The Racers & Races
BEST RIDERS AWARDS
- Male Domestic: Jeremy Powers
- Female Domestic: Katie Compton
- Euro Male: Lars Van der Haar
- Euro Female: Helen Wyman
While we had a lot of racers to choose from in the Euro scene, we chose Lars for his stellar first year in Elites, with the World Cup overall win, and Helen for her winning season and bronze medal at Worlds. Sven Nys and Marianne Vos deserve honorable mentions, for obvious reasons.
Wyman, game face on, going for bronze at UCI Cyclocross World Championships 2014 Elite Women. © Thomas van Bracht
DOMESTIC EVENT OF THE YEAR
Providence Cyclocross Festival: Definitely World Cup-worthy, if they can work out the parking…
BEST NEW EVENT
We can’t say enough about China’s first-ever UCI ’cross race!
Reading the review of the Serac CX in issue 25, I am wondering Serac or KommandoX. Intermediate rider in SF Bay area.
FuelForThoughts how heavy are you? for Bay Area courses, often wider is better if you can fit them. Plus the width helps with burps. Specialized has a new 38c 2Bliss tire.
cyclocross No problem with burps running Vittoria TNT XG on WTB ChrisCross (29r, 25f psi). I am 162 lb. Which Spec’ tire are you thinking of? Only one I could find on their website in 38 is the tracer which looks lie a file tread.
Have you measured the Serac width?
FuelForThoughts cyclocross The Serac seems to be a bit narrower than the Kommando X. But if you’re having good luck with the XGs, probably no huge reason to switch to either tire. Perhaps slightly bigger side knobs…but the next switch probably worth making is only for volume reasons. Maybe Cross Boss when it’s out, or Ritchey Shield next year? https://www.cxmagazine.com/ritchey-shield-wcs-cyclocross-tubeless-tire-zeta-ii-wheels
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