We’ve been reviewing new tires like the Limus from Challenge, and talking about some great wheelsets you might want to consider for the season. A few we’ve looked at so far include the Williams Cyclocross Tubular, the Zipp 303 Cyclocross Tubular and the Rolf Prima VCX Cyclocross Clincher. Other than the Rolf Prima, a distinct [...]
Challenge Tire’s long-awaited Limus cyclocross tubular, its mud-specific tire and answer to the Dugast Rhino, is in production and recent prototypes are already here in the States. After bringing you tread photos of the Limus from Interbike 2010, Cyclocross Magazine has acquired photos of early versions of the new Challenge tubular that’s named after the Latin word for Mud.
Cyclocross is just around the corner and it’s time to start thinking about all of the details of the season. Challenge Tires is once again offering the Grassroots Sponsorship Program for the 2011 season. A very successful program in its inaugural year and we’re ready to go at it again! We’ve made a few revisions [...]
Two long-awaited cyclocross tubulars were unveiled today at Interbike by Schwalbe and Challenge, while Hutchinson showed off its revised tubeless cyclocross tires. The first was the long-delayed tubular version of the Racing Ralph clincher. The German company had several false starts with this tire, and since has even updated the tread pattern on its clincher [...]
By now you’ve heard about the UCI’s scaling back of the accepted tire width from 35mm to 33mm for Elite races. You have your opinions, and so do the pros. Elite racer Christine Vardaros gives her thoughts, as well as those of a few other pros and tire manufacturers, on the new restriction. Pick up [...]
Challenge Tires is looking for riders and teams to sponsor through their grassroots program. Think that might be you? See Press Release Below. Cyclocross Grassroots Sponsorship Program Are you a U.S.-based Team or Athlete interested in joining Challenge Tires as a part of our Grassroots Sponsorship program? We are currently accepting applications for the program [...]
This is the second installment in a weekly series of from-the-crew-pits tips. Some will be straight-forward, others more involved, but they’ll all help you to keep your cyclocross bike humming smoothly along. Dave Drumm is the Webcor chief mechanic during the road season and wrenches on a freelance basis during cyclocross season for the likes [...]
Cyclocross racers using clinchers typically have to chose between heavy 700x30c innertubes and lightweight road tubes but with an increased pinch flat risk. Challenge now offers an alternative with their new red latex cyclocross innertubes. At 86 grams, the tubes are just five grams
Clement, the brand that brought you the original Grifo cyclocross tire, is making its return to U.S. soil with this season under Donn Kellogg, formerly of Challenge USA. Kellogg plans to bring a slew of cyclocross and road tires to the market starting this fall, and one of his first tires will be a nylon [...]
Cyclocross technology has come a long way. Nowadays racers can walk into a store and walk out with an 18 pound carbon ‘cross bike with an ultralight, stiff, carbon frame and fork with oversized tubes, headsets, and bottom brackets, easily adjustable brakes, an amazing 20 speeds (and indexed!) and complete with clipless pedals. Yet on [...]
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