It’s the week of cyclocross and road hydraulic disc brake launches. Today SRAM unveiled their new offerings, and on Tuesday, we’ll get the first official test ride on TRP’s HY-RD hybrid hydraulic/mechanical disc brake (as well as their dual-piston Spyre mechanical disc brake. One of the worst-kept secrets in cyclocross tech, thanks to some embargo [...]
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 [...]
Our late 2012 issue of Cyclocross Magazine, Issue 19, boasted more bike reviews than we’ve ever had before. Among these was the Specialized Crux. Check out its vital stats here, and make sure you pick up a copy of Issue 19 to see what we had to say about it! A few tidbits from the [...]
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 [...]
As the reigning National Champion and now winner of CrossVegas 2012, Jeremy Powers of Rapha-Focus is having a strong 2012. Before he won his first CrossVegas title and headed for Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, for the first of the now-Trek-sponsored USGP series, we snagged his bikes for a quick photo shoot. The Focus Mares Powers rode [...]
SRAM’s new 2012 Red Group, as ridden by Jeremy Powers has already captured the CrossVegas 2012 title, but what changes implemented in the new component group are relevant for cyclocrossers? In Issue 18, just off the printer, we did a quick round-up of the new drivetrains in “The Future of ’Cross Gear is Here,” including Shimano [...]
New Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld signee Ryan Trebon received his custom-made cantilever brake-equipped Cannondale SuperX carbon cyclocross bikes a month ago, but had his first chance to race them to glory just this Tuesday at the Raleigh Midsummer Night Cyclocross race in Deer Valley, Utah. He seized that opportunity to land his first cyclocross victory aboard [...]
Park City, Utah – Cyclocross Magazine’s Utah resident Tim Akers crashed the 2012 Press Camp party at Deer Valley and got early specs on the 2013 Cannondale cyclocross line as well as an up-close look at two new 2013 Cannondale cyclocross bikes: the top-of-the-line disc-brake equipped carbon ‘cross bike SuperX SRAM Red, and the totally redesigned [...]
Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) made the switch in 2012 from his custom-painted and self-branded Ridley X-Night carbon cyclocross bikes to the impossible to miss pink aluminum Specialized Crux cyclocross bike, something hard to fathom for a road racer mid-year, but relatively common for a cyclocross racer due to the calendar year nature of sponsor contracts [...]
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