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• Shimano Launches Cyclocross Initiative With Series Sponsorship; New England Sponsorship Creates New ’Cross Series

  12 July 11 • 0 comment

  

  A pioneer in developing components for cyclocross, Shimano America announced today its sponsorship of the UCI sanctioned New England Professional Cyclocross Series.

• Shimano Releases Details On Di2 Electronic Shifting For Ultegra

  20 June 11 • 0 comment

  

  We’ve been sitting on this info since March 1st when we originally posted about Shimano’s new cyclocross components, but now that Shimano has finally lifted the embargo date on it, we can give you the real scoop on the new Di2 electronic shifting for Ultegra.

• Going Tubeless for Cyclocross – Avoiding the Burp, Choosing the Best Tires, and a DIY System (Updated, Part III)

  9 June 11 • 79 comments

  

  Going tubeless for cyclocross is an attractive option for anyone tired of pinch-flatting clinchers or gluing and re-gluing (or flatting) expensive tubulars. Cyclocross Magazine has long experimented with tubeless tires on our cyclocross bikes, in both cyclocross and mountain bike races, and feel that there are now so many attractive options for putting together a [...]

• Shimano Adds Shadow Plus Derailleur to XTR, Adds New Pedals and Double Cranksets to Deore XT

  15 April 11 • 0 comment

  

  Shimano unveiled a few new technologies to its top two groups in its mountain bike lineup that may be of interest to some cyclocross racers and perhaps of particular interest to the monster cross crowd.  As expected, the Deore XT component group, celebrating its 30th Anniversary, now inherits technologies releases last year in the XTR [...]

• Shimano Releases New Cyclocross Components, Refines 105 and Tiagra Component Groups

  1 March 11 • 0 comment

  

  Shimano sees the growth in cyclocross, and for 2012, is releasing new components to meet the needs of cyclocrossers. While the Ultegra Di2 has long been been rumored, the company isn’t officially releasing details on that group. Instead, there’s some exciting news about non-group specific components for cyclocross that includes a top-pull front derailleur as [...]

• Pro Bike Profile – Yannick Eckmann’s Focus Mares

  7 December 10 • 3 comments

  by Jamie Mack Looking back a few years and the mention of electronic shifting usually merited a remark about Mavic’s before-their-time components, if there was anyone there that even remembered them. Fast forward to 2010 and, while still not commonplace given the price tag, the Shimano Di2 electronic Dura Ace component group has demonstrated that [...]

• Race Tested: Stevens Team Cyclocross with Di2

  26 September 10 • 0 comment

  Cyclocross Magazine contributor Chris Bagg somehow finagled his way aboard a borrowed Shimano Di2 electric-shifting carbon dream bike at a recent Northwest race. So what happens when the pro triathlete trades his aero bars and bar-end shifters for paddles? Read on. by Christopher Bagg There’s a moment in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off during which Cameron, [...]

• New Product Spotlight and Review: Ritchey Pro Paradigm Clipless Pedals

  27 November 09 • 2 comments

  What better way to celebrate “Black Friday” than with a CXM New Product Spotlight and Review? Avoid the crowds and check out Ritchey Logic’s newest pedal right here. This review supplements the comprehensive pedal reviews in our “Pedal Envy” article in Issue 7. Update: Long-term test feedback with worn cleats added, September 2011. by Andrew [...]

• Pro Bike Profile – Sven Nys’ Colnago Cross Prestige

  24 November 09 • 0 comment

  by Jamie Mack Colnago is as synonymous with tradition and quality in bicycles as the name Sven Nys is with winning prestigious cyclocross races.  After a decade of racing in the orange of Rabobank, Nys made a switch and is now riding in the Landbouwkrediet-Colnago kit, but is still perched on the bikes of the [...]

• Shimano and Campagnolo – Can’t We All Get Along?

  27 June 09 • 87 comments

  

  Most ‘cross racers don’t have the luxury of component sponsors, don’t receive new bikes or new drivetrains each year, and lack pit crews to clean their bikes every lap. We at Cyclocross Magazine are no different, and as we choose parts for our ‘cross bikes, we take all these things under consideration in hand-picking our parts. Over the last few years, we’ve come to be fond of one particular setup: Campagnolo Ergopower shifters mated to Shimano derailleurs and cassettes. Some fondly call his setup “Shimergo.” What the hell? These two aren’t supposed to work, you say?