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• Looking at the Limus – Challenge Tire’s Mud Cyclocross Tubular Tire Unveiled

  16 June 11 • 5 comments

  Challenge Tire’s long-awaited Limus cyclocross tubular, its mud-specific tire and answer to the Dugast Rhino, is in production and recent prototypes are already here in the States. After bringing you tread photos of the Limus from Interbike 2010, Cyclocross Magazine has acquired photos of early versions of the new Challenge tubular that’s named after the Latin word for Mud.

• Analysis: USA Cycling to Vote on Rule Changes that Will Shape American Cyclocross

  2 November 10 • 28 comments

  by Kat Statman From the USA Cycling Communique about proposed rule changes: “The USCF Board of Trustees will vote on several key issues when it meets in conjunction with the USA Cycling Local Associations on Nov. 6-7 in Colorado Springs. All USA Cycling members are encouraged to review the USCF Board of Trustees proposed 2010 legislation and [...]

• Sea Otter Expo Cyclocross Products – New Wheels, Tires, Advocates and a Birthday

  17 April 10 • 1 comment

  

  Sea Otter Classic’s Expo continues to be the springtime event for cycling manufacturers to unveil their new cycling products, and there’s plenty of cyclocross products to be seen. Today we take a look a three new cyclocross-worthy wheels, higher TPI tubular tires that are finally available, new advocates for cycling and a birthday girl. See [...]

• Down In the Pits at Nats: Tire Choices

  16 December 09 • 3 comments

  We’ve got a lot more great content from Nats coming. Today we take a look at racers’ tire choices for the constantly changing course conditions. (Be sure to keep checking our complete coverage of the 2009 Cyclocross National Championships Center as we continue to update the page with more updates, tech pieces, photos and videos.) [...]

• New Product Spotlight: Grammo Tubolari CX Tubular Wheelset

  28 October 09 • 0 comment

  by Clifford Lee It is well-known that racing on tubulars in cyclocross has multiple benefits, including better pinch flat protection, lower rolling resistance and better traction due to lower pressures and more supple tires, and lighter overall weight due to lighter rims. You can spend a grand or two trying to achieve significant gains in [...]

• Échappé Equipment Expands Cyclocross Wheel Rental Options

  17 September 09 • 0 comment

  The guys at Échappé Equipment (reviewed in Issue 6) have got a new season pass option and new wheel options for cyclocrossers this season. Didn’t get your wheels in time? Haven’t tried tubulars yet? Still waiting for the glue to dry? Échappé Equipment may be able to help. See their announcement below. Échappé Equipment is [...]

• BikeSnob NYC Gets Sticky: Think Before You Glue

  31 August 09 • 2 comments

  So you’ve now read different ways on how to secure your cyclocross tubular tires, but should you do it? Your favorite bike snob weighs in on this sticky issue. by BikeSnobNYC Cyclocross, despite its inherent absurdity and discomfort, can hook you easier than your handlebars can hook the course tape. And once you’re hooked, you [...]

• Taping and Gluing Tubulars the Belgian Way

  29 August 09 • 5 comments

  So you’ve picked up your tubular wheels and tires and are eying that first race. Perhaps  our how-to for multi-step process of gluing cyclocross tires is overwhelming? You can kick back with a Belgian brew and enjoy the drawn-out process, or you can simplify the steps and speed things up a bit by going with [...]

• The Grifo Tread: Perfected Decades Ago or Far From Perfect?

  16 June 09 • 5 comments

  

  Cyclocross technology has come a long way. Nowadays racers can walk into a store and walk out with an 18 pound carbon ‘cross bike with an ultralight, stiff, carbon frame and fork with oversized tubes, headsets, and bottom brackets, easily adjustable brakes, an amazing 20 speeds (and indexed!) and complete with clipless pedals. Yet on [...]

• New CX Product News and Cancellations from Sea Otter

  19 April 09 • 0 comment

  

  Beyond the ‘cross products on display at the Sea Otter Classic Expo, there are plenty of cyclocross product news and rumors that we dug up. Fuji bikes says they have a third cyclocross bike in the works