Loading ...Oregon Manifest Weekend Announced - Hand-Made Bikes, Cyclocross, and Culture
May 23rd, 2008 Filed Under Industry, cyclocross news, cyclocross technology
It seems like NAHMBS was just a few weeks ago, but the bike-crazy folks in Portland just can’t get enough. Perhaps already bumming that NAHMBS is moving to Indianapolis next year, the community has created the Oregon Manifest, a new hand-made bike show scheduled for October 10-12th. The boutique-bike show will be run in conjunction with a Cross Crusade race the same weekend, and the two events are teaming up to plan a weekend filled with bike love. Hand-made bikes and cyclocross? Sounds like a great time.
Read more about it below:
Set within the heart of Portland’s legendary cyclocross scene, OREGON MANIFEST will feature an unconquerable mix of custom framebuilders, bike-centric vendors, bike culture squads, and a Sunday cross race to bring home the glory. Oregon Manifest is the collective vision of Portland, Oregon’s cycling and creative communities coming together to dream up and develop the most original, spirited, and spectacle-laden boutique bike show in the nation.
This is no mere bike show. [More…]
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Sea Otter Has Cyclocross!
April 19th, 2008 Filed Under Industry, cyclocross technology, photography
Well, the event, despite offering almost every type of cycling event, does not have an official cyclocross event. But there’s no shortage of ‘cross love and eye-candy at the event, with numerous vendors at its festival, and ‘cross riders everywhere disguised by their off-season road and mountain bike vehicles.
Cyclocross Magazine, continuing it’s tradition of bringing you the latest in cyclocross gear (see our past Interbike and NAHMBS reports), scoped out all the new ‘cross stuff companies have been working on for this season. Check out our gallery below or watch it as a slideshow. [More…]
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Tired of that cubicle? Dream of a job in the bike industry?
April 8th, 2008 Filed Under Industry, cyclocross news
Tired of your cube? Miss your bike all day? Or rather be in a cube focused on someone else’s bike? There’s hope. Now there’s an easy place to look for bike industry jobs. OutdoorIndustryJobs.com launches BicycleIndustryJobs.com to help the job seeker and the bike industry connect. Check it out - perhaps you might even find an opening for CXM in the listings in the near future.
Woodland, CA - The NBDA (National Bicycle Dealers Association and OutdoorIndustryJobs.com have partnered to bring a state-of-the-art online job board focused directly on the bicycle industry at http://www.bicycleindustryjobs.com.
“One of the most common requests for assistance is from dealers who need to fill key vacated employee positions or are expanding and in need of additional qualified help. This interface will allow them to gain greater access to a focused talent pool of individuals nationwide that are motivated with a passion for the bicycle industry, and will increase their reach across all of Action Sports,” states Fred Clements, NBDA Executive Director. [More…]
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Manufacturer Recalls - ‘Crossers Beware
April 1st, 2008 Filed Under Industry, cyclocross news, cyclocross technology
Note: This was one of three April Fools stories, posted on April 1, 2008. Alan and Guerciotti make fine ‘cross bikes and have not recalled any of them.
Following last month’s recall of cyclocross cranksets by Ritchey Design, cycloross racers have more reason to be careful of what they ride. Alan bicycles and Guerciotti have recalled their “glued and screwed” cyclocross framesets. The recall however only applies to frames made prior to 1992, and is not expected to impact many serious cyclocross racers. The recall is due to the older frame’s tendency to inadvertently upshift several cogs during any hard effort. Guerciotti president Paolo Guerciotti says the blame really is with Alan. “They built the bonded aluminum frames for us for years,” he explains. “They promised us they’d last for at least two seasons of racing before getting really soft. I knew they’d get soft after a little use, but not soft like a wet noodle. Upshifting by simply standing [More…]
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Cyclocross Magazine Files Class Action Lawsuit Against USPS
April 1st, 2008 Filed Under Industry, cyclocross news, print mag, publishing
Note: This was one of three April Fools stories, posted on April 1, 2008. We have no plans to sue our hardworking USPS, even if delivery in some areas took much longer than expected. We now can plan better with delivery times for Issue 3.
Cyclocross Magazine has filed a class action lawsuit against the USPS on behalf of its readers, alleging that inexplicably slow, irresponsible, and discriminatory delivery practices are entirely responsible for a some pockets of subscribers still waiting for Issue 2. With deliveries in North Carolina and New Hampshire confirmed but nothing in Massachusetts, Montana or Minnesota, the folks behind CXM feel they have no other choice but to resort to legal action.
CXM part-time editor and sandbagger columnist Hector Finely explains the drastic move. “We get emails from the ‘M’ states all the time saying they haven’t gotten their mag yet, a good four weeks after it hit the mail, but many in the ‘N’ states have…what kind of service puts ‘N’ before ‘M’?” he laments. “Even my four year old son knows M comes before N!” He claims the USPS is discriminating against “M” states and likely even “O” states, stating that Oregon subscribers received their mags well after Washington state. Finely says the lawsuit is for the readers. “We’re not tired of responding to each email asking ‘where’s my mag’ but we gotta fight for our subscribers. We can’t put up with this messed up mailing monopoly any longer. Our whole goal was to provide ‘cross joy throughout the year, not to give free magazines to the postal workers. We’ll give mags to grass-roots race promoters and high school racers but not postal workers.”
Cyclocross Magazine has hired famous cycling-scandal lawyer “Mo” Suh to represent them in their attempt to successfully sue the USPS. [More…]
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