Tag archive for ‘embrocation’

  • Product Review: Mad Alchemy LaFemme Chamois Crème

    Mad Alchemy LaFemme Chamois Cream

    by Molly Hurford When cyclocrossers think of the brand Mad Alchemy, they automatically think of embrocation. After all, embrocation to cyclocross is what … well, apple pie is to America. And while the brand may be best known for their product that should never, ever, go near a racer’s “nether-regions,” they do, in fact, offer [...]

  • Embrocation Review: Enzos Embro Sticks, Oil Sticks, and Button Hole Chamois Cream

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    More than any other type of cyclist, cyclocrossers have an infatuation with embrocation. The ointments can help protect your skin from the elements, and give you a sense of warmth when it’s cold outside – not just during cyclocross but also during the wet winter and early spring season. With the growth of the cyclocross, [...]

  • New Product Review: Chomper Body Crank Embrocation Rub and Muscle Butter Therapeutic Lotion

    Chomper Body's Crank Embrocation for cyclocross

    More than any other type of cyclist, cyclocrossers have an infatuation with embrocation. The ointments can help protect your skin from the elements, and give you a sense of warmth when it’s cold outside – not just during cyclocross but also during the wet winter and early spring season. With the growth of the cyclocross, [...]

  • Product Spotlight – Kool N’ Fit Sport Conditioning Spray

    Kool 'N Fit Sport Conditioning Spray. Photo: Courtesy

    by Josh Liberles Kool ‘N Fit Sport is a liquid spray designed to help with muscle warm-up and recovery. Add “does laundry” and “cooks your recovery dinner” to its list of attributes and it would be every racer’s perfect mate. Seriously, product manufacturer Kool Fit recommends using their Sport product to improve warm-up, invigorate, avoid [...]

  • New Product Spotlight: Mad Alchemy Embrocation

    Peter Smith of Mad Alchemy Embrocation loves to embrocate. His daily routine is “wake, shower, dress, coffee, embrocate, commute.” In fact, for Smith, embrocation is so important, it replaces breakfast. The expert embrocator knows a thing about embrocation and is pretty picky, which is why he started trying to make his own stuff. Many batches [...]

  • New Product Spotlight: Sportique Sports Creams

    We at Cyclocross Magazine get a few interesting packages at our world headquarters. One that perhaps captured the most curiosity is a box of sports creams from Sportique International for review. With names like “Get Going Cream,” “Hard Day’s Night Foot Cream,” “Road Rash Balm,” “Mother’s Little Helper” and “Century Riding Cream” it’s hard not [...]



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