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While in the middle of an overdose of adventure and gravel bikes and gear from the Sea Otter Classic, every once in a while we …

700x32c, 700x40c, 700x50c tire options abound, but what does the C stand for and how do these tires compare to 29er options? We talk tire width, volume, measurements and labels.

Head-high barriers, leather hairnets, a defending champion racing against up-and-coming mountain bike stars, a young Paul Sherwen and great camerawork – 1988 cyclocross videos don’t get much better than this.

The late Steve Tilford was always a joy to interview and was never afraid to speak his mind or share his emotions. For Throwback Thursday, we’ve assembled a few of our favorite interviews with Tilly.

Flared drop bars, fat tires, longer chainstays, low gearing and an occasional dropper post are the hot trends in the bike industry. In 1991, all were available, just under a different label.

With last week’s announcement that the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships is returning to the Seattle-Tacoma area in December 2019, it’s the perfect time to …

Not everyone gets a kick out of watching an hour’s worth of blurry Youtube cyclocross videos of old races in 10-minute segments, but if you …

We’re still waiting on a final decision from USAC on Nationals in January or December, but results from the survey showed a clear fan favorite.

Watch: Crawl-ups, waist-high barriers, and run-downs in front of packed cities and stadiums. Euro cyclocross in Spain 60 years ago was extreme in so many ways.

The early 2000s were great years in cyclocross, because at any given race, there were a more than a half dozen racers who could ride …

Remember when a snowy Cyclocross Nationals in New England brought tire choice debates, forced shoe modifications and brought gear-related drama and a surprise youth winner?

For today’s Throwback Thursday, we’re taking a photo look back at the memorable 2016 Asheville Nationals with some previously unpublished photos we’ve surfaced.

The team at Cyclocross Magazine wishes you a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season. We hope this holiday week is filled with great health, …

Now that Sven Nys sampled all that is SSCXWC (except for the title ink), there’s photo evidence of the event having jumped the shark and …

Fans this season have been treated to countless epic races between the last two Elite World Champs—Dutch star Mathieu van der Poel and Belgian star …

Blue Competition Cycles is giving away a Norcross AL cyclocross bike to one lucky reader. Entering just takes a few seconds.

When we think of European cyclocross 50 years ago or more, most people think of the sport’s popularity in Switzerland, and to some degree Belgium …

A Le Mans start, knee-deep water, thick muddy fields, a pile of tangled one-gear bikes and a second place finisher in Belgian colors. Sure sounds …

This weekend is the 10th SSCXWC. In today’s Throwback Thursday, we bring readers back to the original SSCXWC weekend in Estacada, Oregon that arguably changed one-gear cyclocross racing forever.

We at Cyclocross Magazine have a lot to be thankful for. It’s been an amazing, eventful year so far, and we wanted to say thanks …

Update: For one lucky reader, Thanksgiving came early. Dennis Crane, a cyclist and photographer in the Northwest, was the lucky, randomly-drawn winner. “What are you …

You never know who you’ll meet at a cyclocross race. At the first-ever cyclocross race at Lighthouse Field State Park in Santa Cruz, while most …

Costume ’cross is one of our favorite holiday traditions in cyclocross, partly because it’s not only great entertainment, but also a great reminder for the …

USA Cycling has just announced the five finalists for host city of the 2019 and 2020 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships: Bend, Louisville, Ogden, San Diego and Tacoma.

With the major growth in cyclocross over the last 16 years, not that many of our readers remember cyclocross racing in 2001, let alone were …

Update: The lucky random winner is Caleb Hulsey from Austin, Texas, who said he just so happens to have a cyclocross frame ready for the …

While the Telenet-Fidea cyclocross team didn’t race Sunday’s UCI C1 race despite being on the start list, some of the team’s pro men were at …

In its ninth year, Rochester Cyclocross delivered the first two races of the Professional Cyclocross Calendar (Pro CX) this last weekend. As the first U.S. …

With all the new higher-volume cyclocross and gravel tires being released, and reader questions arriving on tire widths and rules, we’re curious how many of …

It’s been a while since we did a Wednesday Wonderings question and answer, but Bill from Michigan, who is not a UCI racer, had a …