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Ridley X-Night Disc with SRAM Red 22 Hydraulic Discs

Peter Hymas — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:11:51 GMT

Less than two weeks after SRAM officially unveiled its new Red 22 Hydraulic Road Disc (HRD), Ridley announced a new X-Night Disc cyclo-cross bike with the 11-speed group that has mechanical shifting and hydraulic braking. "Our latest X-Night has set a new standard in frames used for cyclo-cross," said Ridley's PR manager Jochen Bessemans. "SRAM is now doing the same for groupsets with the introduction of their Red 22 with hydraulic disc brakes. We have combined these two evolutions ...

Sea Otter 2013: Raleigh revamps its cyclocross range

Daniel Benson — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:18:48 GMT

This article first appeared on Bikeradar Raleigh has dedicated an amount of resources to its 'cross range for the coming season with subtle refinements to the carbon bikes but a wholesale redesign of its alloy range. Not only are the frames supposedly lighter and more efficient but also more comfortable – and new wheel specs across the board will greatly increase traction, too. Alloy frames have been thoroughly modernized for the coming season with a new hydroformed and double butted 6061 ...

10 conclusions from the cyclo-cross world championships

Peter Hymas — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:48:32 GMT

1. Van der Perfect: What else can be said about wunderkind Mathieu van der Poel? The 18-year-old Dutchman punctuated an undefeated 'cross season with his second straight junior world title . As happened all season long, the closest van der Poel's rivals were to him was on the start line. After grabbing the holeshot, van der Poel simply rode away from the field. He is human, however, as he crashed on the second lap while alone in the lead, but that was the only blemish to an otherwise flawless performance ...

Pro bike: Klaas Vantornout's Ridley X-Night

Peter Hymas — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:52:55 GMT

Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Napolean Games) arrived at the world cyclo-cross championships in Louisville, Kentucky fresh off his victory at the Belgian national championships with hopes of a world title. A last-lap bobble put him off the wheel of race winner Sven Nys, but Vantornout's silver-medal performance still made for an impressive debut for Ridley's new X-Night carbon cyclo-cross flagship bike. Vantornout's new X-Night bears several key differences from the old version. For one, it's lighter ...

Pro bike: Sven Nys' Colnago Prestige

Daniel Benson — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:14:42 GMT

This article first appeared on BikeRadar . Sven Nys ( Crelen-Euphony ), long a legend in international cyclo-cross, cemented his status with his second UCI cyclo-cross world championship title Saturday in brutally cold and muddy conditions in Louisville, Kentucky. We took a look at his Colnago Prestige. The Colnago Prestige frame is several years old now but the fact that it's currently in use by Nys as well as current world champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) stands as a strong testament to ...

Tech: Inside the Belgian headquarters at the cyclo-cross world championships

Laura Weislo — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 12:48:23 GMT

Consider this: the Belgian national brought 20 riders to Louisville, Kentucky, for the first-ever UCI cyclo-cross world championship to be held on US soil. What's it take to support 20 riders? Try 66 bikes, 140 sets of wheels (all with tires mounted, mind you), countless spare parts and repair equipment and an army of team mechanics and staff. The Belgians aren't just coming – they're here, and in a big, big way. We took a tour of their team area, which occupied a sizable conference room inside ...

UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships start list

Peter Hymas — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:49:59 GMT

Elite men 1 Niels Albert (Belgium) 2 Kevin Pauwels (Belgium) 3 Sven Nys (Belgium) 4 Klaas Vantornout (Belgium) 5 Bart Aernouts (Belgium) 6 Rob Peeters (Belgium) 7 Bart Wellens (Belgium) 8 Francis Mourey (France) 9 Guillaume Perrot (France) 10 Romain Lejeune (France) 11 Radomir Simunek (Czech Republic) 12 Martin Bina (Czech Republic) 13 Simon Zahner (Switzerland) 14 Julien Taramarcaz (Switzerland) 15 Marcel Wildhaber (Switzerland) 16 Lukas Flückiger (Switzerland) 17 Arnaud Grand (Switzerland) 18 ...

UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup-Hoogerheide start list

Peter Hymas — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:22:14 GMT

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UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup-Rome start list

Peter Hymas — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:29:34 GMT

Elite Men 1 Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 2 Sven Nys (Bel) Crelan-Euphony 3 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb-Napoleon Games 4 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Napoleon Games 5 Rob Peeters (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 6 Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 7 Bart Aernouts (Bel) AA Drink Cyclocross Team 8 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 9 Bart Wellens (Bel) Telenet - Fidea ...

Pro bike: Ryan Trebon’s Cannondale SuperX Hi-Mod Disc

Peter Hymas — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:32:55 GMT

Ryan Trebon's bikes are always easy to spot in the pits, as is the 6ft 5in rider. Trebon's custom cyclo-cross bike is a bit larger than the stock SuperX Hi-Mod Disc we recently tested, though even with disc brakes it still weighs a very respectable 7.8kg (17.2lb). The 31-year-old Trebon has a long history of running made-to-measure frames. Prior to joining the Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com team in early 2012, Trebon raced for Felt on a super-sized version of the company's flagship F1X . Before ...

Tubeless tires for cyclo-cross

Peter Hymas — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:50:44 GMT

Traditional tubular tires continue to rule the roost at the top levels of cyclo-cross racing, and for good reason: the wheels and tires are lighter, the casings tend to be suppler and do a better able of conforming to the ground. Most importantly, they can be reliably run at traction-enhancing pressures that typical clinchers can only dream of – sub-20psi in some cases. For those who can't be bothered with the hassle and expense of tubulars, though, tubeless setups are a tempting alternative ...

Pro bike: Georgia Gould’s Orbea Terra

Peter Hymas — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:19:02 GMT

Georgia Gould has already had a very full season on her mountain bike, becoming the 2012 US National Champion and taking home a bronze medal at the London Olympics. But when it comes to cyclo-cross, the longtime Luna Pro Team member is racing aboard Orbea’s Terra, a full carbon rig with some interesting features not found on other CX bikes. The Terra is Orbea’s first full carbon cyclo-cross bike, replacing the aluminum Lobular from last season. It features a 1.125in to 1.5in tapered ...

Pro bike: Ben Berden's Raleigh RXC Pro Disc

Peter Hymas — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:07:33 GMT

Last year, veteran Belgian cyclo-cross racer Ben Berden crossed the pond for his first full season of racing in the United States. He's returned for the 2012/2013 season with the support of Raleigh Bicycles and Clement tires. BikeRadar caught up with him in Fort Collins, Colorado, at the second stop on this year's US Gran Prix of Cyclocross . He finished third and fifth, respectively, in Saturday and Sunday's elite men's races, aboard his Raleigh RXC Pro Disc. New brakes, old numbers As a Raleigh-sponsored ...

SRAM Red hydraulic disc brakes-First look

Peter Hymas — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:37:06 GMT

SRAM has yet to officially announce the upcoming Red hydraulic disc brakes and matching levers but we know they're deep in development. Now we've spotted them out in public at a local cyclo-cross race in Castle Rock, Colorado – not far from SRAM's brake headquarters in Colorado Springs. While it still feels like there's some more refining to do (we only squeezed the levers and didn’t have a chance to actually ride them), it looks like they're tantalizingly close to being finished up. ...

UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup-Roubaix start list

Peter Hymas — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:18:34 GMT

Elite Men 1 Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 2 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony 3 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb-Revor 4 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Revor 5 Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 6 Bart Aernouts (Bel) AA Drink Cyclocross Team 7 Rob Peeters (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 8 Bart Wellens (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 9 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 10X Sven ...

UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup-Koksijde start list

Peter Hymas — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:02:33 GMT

Elite Men 1 Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 2 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-KDL 3 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb-Revor 4 Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 5 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Revor 6 Bart Aernouts (Bel) AA Drink Cyclocross Team 7 Rob Peeters (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 8 Bart Wellens (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 9 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 10X Jan Denuwelaere ...

Superprestige Gavere start list

Laura Weislo — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:36:00 GMT

Elite Men 1 Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 2 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-KDL 3 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb-Revor 4 Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 5 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Revor 6 Rob Peeters (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 7 Radomir Simunek (Cze) BKCP - Powerplus 8 Bart Wellens (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 9 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 10 Lars van der Haar ...

