Posts in category the racer’s view

by Molly Hurford When we were out at Bear Creek for Mountain Bike Nationals, we couldn’t help but notice a familiar face was missing in …

In the singlespeed category of last week’s Midsummer Night Cross Race, Raleigh’s own Craig Etheridge had an easy ride to capture the title, but not …

Gunnar Shogren, who took third this year at Masters Worlds in 50-54 Men, was our pick for our Quick and Dirty interview in Issue 21 …

When Carl Decker took the lead at Raleigh’s Midsummer Nights race last Thursday, reactions were wildly mixed. Some were impressed with his decision to swap …

2013 Cyclocross National Champion Jonathan Page (Fuji – Competitive Cyclist) hails from New England, but his two current homes are in Belgium and Utah. Last …

by Lee Waldman Summer is already winding down. shorter. It’s noticeably darker in the morning when I wake up. We all  know what that means—cyclocross!  …

At Cross-Country Mountain Bike Nationals this week, we wanted to catch up with as many cyclocrossers as possible. It makes our lives easier when those …

Earlier this year, we ran a piece about the potential fate of the Shimano Series race at Gloucester, part of New England’s “Holy Week of …

While we got some great position statements from the At-Large Cyclocross Committee nominees in the past few weeks, with voting currently running, we wanted to …

  by Lee Waldman I first met Wesley Smith two years ago when I was preparing to attend the first Masters Worlds in Louisville. The …

While we got some great position statements from the At-Large Cyclocross Committee nominees in the past few weeks, with voting currently running, we wanted to …

While we got some great position statements from the At-Large Cyclocross Committee nominees in the past few weeks, with voting only days away, we wanted …

During the offseason, we love hitting the gravel roads on our ’cross bikes, and it’s been great to see the explosion of gravel racing (featured …

Michael van den Ham is an under-23 Elite rider on the Cycle-Smart Elite team. Michael raced for Canada to 31st place at the World Championships …

While we got some great position statements from the At-Large Cyclocross Committee nominees in the past few weeks, with voting only days away, we wanted …

While we got some great position statements from the At-Large Cyclocross Committee nominees in the past few weeks, with voting only days away, we wanted …

by Amy Dombroski When I received the race email from Rocky Mountain Endurance about the Snake River Mountain Challenge boasting a closed Keystone Mountain just …

Here, the open women’s winner of the Hilly Billy Roubaix (listed as one of the major gravel events in the US in our Gravel Grinder …

by Molly Hurford They say that the clothes make the man, and I’ve always tended to disagree. It’s what’s on the inside that counts, right? …

by Lee Waldman Last Saturday, promptly at 6 a.m., the blast from a shotgun signaled the start of my first hundred mile mountain bike race, …

You’ve probably heard of the site Girl Bike Love, or Cyclofemme. Today, their founder Sarai Snyder is checking in with Cyclocross Magazine and telling us …

by Molly Hurford It’s been a series of eventful weekends. From racing in one of the hardest crits around, the Tour of Somerville, to heading …

Catching Powers has been a bit easier this year: typically, May and April sees him flying all over the country, and the world, racing for …

by Molly Hurford Some racers we talk to have been taking some down time after a long cyclocross season: a road race here, a mountain …

STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA – Seven days. Thousands of feet worth of climbing. Scorching heat. Flat tires for virtually every racer. Hundreds of miles of singletrack …

Our Masters columnist is finally on summer break from school, and he’s back in action. by Lee Waldman My students and I have been writing …

by Kat Statman We’ve talked about the Giro a little bit, particularly with their almost ’cross like weather for the past two weeks: cold, wet …

by Molly Hurford When Marianne Vos’s name popped up on the start list at Sea Otter, you could see the ripple of excitement that went …

by Molly Hurford I know it’s silly to be writing about this: blogging about being unplugged from phone, Internet and even cameras? A bit of …

by Molly Hurford Last week, we checked in with the King of Scottish cyclocross, Rab Wardell. So it only seemed fitting that today we see …