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Tim Johnson rode to the top of Mount Washington aboard a Cannondale Fat CAAD fat bike, becoming the first person to ride to the top of the historic Mount Washington Auto Road in the Winter.

At the UCI Cyclocross Commission meeting last Monday there were more great strides made in the name of women’s cyclocross as confirmed by two Commission members Helen Wyman and Sven Nys.

Sven Nys appeared on Belgian TV last night and spoke about a range of topics including his last race, what the future holds for his son and the chance that we could see Elite Women earn prize money equal to that of the Elite Men.

Movers and shakers in the Elite ranks as we bring you another edition of Rumors & Rumblings.

Cyclocross Magazine Pit Crew members were on hand for Cyclocross Tokyo, which this year featured unseasonable warm conditions and a late surge from Jeremy Powers who took the win.

For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re going back to 1995 for a bit of cyclocross history, inspired by a photo we recently scanned of cyclocross star Dale Knapp racing the snowy ’95 Cyclocross National Championships.

Belgian press is reporting that Femke Van den Driessche, who was found to have a bike with a hidden motor in her pit area at the 2016 Cyclocross World Championships may only receive as 6 month ban as well as an 180,000 euro fine.

In connection with Sven Nys’ move to Telenet-Fidea, we’ve been told that the team’s full roster, all 22 riders, will be aboard Trek beginning with the 2016 road season.

It’s clearly a good idea to have a multitool, chain tool and quick-link when riding. Especially for solo adventures or backwoods cycling. Mineral Design has launched a Kickstarter for their new Mini Bar multitool and their Barstow Chain Tool.

We’re hopeful that yesterday’s preview of this Saturday’s World Championship races in Zolder and today’s look at Sunday’s title events will give you a look at what’s possible at this year’s Worlds.

We have the benefit of having seen most of the international field race Zolder last month as part of the World Cup, While that race was a mostly dry affair and this weekend looks to be a wet one, last month’s fifth round of the World Cup can give some insight into what we might see this weekend at Worlds.

The Cyclocross World Championships take place in Heusden-Zolder this weekend, January 30-31. The course is a carbon copy of that used last month in Round …

Elite Women’s and Elite Men’s races and the U23 Men’s event are scheduled to be shown on-line. Also scheduled is the Youth Women category. Mirroring the new category on offer at the World Championships, the Youth Women’s category combines the Junior Women and U23 Women.

Warm, sunny conditions greeted the Elite Women on the start at Zolder this morning, which saw Ellen Van Loy determined to try to see the head of the race, while Sanne Cant who had a fairly slow start, took on Katie Compton for the podium’s top two steps.

There was a large contingent of American riders across all the races at Namur yesterday. With many strong rides, it was the Junior Men that came away with the best results, led by Spencer Petrov.

Update: See our exclusive interview with newly-retired cyclocross pro Gabby Durrin hours after her announcement here. When we spoke with Gabby Durrin in the early …

In case you missed it, Jingle Cross has thrown its hat into the ring to host a 2016 UCI World Cup event, looking to depart …

At the tail end of April, USA Cycling named Derek Bouchard-Hall their new CEO, replacing Steve Johnson, who would cede his role in June. With …

Safe to say, Cross Crusade isn’t your average ‘cross race, and Thunder Cross, their costume race—taking place at the Deschutes Brewery in Bend, featured both impressive costumes and the high caliber of racing we’ve come to expect from a Cross Crusade.

VALKENBURG, Netherlands – Eva Lechner (Team Colnago Sudtirol) utilized technical riding abilities from her mountain biking background to dominate the field, taking the win at …

VALKENBURG, Netherlands – A fast start by the defending World Cup leader Wout Van Aert (Vastgoedservice-Golden Palace) wasn’t enough to keep Lars van der Haar …

Get faster in cyclocross by eliminating the stutter step in your remount. Tips, photos and video on how to remount your bike without the double tap.

With the cyclocross season in full swing and Holy Week already over, those of us might be on our way back home with a few lingering …

Gluing tubulars is tricky business. And writing about it is just as difficult, if not more so. After all, everyone has his or her own gluing style, and everyone will tell you that his or her style is the best one. One of our brave mechanics, Jason Gardner of Jinji Cycles, decided to share his expertise with us.

No one enjoys a chain drop. In an older Technique Tuesday, we showed riders how to quickly correct a chain drop in the middle of a …

Avoiding Situations Where Dropping the Chain is Common Before we roll up our sleeves and head towards our work bench, the first item to assess …

The folks here at Cyclocross Magazine can’t get enough of our cyclocross bikes, and usually we find excuses to keep riding them year round. We’ve …

In Issue 28, our CXM Labs was resurfaced to test the actual suppleness of tires, including many different kinds of tubulars with high thread counts. …

We are resurfacing this Mechanical Monday halfway through the cyclocross offseason, the perfect time to make sure your bike has withstood the beating of the Fall and …

This weekend at Barry-Roubaix, cyclocross bikes reigned as the primary pick for most open riders. As you would expect from a state packed with engineers and …