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• New Product Spotlight: Challenge Grifo XS

  30 July 08 • 2 comments

  We’ve been reporting for a while about the trend of bike parts going to white this season. TRP magnesium brakes, Ritchey WCS components in white, the Redline Team’s saddle, bar tape, and stem, and Titus and Ellsworth’s new ‘cross frames, just to name a few. It’s an odd color for ‘cross, but apparently it’s the [...]

• New Product Spotlight: Vittoria Evo XM Tubulars

  26 July 08 • 2 comments

  Cyclocross Magazine paid off a paparazzo (with just a free subscription) to capture a spy quick photo of the very first Vittoria Evo XM Tubulars, a new, aggressive-treaded model to join Vittoria’s existing XG and XN tires. Although we do not know what XM officially stands for, the “M” may as well stand for “Mud” [...]

• Notubes.com to Offer Raven Tubeless Cyclocross Tire

  21 May 08 • 7 comments

  Not many folks are running tubeless for ‘cross yet. Our recent poll indicated only 4% of our readers are racing with tubeless setups, with the majority (55%) of folks running clinchers. Stan over at NoTubes.com is hoping to convert more ‘cross racers to tubeless, and offers a 29er rim, conversion rim strips, rim tape, and [...]

• How much is an old cyclocross tire worth?

  14 May 08 • 8 comments

  How much would you pay for a tire over five years old?? The original green Michelin Mud cyclocross tires will always have a fond place in our hearts here at CXM. A slightly more open design than the Mud 2 but with a more fragile sidewall (especially the original tan sidewalled ones), the tire was [...]