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?...
15 February 2013
by Jacob Fetty So many things happen in a ’cross race – physically, mentally, metaphorically and existentially. It’s an action packed several minutes. Racing well in ’cross races depends on more than fitness. In the algebraic race equation it takes combining fitness with technique, multiplied by bike driving divided by transition skills to equal a top [...]
14 February 2013
Japan has started to become a hotbed for cyclocross action, hosting races that draw in riders like Tim Johnson, Ben Berden, Jeremy Powers and many of our other big names in US cyclocross, and sending a squad of racers to Worlds in the US. They also have the fan base: this weekend, 13,000 fans showed [...]
13 February 2013
Dirtwire.tv was on the ground at Worlds doing interviews that few media outlets would dare to do: interviewing Marianne Vos in a Christopher Walken voice, sending a 13 year old to talk to not only Jonathan Page and Katie Compton, but Sven Nys, and asking the most important question: how much of Van der [...]
12 February 2013
The Tim Johnson Mud Fund is proud to announce scholarship recipients for the following deserving junior and U23 racers: Josh Johnson Manny Goguen Peter Goguen Josey Weik Spencer Petrov Maghalie Rochette Michael van den Ham Turner Ramsey The Mud Fund received 27 fantastic applications from boys & girls from across the United States & Canada, [...]
12 February 2013
Stephen Bassett had the chance most kids only could dream about: to represent the US in the World Championships of Cyclocross, held for the first time in the States. He took home 31st place in the 17-18 race, and here, he tells us all about how the race week played out for him. by Stephen [...]
11 February 2013
We had a chance to catch up with Zach McDonald now that the dust has settled a bit from Worlds. While we were mainly chatting with him about Nationals for Issue 20, we couldn’t help but ask a few questions unrelated to the topic. Specifically, what’s next for the 22-year-old as he prepares for his [...]
10 February 2013
HOOGSTRATEN, BELGIUM: On a challenging course lined with snow and thick with leg-sapping mud, Sven Nys (Crelan-Euphony) took his first win in his newly won World Championship jersey, and the 60th Superprestige victory of his career. In fact, the race took shape much like that in Louisville, as Nys traded blows with Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Napolean Games) until the [...]
10 February 2013
David Lombardo had the chance most kids only could dream about: to represent the US in the World Championships of Cyclocross, held for the first time in the US. He took home 27th place in the 17-18 race, and here, he tells us all about how the race week played out for him. by David [...]
9 February 2013
LILLE, BELGIUM – A week after a disappointing ride at the World Championships in Louisville, Niels Albert stormed the shores of Lille today with a commanding solo escape. Looking slightly strange without his World Champions jersey, the BCKP-Powerplus rider used the fast, sandy lakeside course to pull away on the second lap and time trial to an emotional [...]
9 February 2013
by Christine Vardaros America’s inaugural World Cyclocross Championships incited a roller coaster of emotions throughout the Belgian (Flemish) community, for both riders and fans alike. The wave of uncertainty was finally put to rest after Belgian Sven Nys crossed the line, hand in the air – but not a moment earlier. The first question mark [...]
9 February 2013
LILLE, BELGIUM – One week after riding away with her sixth World Championship jersey, Rabobank rider Marianne Vos again took the top podium spot, this time at the Bpost Bank Trofee in Lille. Belgium national champion Sanne Cant (BKCP) was the only rider to stay with the World Champion, but was no match for Vos’ road-and-track-tuned [...]
8 February 2013
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 focuses on one of the characters that makes cyclocross unique: the man in the gilly suit, hanging out cash at races. Haven’t seen him? [...]
8 February 2013
“I don’t know how much I can eat, I need to see how many calories I burned,” Canadian racer and SSCXWC winner Mical Dyck laughed at the end of her race in the Elite Women’s World Championships of Cyclocross. We asked how she’d know how many calories she’d burned in the 45 minutes of racing, [...]
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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