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• Canadian ‘Cross Grows with BC Cup, UCI C1 Weekend

  9 October 08 • 1 comment

  Cyclocross in Canada is enjoying tremendous growth. With an expanding BC Cup series, the Canadian National Championships this weekend, and the UCI C1 Toronto International Cyclocross Weekend on November 8-9th, Canucks don’t have to drive south to get some serious cyclocross action. Riders such as Wendy Simms, Geoff Kabush, and CXM contributor Vicki Thomas will [...]

• Jonathan Page Dominates KTR Double Cross UCI Weekend in Michigan

  22 September 08 • 0 comment

  Jonathan Page (Planet Bike) has found a third home in the midwest, after New England and Belgium. After winning the Chequamegon 40 mountain bike race two weeks ago in Wisconsin, Page stuck around to lead a ‘cross clinic and then school his competition at this past weekend’s KTR Double Cross UCI C2 weekend. While most [...]

• Cyclocross Magazine’s Race Calendar Expands to 683 Events, Gets Turbo-Charged

  8 September 08 • 0 comment

  Our ever-expanding national cyclocross calendar has now grown to nearly 700 events, including training races, clinics, and races. And while it’s by far the most comprehensive national cyclocross calendar, it outgrew its previous implementation, taking too long to load an older machines. So we gave it an overhaul, some ceramic bearings, gave it another chainring [...]

• Cyclocross Magazine’s Events Calendar Nears 600 Events

  25 August 08 • 0 comment

  Since launching our comprehensive ‘cross calendar last week, we’ve been adding more events as they come in, and in less than a week the calendar has nearly doubled in size, with approximately 600 races, clinics, and training events listed for the U.S. alone. Sort, filter, search as you wish, and plan the perfect race season [...]

• Cyclocross Magazine Launches Comprehensive Cyclocross Calendar

  18 August 08 • 2 comments

  You’ve asked for it and we’ve built it and now it’s ready! We’ve launched the most comprehensive national cyclocross and clinic calendar. And we’ve done it in typical Cyclocross Magazine style, comprehensive and big. After all, if we’re not the place to find a cyclocross clinic or race, then we’re pretty much good for nothing. [...]

• Is Your ‘Cross Bike Legal? UCI Wheel and Brake Rules May Impact You

  13 August 08 • 4 comments

  We’ve been seeing some recent chatter on our forums about whether the once popular, and world championship-winning Spinergy Rev-X wheels are legal in ‘cross races. While there aren’t any specific new rules passed by USA Cycling or the UCI regarding wheels, our assistant editor Josh Patterson spoke with USA Cycling’s Technical Director Shawn Farrell to [...]

• The Disc Brake Debate

  2 June 08 • 8 comments

  

  Our own Josh Patterson has been testing a disc brake equipped Salsa La Cruz, and so disc brakes have been on his mind. And while the brakes that now dominate the mountain bike market are banned from UCI cyclocross events, he weighs in on the future of the brakes in our beloved sport: Disc brakes [...]

• UCI Cyclocross Explained – Off-season Homework

  5 May 08 • 2 comments

  

  Albert Einstein once said, “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” If you’re like most of us, you don’t have much ambition to beat Page, Johnson or Trebon at at domestic race, let alone battle Nys and Wellens over in Europe. But perhaps [...]

• Sven Nys Receives World Cup in Carboard Box via Mail

  4 May 08 • 1 comment

  Win the World Cup overall? You’ll get your cup in the mail, in a cardboard box a few months later, if you’re lucky. Belgian paper Het Nieuwsblad reports that ’07-08 UCI World Cup winners Nys and Daphny van den Brand just recently received their prestigious World Cup trophies in the mail. Win the biggest and [...]

• The Next Big Thing: Out of Competition Bike Tests?

  2 May 08 • 8 comments

  Yesterday, our own assistant editor, Josh Patterson, was riding a disc-brake equipped Salsa La Cruz to the park, getting ready to put it through another beat-down for an upcoming bike review for the magazine. On the way, he was urgently stopped by an older Italian gentleman. The man started asking him about his racing background [...]