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• Mechanical Mondays: When To Repair Your Cleats

  22 August 11 • 2 comments

  

  OK people, it’s August, races are coming up quick, and ’cross prep is happening around the country. Now that you’ve dialed in the bike parts, shaved some weight off of your frame (bike or otherwise), gotten the tubies set to roll, what’s left? Well, its time to work on the shoes, two of the key contact points with your bike, and remove the opportunity for dirt, sticks, mud, rocks or other debris to get caught up between the shoe sole and your cleat. Face it, you just can’t go as fast or crush your competitors without being clipped in fully.

• UCI to Mandate Disc Brakes, Regulate Gloves and Shoes in 2012

  1 April 11 • 25 comments

  

  by Paul Guerra Due to slower-than-expected adoption of disc brakes at the top level of the sport after their legalization a year ago, the UCI has made the surprising off-season decision to mandate the use of them at all UCI-sanctioned cyclocross races, effective January 1, 2012. Meanwhile, the governing body has also decided to further [...]

• New Product Spotlight: Stuffitts Shoe Savers

  17 November 10 • 5 comments

  

  by Kenton Berg If there is one thing that most all ’cross racers suffer from it is wet, stinky shoes. So unless you never race when the mud and rain show up, you’ve had the challenge of drying your Sidis, or whatever you own, overnight to get ready to race or ride in the next day. In the [...]

• Interbike 2010 Shoe Show: Bont and Louis Garneau

  2 October 10 • 0 comment

  While exploring Interbike booth-to-booth, we came across some interesting new shoe options from both Louis Garneau and Bont. We also got a peak at the 2011 Louis Garneau Steeple-X, which was tucked away in a back room since it won’t be imported into the US this year. by Josh Liberles Bont Shoes Bont may have [...]

• Giro Steps into Footwear with 2011 Shoe Line

  3 September 10 • 0 comment

  If you happened to focus on Levi Leipheimer’s feet during the Tour de France, you may have noticed a logo that seemed, at first, out of place. Leipheimer also raced Giro’s top off-road shoes, the Code, to victory in the recent Leadville 100 race. Giro, well-known for its line of brain buckets, has expanded into [...]

• More Interbike Cross Goods: Tires, Frames, Shoes and more

  27 September 08 • 1 comment

  Tired of seeing new ‘cross stuff? We’re not, and only wished we had more time. Here’s some more ‘cross goods that we found at Interbike. Tire lovers should rejoice with Continental’s big investment in ‘cross clinchers and tubulars. Some new innovative cyclocross frames caught our eye, and we’re excited to see Louis Garneau designed some [...]