With a well-timed April Fools’ Day video, SRAM started a firestorm of controversy: did the new 11 tooth cassette really exist? With Shimano and Campagnolo already offering 11-speed cassettes, was SRAM trying to keep up with the Jones’s for cyclocross? SRAM already offers 11-speed cassettes for mountain, but was this 11-speed cassette just an elaborate [...]
by Jordan Villella Katie Compton has the won the Elite Women’s title at the US Cyclocross National Championships title every year it’s been held since 2004, missing just one year, 2011, like everyone else because of the move of the USA Cycling National Championships from December to January. Compton has sixteen World Cup wins under [...]
We couldn’t help but wake up laughing when we saw this at Cyclocross Magazine HQ, and we had to share it immediately. Check out SRAM’s new video, SRAMgnam, Cyclocross-Style, featuring some of your favorite racers, including: Chris Jones Ryan Trebon Tim Johnson Katie Antonneau Nicole Duke Meredith Miller Yannick Eckmann Tobin Ortenblad Jamey Driscoll Amanda [...]
SRAM X-Glide 1090 cyclocross cassette released, offers more mud clearance SRAM has widely released its new 2012 SRAM Red component group this year (see our initial 2012 SRAM Red review), and while even some 2013 model year bikes still feature the 2011 Red group, most SRAM-sponsored professional cyclocross racers have upgraded at least some of [...]
Park City, Utah – Cyclocross Magazine’s Utah resident Tim Akers crashed the 2012 Press Camp party in Park City to grab an early look at the 2013 cyclocross bikes from Belgium’s Ridley Bikes. On display were the company’s carbon flagship world championship-winning X-Night, with its integrated seatmast, three carbon X-Fire models including two disc brake models [...]
Katie Compton, Trek and SRAM announced today that for the 2012-2013 season, Compton will be making a return to riding on SRAM componentry on Trek. The announcement comes just in time, since the eight-time Nationals winner recently announced that in July, she’ll be taking on an early cyclocross season in New Zealand. This will be [...]
In cyclocross, dropping a chain, or jamming it into your already scratched frame, is a fairly common problem. SRAM might have the solution. Beautifully integrated with the all-new SRAM RED-2012 YAW front derailleur, the SRAM chain spotter is a simple yet elegant complement to your drivetrain. It assures accurate performance while protecting your frame, and [...]
We’ve got plenty more product news for all you cyclocrossers from the Sea Otter Classic 2012. Missed a post? See our previous cyclocross product news from Sea Otter Classic 2012. Today we saw a new chainring option from WickWerks, expanding the selection of their heavily ramped chainrings from a 34/44 and 36/46 set for 110mm [...]
CONYERS, GEORGIA – For a first year bike expo, the Southeast Bike Expo couldn’t have picked a better day or place to hold its inaugural event. The weather? 65 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. The location? The site of the Atlanta Olympics mountain bike course, where riders were able to demo mountain [...]
by Kat Statman Turns out with the months changing and the holiday season slowly rolling around, sometimes the brain shifts gears and I may have inadvertently done that this week, so, do not fret, your regularly scheduled programming will return next week. Until then, Jose Antonio Hermida takes on ’cross and are all the big [...]
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