Cyclocross

Cycling is hard; it is frustrating and disappointing. It creates impossible heroes, and then it tears them down. But it remains beautiful

Familiarity with cantilevers, easy wheel changes and bad noise have most top pros sticking with old-school stoppers

The U.S. champ's Trek gets a "Two-Face" red-white-and-blue paint job and a prototype SRAM Red cassette

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Nick Legan's third-to-last installment of Ask Nick looks at rice cakes and frame pumps, directors in team cars and Quarq 'cross crank

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Disc brake technology hits the mud circuit in a big way for 2012-13

Sven Nys and his team will race new Formula Di2-compatible road disc brakes on 'cross bikes; quick test is very promising

Also: draining water from rims

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Vos and Pauwels win again in Hoogerheide, Netherlands. Check out the action in this Dan Seaton gallery

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Belgium closed out its busiest two weeks more or less the same way it has for more than a decade: with Sven Nys standing atop the podium here in his hometown race, waving to a crowd of thousands who have packed the muddy slopes of the low-slung Balenberg hill to cheer on a Belgian legend.

Tom Robertson snaps a smaller Christmas ’cross in Belgium.

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UCI World Cup-Pilsen

• 1. Sven Nys (Bel), 1:06:08
• 2. Kevin Pauwels (Bel),
• 3. Zdenek Stybar (Cze), 1:06:11
• 4. Francis Mourey (Fra), 1:06:45
• 5. Klaas Vantornout (Bel), 1:06:46

World Cup-Pilsen

• 1. Katherine Compton (USA), 40:37
• 2. Sanne Van Paassen (Ned), 40:55
• 3. Katerina Nash (Cze), 41:04
• 4. Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned), 41:20
• 5. Helen Wyman (Gbr), 41:53

Wil Matthews shoots day one of the GP Gloucester.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (VN) – A young Dutchman rode an impressive surge up the finishing straight Wednesday night to earn props from Elvis in a tactical and most dynamic Cross Vegas.

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New cyclocross and road gear from the component giant

The merits of tubular tape, more on the stack-and-reach concept, Mavic freehubs and more

Lennard takes a look back at the cyclocross brakes that worked for him during the season

• 1. Kevin Pauwels (BEL), Telenet-Fidea, at 1:01:46
• 2. Niels Albert (BEL), BKCP-Powerplus, at 0:03
• 3. Sven Nys (BEL), Landbouwkrediet, at 0:40
• 4. Steve Chainel (FRA), Fdj, at 0:41
• 5. Bart Aernouts (BEL), Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team, at 0:42

Niels Albert (BKCP) won one of cyclocross' most coveted titles on Sunday, earning the first Belgian national championship title of his career.

Readers ask how to center those Shorties and suggest how to pull that Campagnolo crank.

Katie Compton (Planet Bike) powered away from both her familiar rival Katerina Nash (Luna Pro Team) and world champion Marianne Vos (Nederland-Bloeit) to take her third World Cup win of the season.

For the second time in two years, December brought unusual cold and snow to much of Western Europe, burying the fifth round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup

With the close of the U.S. national cyclocross championships on Sunday comes the opening of the eighth edition of EuroCrossCamp.

Mountain Bike specialist Todd Wells adds cyclocross jersey to 2010 mountain bike national title wins.

Former world champ Lars Boom races cyclocross these days as preparation for his burgeoning road career.

Racing ’cross at the U.S. national championships this week is about a lot more than pain and glory between the course tape. A number of non-profit organizations – and their supporting riders – are hoping to make big gains in Bend, Oregon.

Todd Wells, a two-time elite national cyclocross champion is the reigning cross-country and short-track mountain bike champ and wants badly to add a third jersey to his 2010 collection.

After success in Europe, Katie Compton turns her attention to Bend, Oregon, and her effort to win a seventh successive national cyclocross title

Women Open Singlespeed: Kathy Pruitt Men Open Singlespeed: Adam Craig Men 55-59: Ned Overend Men 60-64: Glen Norton Men 65-69: John Elgart Men 70-74: Erik Nordenson Men 75-79: Walter Axthelm Women 40-44: Wendy Williams Women 45-49: Karen Hogan Women 50-54: Kris Walker Women 55-59: Linda Elgart Women 60-64: Martha Iverson Women 70-74: Julie Lockhart

After a decade of tubeless innovation for mountain bikes the guys at Stan’s notubes turned their attention this year to wheels for road and ‘cross.

