was in the [...]
19 January 2013
While most spectators are waiting in anticipation of tomorrow’s final World Cup in Hoogerheide, racers today had a job to do at either the C2 Kasteelcross in Zonnebeke, Belgiam or the C2 Internationale Cyclo-Cross in Rucphen, Netherlands. With a nasty cold snap moving over northern Europe, racers had frozen courses – and frozen ground – [...]
18 January 2013
by Jacob Fetty Kids grow up too quickly. We all know the cliche: you even think about blinking and you miss something … or multiple things. Blink once and your child is talking, blink twice and your little one is borrowing the keys to your car. As engaged parents and motivated athletes, we don’t want [...]
17 January 2013
Currently the UCI has a rule making national federations send their top three male cyclists to World Championships if they are ranked in the top 50 internationally. The rule does not exist on the women’s side. Thus, this year in 2013, fewer of the world’s top 50 ranked female cyclists are traveling to Louisville for [...]
17 January 2013
With the UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships coming to the United States for the first time, many of the top stars of the sport have one final stop on their road to Louisville – The Cincinnati Kings International (C2) race on Saturday, January 26th 90 minutes up the road. US riders Jeremy Powers, Ryan Trebon, and [...]
17 January 2013
With so many amazing photos coming in from the elite races on Sunday during the 2013 National Championships, we simply couldn’t fit them all into the original report. A fan photographer, Chris Schmidt, took some beautiful black and whites that captured the scene, and we wanted to share.
17 January 2013
Our favorite U.K. columnist David Evans is back, this time to discuss something we’ve been thinking a lot about lately: Flemish. With the surge of Belgians heading to the US for Worlds (we hope!), we’re getting nervous about our abilities to navigate the crowds in Louisville effectively and politely, so David took it upon himself [...]
16 January 2013
With so many amazing photos coming in from the elite races on Sunday during the 2013 National Championships, we simply couldn’t fit them all into the original report. Our photographer on the scene, Meg McMahon, has shared yet another gorgeous gallery with us and we couldn’t wait to showcase some of her images.
16 January 2013
In case you missed some of our online coverage of Nationals, we wanted to put together this compilation of some of our favorite interviews with Sunday’s elite racers, including Jonathan Page, Katie Compton, Nicole Duke, Danny Summerhill, Zach McDonald and many others. Stay tuned in coming days for even more coverage as we shift into [...]
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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