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by Molly Hurford I guess the title of this post can be read two ways: physical or mental state? And I think the correct answer …

by Molly Hurford Last week, I talked about my newfound love of local racing. This past weekend, that love was reaffirmed ten-fold when I went …

by Molly Hurford For the past two years, I’ve gone where the big races were. That mainly left me in New England, with jaunts to …

This is American Cyclocross: The Local Race by Molly Hurford and John Proppe At it’s core, cyclocross in the US is a participant-based sport. Family …

by Lee Waldman Labor Day weekend my youngest daughter got married. Both of my sons-in-law are wonderful young men, hard workers, caring partners, and best …

by Brooke Hoyer Gentle reader, I need to warn you that I’m a wheel whore and while I’m purporting to argue the merits (or lack …

by Molly Hurford Normally, when people finish a race and say, “Oh, the wheels just came off in the last lap,” they aren’t being literal. …

by Molly Hurford ‘Twas the night before Rochester and all through the house All the creatures were stirring, packing up to get out. The bikes …

by Kat Statman The season is oh-so-close. You can almost taste it. So, what do we have for you then? A little bit of transfer …

Resident Masters racer Lee Waldman waxes poetic – literally – about his training. I am from every miserable race and training sesson sweltering heat and …

by Molly Hurford There’s a feeling in the air, it’s almost electric. When my phone rings and it’s my friend and now-framebuilder calling, my heart …

by Kat Statman “Georgia, Georgia … Keeps Georgia on my mind.” That’s right folks! While there is still some more cycling to be done at …

It’s the quadrennial running of the Summer Olympic games and that gets cyclocross fans thinking about the epic injustice of cross’ exclusion from the Games. Rabid fans want cross included in the games and have filled internet forums with impassioned pleas and even started an online petition. In other words, they haven’t done jack except bitch about it. Personally, I can take or leave CX Olympic inclusion, but I do have some helpful hints about how to go about it.

Lee Waldman has talked a lot lately about his off-season motivation issues. It’s been a tough year for him with work, and now he’s thinking …

by Molly Hurford Track. MTB. Book! OK, so I admit, those were just the notes I made before I started writing this post. But if …

by Kat Statman With opening ceremonies and the men’s road race done and dusted, the women’s Olympic road race is on as I write this, …

Lee Waldman has talked a lot lately about his off-season motivation issues. It’s been a tough year for him with work, and now he’s thinking …

by Molly Hurford I’ve started my countdown to cyclocross season. We’re less than two months away from the first UCI race, and just shy of …

Cyclocross Magazine introduces a new semi-weekly op-ed column called “The Dirtbag,” an opinionated series by Cyclocross Magazine contributor Brooke Hoyer. Hoyer previously wrote “The Highs …

by Kat Statman Tour de France is happening, the Olympics are coming up, and it’s Friday the 13th. Is there a better time to address …

Lee Waldman has talked a lot lately about his off-season motivation issues. It’s been a tough year for him with work, and now he’s finally …

by Molly Hurford What a week. It almost felt like cyclocross season this weekend, since the Windham World Cup gave me the chance to not …

by Kat Statman While it may have been hard to keep an eye on the wonderful world of bike racing over the past few days …

Cyclocross Magazine introduces a new semi-weekly op-ed column called “The Dirtbag,” an opinionated series by Cyclocross Magazine contributor Brooke Hoyer. Hoyer previously wrote “The Highs …

Lee Waldman has talked a lot lately about his off-season motivation issues. It’s been a tough year for him with work, and now he’s finally …

by Molly Hurford It’s been a nostalgic couple of weeks. Last column, I was celebrating one year at Cyclocross Magazine. Yesterday, I turned 25. The …

by Kat Statman With the US and a few other countries finally getting their acts together and starting to name their Olympic cycling teams, it’s …

Lee Waldman has talked a lot lately about his off-season motivation issues. It’s been a tough year for him with work, and he’s finally got …

by Molly Hurford It’s been over a year since I first started at Cyclocross Magazine, and — wow — what a year it’s been! I hadn’t …

by Kat Statman Another few weeks, a whole lot of news compressed, and always more to talk about than we have time and/or space. This …