by Molly Hurford Last week, we checked in with the King of Scottish cyclocross, Rab Wardell. So it only seemed fitting that today we see what the Queen of American cyclocross has been up to so...
LONGMONT, COLORADO – In a move that will delight cyclocross fans across the world, reigning World Champion Sven Nys of Belgium will be racing CLIF® Bar CrossVegas in 2013. Nys captured his...
28 March 2013
by Molly Hurford Being home for two weeks, with no races to cover, was unprecedented. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I had two full weeks of no racing, no events, no trips, no anything. So, what’s a girl to do? For this slightly out-of-shape reporter, it meant a chance to get a [...]
27 March 2013
by John McComisky Cyclocross Magazine always promises the best of ’cross from both sides of the pond, so I think we can do no better than to feature a rider who has really lit up the domestic scene in the United States, as well as flown the flag for Great Britain in UCI World Cups [...]
26 March 2013
Now that the whirlwind of Nationals, Masters Worlds and Worlds is over, in the next few weeks Cyclocross Magazine Issue 20 will start to arrive in mailboxes and on store shelves around the country. Issue 20 is packed to the gills with behind-the-scenes content from Worlds and Nationals, but it’s also jam-packed with bike reviews and [...]
25 March 2013
We did a brief race report and video interviews with the winners of the 2013 Barry Roubaix gravel race, but here our intern gives the local Michigan racer perspective on how events played out. Want more gravel? Make sure you pick up Issue 20 of Cyclocross Magazine, coming to newsstands soon! by Cody Sovis The [...]
24 March 2013
When Redline’s Justin Lindine attacked one kilometer from the finish, Bissell’s Mike Anderson knew that he wouldn’t be able to surge back to catch him. And so New England’s Honey Badger sailed in solo after the 62-mile epic gravel Barry Roubaix race, surprising no one. After all, the course was riddled with potholes, ruts, ice [...]
21 March 2013
HASTINGS, MICHIGAN–This weekend, Cyclocross Magazine is heading north to Hastings, Michigan, for the Barry-Roubaix. Registration has closed with a total head count at 2873 racers—not bad for a gravel race! Michigan’s 2013 cycling race season kicks off the year with the Killer Gravel Road Race—like the classic it’s named after, Barry-Roubaix will test riders against [...]
20 March 2013
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO – USA Cycling on Wednesday announced that it has amended rule 1E6, which outlines upgrades and downgrades for cyclocross racers. Beginning in 2013, all newly-licensed riders will begin as a category 5 racer. Any riders who will be renewing from 2013 forward will maintain the category from the previous year. A category [...]
20 March 2013
EAGLE, COLORADO – After a two year hiatus, America’s only spring cyclocross race, Cult Cross, returns to the Eagle County Fairgrounds for the fourth edition of this very fun and grassroots event. Promoter Larry Grossman has brought the Town of Eagle on board as the presenting sponsor and with nearly $2000 in cash up for [...]
19 March 2013
If you’re subscribed to Cyclocross Magazine, Issue 20 is on it’s way to you, and with it, a great interview with everyone’s favorite Honey Badger, Justin Lindine. Here, we have his uncut interview from our drive down to USGP Derby City Cup in Louisville, and links to some of his journals that he’s written for [...]
18 March 2013
When sitting down for breakfast this weekend, we suddenly realized: we didn’t have anywhere to be. No race to get ready for, no muddy kit to wash … It was a disconcerting feeling, so of course we squelched it by heading out on a muddy mountain bike ride. But it did leave us with the [...]
17 March 2013
You may remember our mid-season Flemish lessons brought to us from across the pond by our British reporter, David Evans. Here, he road tested his skills and interviewed some Belgians (and people in Belgium) while attending the World Cup in Hoogerheide in January to work on an in-depth interview with Amy Dombroski and the Telenet-Fidea [...]
15 March 2013
by Jacob Fetty ’Cross is over. Now what? You have watched the World Championship replay 17 times on YouTube. You are lost. It feels like your partner has moved on and wants a six-month break. Oh, the drama. Here are three things to help you through the break-up: See Other People Over the previous several [...]
14 March 2013
by Shannon Galpin The bicycle is a commonly used metaphor for change and freedom—wheels in motion, self powered movement, pedaling a revolution. Nowhere is this truer than in Afghanistan today, as the Women’s National Cycling Team begins to take shape. Cycling is the last taboo for women in Afghanistan; women do not ride bikes. It [...]
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 [...]
23 April 2013
What happens when a mountain bike wheel company makes road wheels? They come out with wheels that are more designed for cyclocross than they are for a crit. This week, North Carolina-based Industry Nine is releasing their latest iteration of their i25 aluminum road wheels, and at Sea Otter this weekend, Operations Manager Jacob McGahey [...]
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