by Dave Sheek SCPS #1- Irvine Lake CX Despite a cool summer in Southern California, the start of the cyclocross season known as a fall sport saw temperatures hitting 99 degrees just in time for the Elite races, and it was a hot start to what looks to be another great cyclocross season in SoCal. [...]
Spanish company BH Bikes (Beistegui Hermanos, which means Beistegui brothers) has been around for 100 years, but only recently has become a known brand in the US. The American branch opened in 2007, and in that time we’ve seen three cyclocross iterations – an aluminum offering, the Carbon Cross and now the 2011 RX1, which [...]
As cyclocross continues to grow, it’s not surprising that many brands are re-purposing existing products and branding them for cyclocross to cash in. And ’cross has a history as a hodge-podge of a sport; it started with left over, hand-me-down road and mountain bike bits given second lives in the “off-season.” Well, times have changed [...]
by Josh Liberles It’s two days after the Battle at Barlow race in Gresham, just outside of Portland, Oregon, and I’m still finding small bits of mud lingering under my eyelids. The first clump found my eyeball about 50 meters after the start, when the staging chute instantly funneled the initial corral of riders from [...]
Organizers of Cincinnati’s UCI3 Cyclocross Festival on October 8-10 want to remind prospective entrants that online pre-registration closes several days earlier than normal for regular races in order to provide the time necessary to sort and seed all riders prior to packet pickup on Thursday evening. Pre-registration on BikeReg.com will close promptly at 10:00 pm [...]
by Dwayne Letterman Tennessee opened the ’cross season on September 18-19 with the first two races in the eight-race Mud, Sweat and Gears (MSG) Cyclocross Series. The first weekend of full on racing was held at a new venue, the Farmhouse Gallery and Gardens in Unicoi. The racing was hot, literally and figuratively. With near [...]
On the heels of CrossVegas, The Planet Bike Cup presented by Greenware USGP of Cyclocross took place in Sun Prairie, just outside of Madison, Wisconsin. Many of the Elite women and men riders from Wednesday’s CrossVegas joined Saturday’s field for the first race of the 2010 USGP series under sunny and mild conditions. Katie Compton [...]
As the videos below show, the first two races in the Oregon Junior and High School Series featured starkly different courses, but both shared great racing. The grassroots series are a fun, non-intimidating way to get kids racing cyclocross, and are bound to ensure a stellar generation of up-and-coming ‘crossers and continued growth of our [...]
by Jeffrey Bramhall Laura van Gilder (C3-Athletes Serving Athletes) and Justin Lindine (bikereg.com-Joe’s Garage-Scott) powered their way to wins at Nor’easter ’Cross presented by Smartwool and Cycle-Smart this afternoon. This first-year UCI race at Loon Mountain in Lincoln, New Hampshire, took full advantage of the terrain by mixing two challenging climbs, several off-camber descents, two [...]
by Josh Liberles The Montreal, Canada-based company Guru has made getting a custom bicycle relatively fast and easy. Go through a Guru dealer and take advantage of their new Dynamic Fit (DFU) system, or supply your numbers if you already know them. Pick your materials – right now, steel and titanium are available, but full [...]
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