Lennard says some folks have hopes that are too high for latex-based tire sealants.

Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com team manager Stu Thorne shares the sticky secrets

A reader wonders why deep-section carbon rims are so popular in the most non-aerodynamic discipline in cycling.

Singletrack.com's resident wrench Lennard Zinn says these Sidi kicks are great for MTB and cyclocross.

Saturday marked by the return of American national champion Katie Compton (Planet Bike-Stevens) to the forefront of the world stage as she powered away to a resounding solo victory.

Lennard and readers discuss the care and handling of tubulars at the end of the season and the intricacies of proper gluing methods.

anny Summerhill (Holowesko Partners) narrowly avoided a serious setback when he crashed in the first lap at the Superprestige Asper-Gavere Sunday

Todd Wells is riding the second prototype of what eventually will be a new carbon fiber Crux

Three years old and still lookin’ good!

Women:

• 1. Katherine Compton (USA), Planet Bike, in 39:08
• 2. Katerina Nash (CZE), in 39:23
• 3. Georgia Gould (USA), Luna Pro Team, in 40:23
• 4. Meredith Miller (USA), in 41:52
• 5. Amy Dombroski (USA), Luna Pro Team, in 42:04

• 1. Timothy Johnson (USA), Cannondale P/B Cyclocrossworld.com, in 1:02:41
• 2. Jeremy Powers (USA), Cannondale P/B Cyclocrossworld.com, in 1:03:21
• 3. Geoff Kabush (CAN), in 1:03:46
• 4. James Driscoll (USA), Cannondale P/B Cyclocrossworld.com, in 1:03:54
• 5. Adam Craig (USA), in 1:04:01

Geoff Kabush finally gets back on top of the podium in Fort Collins.

American Jonathan Page finishes fourth as Francis Mourey pips Martin Zlamalik for the victory.

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Shoulder separation may keep U23 contender out of Koksijde World Cup

Former ProTour mechanic Nick Legan takes questions about torque wrench use, winter bike maintenance and stiff 'cross frames.

Lennard fields questions on pealing AquaSeal, Campy's electronic group and pricing, clicking Zipps, nitrogen-inflated tires and water-in-the-frame syndrome.

VIDEO: Team mechanic Brian Dallas walks us through Jones' distinctive Focus Mares cyclocross bike.

A look at some sealed and slippery cable options for cyclocross, plus some tips and tricks for setting them up.

The elite men tackle a surprisingly tough 2010 Boulder Cup cyclocross at the FlatIron Crossing mall.

World champion Zdenek Stybar keeps his unbeaten streak intact, winning the Superprestige Zonhoven ahead of teammate Kevin Pauwels and Sven Nys.

Men

• 1. Valentin Scherz (Sui), 57:05
• 2. Adam McGrath (USA), same time
• 3. Ryan Knapp (USA), 57:09
• 4. Weston Schempf (USA), 57:13
• 5. Craig Richey (Can), 57:23

• 1. Deidre Winfield (USA), 40:02
• 2. Laura Van Gilder (USA), 40:51
• 3. Arley Kemmerer (USA), 41:06
• 4. Kristin Gavin (USA), 41:15
• 5. Nikki Thiemann (USA), 41:15

Valentin Scherz and Deidre Winfield take the flowers in round 7 of the MAC Series.

See Katie Compton ride away from the field once more at the Colorado Cross Classic in Boulder.

Watch as Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com goes one-two in the men's race at the 2010 Colorado Cross Classic in Boulder.

With the series leaders absent, Shannon Skerritt and Wendy Williams get their moment in the spotlight.

Meredith Miller's special pink Specialized Crux bike.

Lennard looks to one of cycling's most thoughtful mechanics to explore the question of brake shudder and stopping power

Results from the Oct. 24 race at North Carolina State

VeloNews.com will host live streaming video coverage of the Louisville rounds of the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross Saturday and Sunday, courtesy CyclingDirt.org

The Atlantic Coast conference heads to Wake Forest for a tough new cyclocross course.

Avid Shorty Ultimate brakes: Getting pretty close to 'cross braking perfection

Lennard Zinn takes a look at some new products for the installation, removal and inflation of tires, plus a quick look at new wheels for wider (read cyclocross) tires, from HED and Mondo.