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BEST TRAINING EQUIPMENT
Cross Propz. Sure you can build your own, but these are portable, sturdy, and convenient.
BEST TOOLBOX ACCESSORY
The PrestaCycle PrestaRatchet. This will handle any hex, Torx or screwdriver wrenching job, and make it faster and more enjoyable.
BEST HELMET
The Kali Protectives Maraka is light, comfortable, and employs some cutting-edge technology that should keep your melon safe. It was reportedly designed with cyclocrossers in mind, and it hits the mark without looking it should be in the Tour de France or on a pump track.
BEST SOCKS
Okay, you may think we’re biased, but there’s a reason we chose them for our own branded socks. If you haven’t tried SwiftWick socks, especially in a CXM design, you’re missing out. Stretchy, dense, comfy, and durable. What more can you ask for? Now shipping in orange and black.
2013/2014 Cyclocross Magazine Editors’ Awards
- Brakes and Components Editors’ Awards
- Cyclocross Tires Editors’ Awards
- Cyclocross Wheels – Editors’ Awards
- Cyclocross Bikes – Editors’ Awards
- Cyclocross Racers & Races – Editors’ Awards
- Cyclocross Swag – Editors’ Awards
Want to see more award-winning products, racers and events? Check out our previous years’ awards:
Cyclocross Magazine Editors’ Choice Awards: 2012/2013 Season
Cyclocross Magazine Editors’ Choice Awards: 2011/2012 Season
Reading the review of the Serac CX in issue 25, I am wondering Serac or KommandoX. Intermediate rider in SF Bay area.
FuelForThoughts how heavy are you? for Bay Area courses, often wider is better if you can fit them. Plus the width helps with burps. Specialized has a new 38c 2Bliss tire.
cyclocross No problem with burps running Vittoria TNT XG on WTB ChrisCross (29r, 25f psi). I am 162 lb. Which Spec’ tire are you thinking of? Only one I could find on their website in 38 is the tracer which looks lie a file tread.
Have you measured the Serac width?
FuelForThoughts cyclocross The Serac seems to be a bit narrower than the Kommando X. But if you’re having good luck with the XGs, probably no huge reason to switch to either tire. Perhaps slightly bigger side knobs…but the next switch probably worth making is only for volume reasons. Maybe Cross Boss when it’s out, or Ritchey Shield next year? https://www.cxmagazine.com/ritchey-shield-wcs-cyclocross-tubeless-tire-zeta-ii-wheels
[…] a list price of $1,200, the Ardennes SL disc wheelset costs 40% less than HED’s older Stinger 3, a previous Editors’ Choice award-winning wheelset. With a total weight of 1,435 grams, the Ardennes SL is just 65 grams heavier than the carbon HED […]
[…] brand. We’ve seen that happen in the world of cyclocross, under different circumstances, when the award-winning Bailey-designed carbon cyclocross frame later appeared under Italian and Canadian branding and on top of CrossVegas podiums, although the […]