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• USAC Allows Wider Tires in Some National Championship Races

  16 November 10 • 19 comments

  by Jamie Mack Masters Given Exemption to New Tire Width Rule With less than a month before the Nationals competitions begin in Bend, Oregon, USA Cycling has announced that some racers will be given an exemption to the controversial ruling that started the season. The tire width rule, widely debated and questioned since the beginning of [...]

• Breaking News: USAC Passes Emergency Singlespeed Legislation, Votes Down Junior Equipment Restrictions

  9 November 10 • 14 comments

  This past weekend USA Cycling voted on a handful of proposed rules that could impact cyclocross racing here in the States. The topics and short notice of the upcoming vote caused quite a stir, with racers expressing  concerns about banning carbon rims and tubular and tubeless tires for juniors, limiting who gets to race singlespeed [...]

• Dave Queen Reflects on the SSCXWC Torch Passing to Seattle for 2010

  27 October 10 • 1 comment

  

  by Dave Queen After racing past editions of the SSCXWC in Portland, I was nervous about moving the race to Seattle in 2010. Seattle has been described as a city that is insecure, always smelling its own breath. To properly stage, or ride, the SSCXWC you must throw caution to the wind and let it [...]

• New Product Spotlight and Review: Rolf Prima’s SSCX Singlespeed Cyclocross Wheelset

  18 October 10 • 1 comment

  by Andrew Yee You know singlespeed cyclocross racing has become popular when your local series has two categories and field limits, there’s a “world championship” event, and a company like Rolf Prima releases a cyclocross-specific singlespeed wheelset. All for good reason, as singlespeeds are simple, light and allow you to focus more on just pedaling [...]

• Product Spotlight: All City Nature Boy Singlespeed

  8 October 10 • 1 comment

  by Kit Redwine You might be unfamiliar with the Nature Boy from Minnesota’s All-City Cycles, but the steel singlespeed bike has already been making waves, taking victories on both coasts this past weekend. JT Fountain, current singlespeed ’cross national champion, won the opening singlespeed round of Portland’s Cross Crusade, while Stu Louder took both singlespeed [...]

• Interbike First Impression: Racing Gates Carbon Drive at CrossVegas

  1 October 10 • 1 comment

  by Kenton Berg A QUIET STORM: Amidst all the carbon bling, lightweight parts and new gadgets showing up at Interbike this year, a small company is making big impressions in the drive train market. Gates Carbon Drive Systems, an offshoot of Gates Corporation, released its first lightweight carbon belt drive system in 2008 on four [...]

• Interbike Eye Candy: First Looks at Raleigh’s SSCXWC bike, Fuji’s Altamira CX, and TRP’s RRL Brake Lever

  21 September 10 • 2 comments

  Interbike’s Outdoor Demo presents opportunities to get a first look – and a first touch – at new products for the 2011 season. And for us cyclocrossers, that 2011 season is now. We snapped hundreds of photos of new products at the Outdoor Demo, and are already backlogged with new cyclocross product highlights before the [...]

• Rad Racing GP Singlespeed Bar-Mounted Video

  21 September 10 • 0 comment

  

  Cyclocross Magazine contributor Kenton Berg’s StarCrossed POV video was well-received by viewers, so here’s another from the following day at the Rad Racing GP. Kenton went on to finish eighth with an impressive ride as he started slowly and continuously picked off riders. by Kenton Berg On another mixed-bag weather day in the Seattle area, [...]

• Gates Creates First-Ever Belt-Drive Singlespeed Cyclocross Team

  15 September 10 • 0 comment

  Has singlespeed cyclocross jumped the shark? Or are more people finally seeing the light? We’re fans of the simplicity and have shown how it’s easy to convert your current ride. And if you like the one gear way? SSCXWC awaits you. But now there’s an entire team gunning for the Golden Speedo. Press release and [...]

• The Infamous Stringdusters’ World Tour: No Bike, No Problem

  12 September 10 • 1 comment

  

  Travis Book currently resides in Nashville, TN, but anticipates an imminent move back to his homeland of Colorado. He may not look like much (by design), but he was the Tennessee state champion in 09/10, a year he spent nearly 200 days on the road with his band, The Infamous Stringdusters. Clearly, he’s got the [...]