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• Grass, Dirt, Barriers, Doping…and Horses?

  21 August 08 • 0 comment

  Cyclocross is a brutal sport for sure, with its varied off-road surfaces, epic conditions, and the need to jump over barriers at speed in front of crowds. Unfortunately, a few bad apples turn to “juice” to seek an edge in ‘cross and deal with the pain. Well, such riders aren’t alone. It appears that when [...]

• UCI Bans Tubeless Tires and Zertz Inserts, Considers Banning Barriers

  1 April 08 • 9 comments

  Note: This was one of three April Fools stories, posted on April 1, 2008. Although we would not be surprised by a ban on barriers, tubeless tire systems, Zertz, and Buzzkill are not banned. In a surprising move by the UCI, the international governing body of cyclocross has banned all tubeless tire systems, Specialized’s Zertz [...]