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Rochester Cyclocross is back for 2016 with a spectacular new Genesee Valley Park venue and top talent. If you haven’t yet cemented your plans to …

In part two of a four-part series (read part one on leg shaving and embrocation here), which originally appeared in Cyclocross Magazine Issue 29, we …

CrossVegas is entering its tenth year and its second year as a UCI World Cup. The race brings out the best cyclocross racers in the …

The U.S. might have hosted the two-wheel Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships for the last nine years, but recently hundreds of unicyclists from across the world gathered …

At this year’s Tour de France, freeride pro Sam Pilgrim took a gravel bike and an unconventional route around France on his way to Le Tour’s …

Update: Random winners for the JAM Fund Grand Fundo VIP package and WD-40 BIKE swag have been drawn and contacted, and we have seven, not …

2006 in Zeddam, The Netherlands, and an 18-year-old Marianne Vos, a relative unknown, certainly compared to her status now, takes on the UCI Cyclocross World Championships.

For GT, cyclocross too has provided a platform for success, the company having sponsored some of the sport’s biggest names in the US, including Todd Wells.

Gravel-specific tires and tubeless technology aren’t a failsafe against misfortune like a cut sidewall. So we started wondering, what’s the best way to avoid cutting a tire on a gravel ride?

As we’ve done in the recent past, our Throwback Thursday this week ties into the interview we ran earlier in the day. In this case, …

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. For dads of cyclists, we’re grateful for getting us on bikes as kids, helping us over …

Talking with Dani Dance, founder of the Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships of course got us talking about the racing, the “racing,” mayhem and general good times at the SSCXWC races over the years.

It’s not all carbon and tubeless at the Lost & Found gravel race as evidenced by this modified 1986 steel 26″ wheel Peugeot City Express commuter seen at the race’s finish.

For the second installment of Sam Smith’s Cyclofile, we’re transported back to the start of the 2007 season and Las Vegas, Nevada, for Cross Vegas.

While Jim’s question is seemingly a joke, we do get asked serious variations of this all the time. Should I get an electronic kit? Does it work better? Is electronic shifting good for cyclocross?

In Cyclofile #1 we’re transported back to the 2006 season, from Gloucester, Massachusetts, to Lakewood, Washington, to Providence, Rhode Island, and the National Championships won by Ryan Trebon.

Before it was the BPost Bank Trofee it was the GVA Trofee. And the GVA Trofee race in Baal, Belgium, has been the Grand Prix Sven Nys since 2000. The 2006 edition epitomized what many think of when they think cyclocross; cold, wet and muddy.

For a bike that’s already in the garage, there are two modifications that could help take some of the sting out of long gravel events: suspension seat posts and suspension stems.

For this week’s Friday Feature we have another from Sam Smith. Smith sat down with the sport’s biggest stars back in the day and chronicled the US National Championships from 2004 to 2008 and the result was this short film, ‘Cross Natz.

For this week’s Throwback Thursday we’re going back to the Bay State Cyclocross and 2012 with Jeremy Durrin and his first UCI win.

Van der Poel ends Olympic MTB bid, Cumming shows spring fitness and van der Haar tried to schedule a romantic weekend in this edition of Rumors & Rumblings.

It’s not too often we ring our own cowbell, but CXmagazine.com Racing’s Hannah Saville took the win in round three of the British Cycling Mountain Bike Cross Country Series earlier this month.

This week’s Tech Throwback Thursday is a look back at Magura’s drop bar hydraulic brake levers.

Defining the “best” of anything is a difficult, if not impossible task. This is particularly true with cyclocross equipment choices. Still, given the important role tires play in ‘cross we often get asked the question of what the best tire is for a given rider or set of conditions.

For this installment of Film Friday we’re bringing you Sam Smith’s Transition 2: ‘Cross the Pond thanks to the director himself.

The 1999 race was not Kelly’s first Worlds appearance. He actually raced the Junior race the year prior in 1998 when it was held in Middelfart, Denmark. Take another look back at that race with this week’s Throwback Thursday.

We get many questions regarding mud tires, and a few on best wheels for mud. But we recently heard what may have been a first from Jared in Canada, who is is wondering about spokes for mud.

So many of you lusted after the new Raleigh RXC released at Sea Otter, updated with a threaded bottom bracket, flat mount disc brakes and …

Happy Mother’s Day to every mom and mom-to-be! We want to recognize the women that have in their own way played a role in helping make CXM. Here’s to you, our favorite cyclocross moms!

Speaking with Jingle Cross race director John Mehaan yesterday got us thinking about past Jingle Cross races and the course in Iowa City. So we’re taking a quick look at the race’s 2010 edition.