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• Sea Otter 2012 Day 1 – It’s All About Disc Brakes in Cyclocross – Updated

  19 April 12 • 3 comments

  New cyclocross bikes are often unveiled at Sea Otter, and this year, just as we saw at the 2011 Sea Otter Classic edition, the buzz and new cyclocross products on display are mostly centered around disc brakes, both mechanical and hydraulic.

• Shimano Introduces New Saint, Zee Gravity Mountain Bike Component Groups

  19 April 12 • 0 comment

  The Sea Otter Classic and Expo presents an opportunity for manufacturers to unveil their latest products, and Cyclocross Magazine will be there to cover all new products relevant to the cyclocrosser.  Check back often over the next week for exclusive product news and new cyclocross bikes and gear. Over the last year, Shimano has unveiled [...]

• Mechanics Weigh In: Disc Brakes

  12 April 12 • 1 comment

  

  Disc brakes have really struck a cord with readers, racers and mechanics as everyone starts planning out what new gear to invest in for the coming season. We got a lot of feedback on our last Mechanical Monday topic of disc brakes, so much so that Stu Thorne, the owner of CyclocrossWorld.com, called to chat [...]

• Stu Thorne Talks Back About Disc Brakes

  11 April 12 • 4 comments

  

  by Molly Hurford With the huge response we got to our most recent Mechanical Monday topic of disc brakes, we had to reach out to the man who has helped to start the revolution. Stu Thorne, the owner of CyclocrossWorld.com, chatted with me for a bit about his thoughts on disc brakes. Last season, Thorne [...]

• Mechanical Monday: Disc Brakes, an Intro

  9 April 12 • 22 comments

  

  by Molly Hurford We didn’t see disc brakes too frequently this season, but every so often, you’d spot a set on elite wheels, including those of Tim Johnson with his Cannondale SuperX. And with companies like Felt coming out with new, relatively inexpensive disc-equipped cyclocross bikes for the upcoming season, we wanted to check in [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of March 9th, 2012

  10 March 12 • 0 comment

  Kat Statman weighs in with his latest Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings, an opinionated round-up of the recent week’s happenings in the world of cyclocross. by Kat Statman This week we have some really great off-season news for you: Bart Wellens has been cleared of suspicions of doping on two counts; Katie Compton makes a quick transition [...]

• Tim Johnson’s Prototype Disc Brake Cannondale SuperX Bike

  16 December 11 • 5 comments

  

  by Josh Liberles Tim Johnson, one of America’s top ’crossers, has had a disc-brake-equipped prototype carbon Cannondale SuperX on board the Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com team truck for most of the season, but he’s only busted it out in races recently. It was aboard that rig that Johnson finally notched his first wins of the season, at the [...]

• Tim Johnson on His Prototype Disc Brakes, His First Season Win, and What’s Next

  1 December 11 • 0 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford For someone who skipped road season to prep for cyclocross season, Tim Johnson has been having a rough Fall, from false starts to bad luck. Until this weekend at Jingle Cross, he hadn’t take a win (though he took second to Jeremy Powers at Gloucester in October.) And maybe more interesting than [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of September 30th/October 1st, 2011

  1 October 11 • 0 comment

  

  by Kat Statman Every year, cyclocross and women get a little closer to equality and Rabobank has helped making that transition again. So I hear that disc brakes are the next thing in cross, but where are they? Niels Albert has taken the plunge as the first Euro to really think that disc braking performance [...]

• Mechanical Mondays: Mechanical Disc Brake Adjustments

  26 September 11 • 2 comments

  

  There is no denying that disc brakes are gaining in popularity among cyclocross bikes. One look at the ’cross bike photos from the recent Eurobike and Interbike trade shows is enough to show that disc-brake-equipped ’cross bikes are the wave of the future. Their benefits are well known; tire clearance is now only a matter of the frame. They are more powerful with more control and they are not so nearly affected by water and mud. Apart from all these benefits though, the tighter tolerances associated with disc brakes lend themselves more easily to poor adjustment, and improper adjustment on disc brakes can ruin your race more easily than a poorly adjusted cantilever. Too loose and you lose your braking altogether; too tight and your brake drags the whole time. The down side is these poor conditions happen a lot easier to disc brakes than to cantilevers.