BPost Bank Trofee - GP Hasselt start list

Laura Weislo — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:18:44 GMT

Elite Men 1 Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 2 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-KDL 3 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb-Revor 4 Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 5 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Revor 6 Rob Peeters (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 7 Radomir Simunek (Cze) BKCP - Powerplus 8 Bart Wellens (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 9 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 11 Sven Vanthourenhout ...

Pro bike: Logan Owen's Redline Carbon Conquest Team

Peter Hymas — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:09:47 GMT

Like his senior American compatriot Jeremy Powers , 17-year-old Logan Owen wants a front-row start for the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships that will be held in Louisville, Kentucky. The seven-time junior national champion is now in 5th place on UCI points after the first UCI World Cup on October 21 in Tabor, Czech Republic. The World Cup rounds are critical for juniors' Worlds start grid as the top 16 overall in the World Cup standings will earn the first 16 start positions in Louisville. Owen ...

Dugast debuts Small Bird 'cross tubular

Peter Hymas — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:35:15 GMT

The Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com team recently debuted a new 'cross tubular from Dugast called the Small Bird. Billed as a sort of hybrid between the current Typhoon and Rhino treads, the Small Bird is Dugast's first 'cross tubular with a dual-compound tread – and it's already been used to win U-23, Elite and Junior races at the recent World Cup in Tabor, Czech Republic. As the name suggests, the new Dugast Small Bird is similar to the company's Fast Bird mountain bike tubular with sharp, ...

European Cyclo-cross Championships start list

Laura Weislo — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:30:42 GMT

Women 2 Sophie de Boer (Netherlands) 3 Arenda Grimberg (Netherlands) 4 Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn (Netherlands) 5 Sanne Van Paassen (Netherlands) 6 Annefleur Kalvenhaar (Netherlands) 7 Sabrina Stultiens (Netherlands) 8 Tessa van Nieuwpoort (Netherlands) 9 Pavla Havlíkova (Czech Republic) 10 Martina Mikulaskova (Czech Republic) 11 Zuzaha Pirzkallová (Czech Republic) ...

US 'cross growth: top-down or bottom-up?

Laura Weislo — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:24:20 GMT

For every Elite US cyclo-cross racer climbing through the UCI rankings toward the top of the world's heap, there is an army of devoted amateurs, weekend warriors and casual 'crossers quite literally wearing in the path before the them. A thriving recreational culture helps find and feed the riders who grow into regional, national and international champions in any sport. In US cyclo-cross the amateur riders who tear up and wear in the course before the Elites come out aren't simply creating a huge ...

Koppenbergcross start list

Laura Weislo — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:14:50 GMT

Elite Men 1 Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 2 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-KDL 3 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb-Revor 4 Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 5 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Revor 6 Rob Peeters (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 7 Radomir Simunek (Cze) BKCP - Powerplus 8 Bart Wellens (Bel) Telenet - Fidea 9 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 11 Sven Vanthourenhout ...

Pro bike: Todd Wells' Specialized S-Works CruX Carbon

Peter Hymas — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:29:00 GMT

After two seasons on an aluminum Specialized CruX , three-time US national cyclo-cross champion Todd Wells has made the move to an all-new carbon fiber chassis for the 2012-2013 season. While his new ride is lighter than last year's bike, Wells says it's the added stiffness he notices most. "I feel like the carbon in the rear makes the bike accelerate better," he told BikeRadar . "It's stiffer so I feel like when I stand up coming out of corners it has a bit more snap. With the aluminum ...

US 'cross team building momentum in Czech World Cups

Laura Weislo — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:08:09 GMT

It's a historic season for cyclo-cross with the United States hosting the world championships in Louisville, Kentucky February 2-3, 2013, the first time they've ever been contested outside of Europe. American 'crossers have certainly upped the ante on the international level with a solid all-around performance at last Sunday's opening World Cup round in Tabor , Czech Republic. All of the U.S. national champions in the four categories contested - elite men (Jeremy Powers), elite women (Katie Compton), ...