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?...
24 December 2012
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 [...]
23 December 2012
by Justin Lindine Taste that? That sort of metallic dry taste on the roof of your mouth? Feel the beat of your heart quicken as you try to deep-breathe away the restless anticipation? Sweat appears on my palms and forehead, and I have to stop quickly and think of something else just to calm down.
23 December 2012
NAMUR, BELGIUM – Kevin Pauwels showed he’s not to be written off, with a commanding ride today at World Cup Namur. The Sunweb-Revor rider, who has been plagued with crashes and mechanicals this season, established a first-lap lead with Francis Mourey; by the third lap, Pauwels was all by himself with a gap that only increased [...]
23 December 2012
NAMUR, BELGIUM – On a wet, slippery morning, American national champion Logan Owen took the win today on the Namur course that later hosted the elite World Cup men and women races, winning ahead of compatriot Curtis White, both of whom are in Europe for Christmas Week with EuroCross Camp. David Lombardo grabbed 7th, Stephen Basset [...]
23 December 2012
NAMUR, BELGIUM – On a wet, slippery course, Katie Compton (Trek) rode a perfect race, establishing a gap on the first lap and never relinquishing it. Katerina Nash (Luna) proved she is back on top after her early-season back problems and rode a commanding race, never losing sight of Compton and powering her way to second. [...]
22 December 2012
ESSEN, BELGIUM – On a rainy, muddy course today in Essen, Belgian champion Sanne Cant (BKCP) continued her winning ways as she proved best equipped to handle the difficult terrain to take the GVA Trofee win. At the start of the race, it was Katerina Nash (Luna) who gave the Belgian the most difficulty, but Nash began [...]
22 December 2012
ESSEN, BELGIUM – In what proved to be one of the most exciting days of racing this season, on a course thick with mud, mechanicals, and bobbles, Jan Denuwelaere (Style and Concept) slid across the line, butt first, after being driven into the barriers in a two-up sprint against returning champion Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step). [...]
22 December 2012
by Kat Statman Well, the world didn’t implode or explode yesterday, and we admit, we weren’t surprised. Everyone knows the world is not allowed to end until either this year’s Kersteperiode ends or Sven wins another World Championship, right? OK, enough of the end of the world jokes, pretty tiresome and we have cyclocross [...]
21 December 2012
by Justin Lindine There are so many bike racing clichés when you travel to Europe, so many things I could say that would sound rehearsed and stereotypical. So many things, in fact, that it has made me paralyzed, afraid to start what should be a basic web-journal. So now that I’ve leapt over that particular [...]
21 December 2012
by Josey Weik I arrived in Brussels with David after a nine hour flight with little sleep at 9:00 AM. The Brussels airport was surprisingly painless and we found the baggage claim with out a fuss, with plenty of people saying things like: “You here for Cyclocross?” “Yeah!” “Very good, what races are you doing?” [...]
21 December 2012
The UCI Management Committee this week approved a proposal for equal prize money for men and women at all UCI World Championships. Coming into effect from January 2013, this decision applies to all of cycling’s disciplines, with the exception of the road team time trial, whose prize money is funded by a contribution from the [...]
21 December 2012
by Christine Vardaros My goal these next few days is to crawl out of the hole I’ve buried myself in, hopefully in time for the Christmas period of racing where I have seven events in fourteen days. The mini-journey back to form is coming along but never quick enough. Patience is not particularly a virtue [...]
21 December 2012
by Jacob Fetty One cup of coffee. Two. Kids are up. Work is calling – literally and figuratively. You are already feeling the squeeze of your day and you don’t even have your socks on yet.
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 [...]
24 April 2013
If you’ve ever toyed with the idea of racing cyclocross with a PowerTap to get some solid wattage readings, then the Stages Power Meter might be a new toy to add to your wish list, especially if your PowerTap is on a clincher wheel and you’ve got a nice pair of tubular race wheels. The [...]
24 April 2013
“The Paru is built with the inner determination to find the limit of grip and pain, but now with braking abilities to match.” While New Zealand-based Grammo revealed their disc brake-equipped carbon cyclocross frame at Sea Otter last year, it wasn’t until this year’s show that they were able to finally say that it was [...]
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