Posts in category the racer’s view

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 …

David Sterry, a racer who started to take cyclocross seriously this past season in Portland, Oregon, is checking in with us during his off-season again. …

Emma White has taken junior women’s cyclocross by storm in the past few years, most recently taking the 15-16 National Champion title while riding through …

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 …

Here’s an excerpt of our much-heralded Issue 15 feature on cyclocross legend and National Champion Laurence Malone, written by regular contributor Robbie Carver.Laurence Malone was …

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 …

Weston Schempf is easily the racer with the best name in the Mid-Atlantic (say it out loud a few times and see what we mean), …

Cody Kaiser has had a fantastic year: he took second at Nationals behind Zach McDonald in the U23 category, and before that, he was having …

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 …

Ali Goulet, pro snowboarder and cyclocrosser, has been in and out of our sport for quite some time. We profiled him back in Issue 8, …

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, …

Tim Johnson wasn’t wearing his full Cannondale-CyclocrossWorld kit in his race to second place in the 2012 Raleigh Midsummer Night Cyclocross Race, but he was …

Jonathan Page is back in the US, but no one – including the man himself – knows just how long he’ll be sticking around before …

This year, at Raleigh’s Midsummer Night’s Cyclocross, Allen Krughoff took home the biggest prize of the night: the Raleigh-Clement contract. “It was definitely part of …

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 …

Last season, we saw Ryan Knapp racing nearly every weekend for Bob’s Red Mill, and he was often snagging at least a few of those …

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 Josh Schwiesow Crashing in cyclocross is a piece of cake, comparatively speaking. I’ve said as much before in this noob column, to some debate. …

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 …

“It can be hard to plan exactly what we will do. We like to stay open to interesting opportunities that arise. This life is too short, we must maximize our time here and if we remain inspired in our racing, we will be that much happier.”

Justin Lindine (Redline) had the chance to wear the stars and stripes in full US kit last weekend at the Windham World Cup: a race …

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 …

Todd Wells may have not raced much cyclocross last season, but he had a good excuse: he was goaling for an Olympic berth and had …

Geoff Kabush has had a big year in mountain biking; he secured a spot on the Canadian team for the Olympics and scored an eighth …

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 …

Watching the women’s race at the Windham World Cup was heartbreaking for virtually everyone on course. Georgia Gould flatted just before the finish, and her …