Birzman Displays Snap-It Pumps and New Tools at Sea Otter 2014
Birzman makes tools for cyclists, all designed with efficiency in mind, and since cyclocross is nothing if not a bike-repair-heavy sport, having a solid toolset …
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Bollé Introduces Two New Cycling-Specific Frames
When I strolled by the Bollé booth and stopped to check out the lenses, the first thing that popped to mind was, in a word, “Sharp.” …
Spotted Around Sea Otter 2014: A Slideshow
At Sea Otter, it’s hard to see everything, and even harder to remember everything that you did see in the course of four madness-inducing days …
Louis Garneau’s New Summer-Weight Course Skinsuit—Sea Otter 2014
Dreading the thought of racing in the heat at Cross Vegas, or race year-round in sunny SoCal? Louis Garneau may have you covered—or rather, slightly …
Bont Targets ’Cross with Riot MTB and Vaypor XC MTB Shoes — Sea Otter 2014
Bont may not be the biggest name in cyclocross shoes, but the company is hoping to change that. it’s a market that they’re hoping …
Focus Mares CX Carbon Cyclocross Bikes Get Lighter, Higher and Adopt a Pair of Rats
Focus and Jeremy Powers have had quite a bit of success together since the 2014 National Champion switched from Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld to Rapha-Focus three …
Raleigh Updates RX 1.0 and RX 2.0, Returns with RXW Women’s and Tamland Gravel Bikes
Raleigh didn’t just launch a new RXS singlespeed at Sea Otter this year—the company also revamped both the high-end carbon models and their aluminum lower-tier …
HED Cycling Goes Fat and Skinny with Ardennes FR and The Big Deal in 2014
HED Cycling is always innovating, looking for the combination of light weight, strength, and aerodynamics. Not all these parameters are completely compatible, but there are …
Sidi Shows Off Flagship Drako, Offers Shoe Shopping Tips, Wins CXM Readers’ Award
At the 2014 Sea Otter Classic, a handful of companies were showing cyclocross-worthy shoes (see Lake Cycling’s latest offerings from Sea Otter. Sidi, the famous Italian shoe …
On-One Shows Off Titanium Pickenflick ’Cross Bike at Sea Otter
On-One is one of the brands of the off-beat British bike retailer Planet-X, and is designed and assembled in-house in Sheffield, England. The On-One brand …
POC Octal Protects Your Head with New Technology and ICEdot Crash Sensor
POC may not be the best known name in the road and cyclocross helmet world, but the company is looking to change that. What started …
Raleigh’s Love for SSCX Blossoms into RXS Production Singlespeed Cyclocross Bike
Raleigh Bicycles has flamed the fires of singlespeed cyclocross racing since releasing its first SSCXWC-themed frameset that we announced in 2009. Since then, the Kent, …
Praxis Cycles Shows Cyclocross Chainrings, Bottom Brackets, Hints at New Projects
Cyclocross-specific chainrings are becoming more and more popular with the rise of gravel racing, and Praxis, with their cold-forged chainrings, has been in the market …
Something for Everyone: American Classic Aims to Please with New Tubeless, Tubular, Disc and Rim Brake ’Cross Wheels
American Classic is billing itself as the leader in tubeless technology. Perhaps you’ve seen the Robert Role commercials (where he mentions “even cyclocross” — see bottom …
Lake Introduces New Colors on MX331-Cross Shoes, Heat-Moldable Soles and Socks at Sea Otter
Employees at Lake shoes have been busy in the past few months working to not only have new models ready for Sea Otter, but to …
Kona Expands Gravel Bike Line for 2015 with the Titanium Rove — Sea Otter 2014
Kona is no stranger to titanium, having made titanium hardtail mountain bikes starting in the ’90s, so with the ti market for ’cross and …
Ben Berden on his Sea Otter Cyclocross Win and the Offseason
Ben Berden has become, in the past few years, a staple in the American ’cross racing scene, and as a Raleigh-Clement racer, of course he …
SRAM Appeases Weight Weenies and Retrogrouches with New WiFLi XG1190 Cassettes, Barcon Shifters
At Sea Otter 2014, SRAM showed off its Force CX1 single ring component group that we previously reviewed, but hiding on a side table were …
Rachel Lloyd Comes Back to Cyclocross with a Vengeance
Rachel Lloyd was a staple of cyclocross several years ago, but for those of you who are new to the sport, she was a force …
Fezzari Plans Direct-to-Cyclocrosser Carbon Disc Bike, Offers Custom Builds
It’s Fezzari, not Ferrari. However, every time I see the Fezzari name and logo, I see Ferrari, and think it’s odd that Ferrari is getting into …
Jamey Driscoll Returns to Muddy Roots with MTB and ’Cross
Jamey Driscoll is one of the young guns of ’cross who—at least partially—left the sport in recent years to focus on a road career. But …
ENVE Adds New M-Series M50 Carbon Tubeless MTB Wheels, with Cyclocross Potential
ENVE announced the MSERIES this week, a new collection of mountain wheels featuring four rim models developed for specific rider profiles: the M50, M60, M70 …
Lloyd Returns, Berden Repeats at Sea Otter Cyclocross Presented by Raleigh— Updated with Results and Photos
Cyclocross in April? With Raleigh’s cyclocross race at Sea Otter and some top-tier pros lining up, it almost felt like fall as temperatures dropped, beers …
Marin Boasts Versatility with the Aluminum Lombard Cyclocross / Gravel Bike— Sea Otter 2014
Marin Bikes of California unveiled the 2015 update of the Lombard, and Clifford Lee got a good look at the aluminum cyclocross bike. Marin describes …
Challenge Releases Gravel Grinder Tire at Sea Otter
We saw hints of it at Frostbike, and grabbed a quick look at NAHBS 2014 but it’s official: Challenge has added the Gravel Grinder in …
Garmin Ventures into Video with the VIRB POV Cameras – Sea Otter 2014
The Garmin VIRB marks the venerable GPS unit company’s move into POV video, a market dominated by GoPro with its Hero 3+ but filled with competition …
No Surprises Here: Vos and Wells Take Short Track Wins at Sea Otter
For the women who’d been checking the start lists for Sea Otter’s short track race, they were in for a bit of a surprise when …
Smith Optics Showcases New Colors on Pivlock V2 Sunglasses; Releases Forefront Helmets for the Masses
Smith Optics has been one of the go-tos for race-oriented sunglasses in the road, mountain and ’cross scenes. This year at Sea Otter, it showcased …
Industry Nine Turns to Carbon with New Ultralite CX Alloy and Carbon Disc Wheelsets — Sea Otter 2014
Industry Nine is a company in North Carolina with less than 20 employees, all dead set on following a passion to produce beautiful performance wheelsets. …
Redline Says Goodbye to Cantis, Hello to Thru Axles for 2015 — Sea Otter 2014
Yesterday, we got a sneak preview of the new and very first cyclocross frames from Redline before Sea Otter officially kicked off, but today we …