Posts in category rider diary

The 2015 edition of the Dirty Kanza 200 saw a muddy course fit for a cyclocrosser, and despite the race being over 14 hours long …

The gravel season is well upon us, and in a young tradition stemming from last year, Christine Vardaros offers a rider diary of the full experience of the Paris to Ancaster …

Racing in the off-season? You’re not alone.  In an earlier post, Adam Myerson acknowledged the value of training races, but only if actually used as training races. However, let’s say …

Last December, Lee Waldman was involved in a hit-and-run on Christmas morning, leaving him in the hospital with six broken ribs, a cracked sternum and a …

Last year, Nick DiGangi, a proper New Englander with an affinity for heavily hopped ales and ’cross, offered some of his reflections on a new season …

by Lee Waldman Fear can weaken but it can also strengthen. Fear is also a great training partner. Now that the season is over some …

The rider diary that follows comes from Amanda Nauman’s blog A Panda’s POV, which focuses on riding elite women’s cyclocross racing with a home base …

“Now go ride your bike.” This is the perennial phrase Lee Waldman, Colorado race organizer and Cyclocross Magazine contributor, uses to sign off from his …

I first met with Mark McConnell at the Canadian National Championships in Winnipeg. He was currently getting set for his travels to Belgium, where he …

by Christine Vardaros Only five days before the UK Milton Keynes World Cup, I got the email that I should be able to race.  This …

by Christine Vardaros I am smack dab in the middle of yet another full Belgium-based cyclocross season. This means I’ve taken the dive down the …

Last weekend at Jingle Cross, Courtenay McFadden took her first UCI win. It was well-deserved and hard-won, and it should come as no surprise that …

Elle Anderson has had a phenomenal start in Europe, with plenty of top five victories, including one at the World Cup in Valkenburg which qualifies …

by Adam McGrath So sometimes I like to think of my little homestead like a place where I’m building my own world. You know, like …

Over the 2014-15 season, American phenom Elle Anderson will be contributing to Cyclocross Magazine as she travels throughout Europe to race some of the arduous …

by Adam McGrath Life is full of surprises. Will my coffee be good or amazing today, will this mystery beer I’ve been handed while cross …

While it’s hardly the day for a Throwback Thursday or Flashback Friday, this first weekend of September provides us a good chance to look back …

If you think you’re excited early about the start of cyclocross season, Florida has you beat. While most people think of Cross Vegas as the …

The Hilly Billy Roubaix was a gravel grinder before gravel grinding was cool. Now, the 70-mile dirt road race brings in hundreds of riders. This …

Andrew Vontz has been prepping for the Dirty Kanza Half Pint for the past year, after a first attempt in 2013. Between his race prep …

360 miles of gravel? Cyclocross Magazine contributor Robbie Carver tackled the epic ride and lived to tell the story… At nine o’clock at night, in …

Andrew Vontz is our new gravel-grinder addict and contributing writer, and is prepping for Dirty Kanza Half Pint glory. Today, he’s showing us what exactly …

Gravel racing: It’s what you can do with that cyclocross race bike the other seven to nine months out of the year that you’re not …

by Christine Vardaros It’s been many days since Belgian ’cross racer Ellen van Loy (Telenet-Fidea) and I headed home from Canada’s Paris-Ancaster (P2A) gravel race …

Our gravel reporter Aaron Cruikshank targets another race, the Cone-Azalea, arguably the most “road-racey” of all of the recent gravel events that he’s covered. The …

by Nicole Duke It’s not everyday that I get a chance to torture/challenge myself. So when I was asked by my sponsors SPY and Marin …

by Aaron Cruikshank The 21st edition of Paris to Ancaster saw an Elite field brimming with talent and a course to ready to test even …

by Aaron Cruikshank Western Michigan, bikes, dirt and beer? It must be the Lowell 50. Like its counterpart, the recently-raced Barry Roubaix, it takes advantage …

by Aaron Cruikshank Hastings, Michigan has been playing host to Ultra Cross Series race, Barry Roubaix, since 2009. Regularly attracting 3000+ racers across several categories, …