The Genesis Croix de Fer is a versatile bike that can be used by cyclocross racers and other terrain rides. It has a Reynolds 725 heat-treated Cr-Mo frame and Cr-Mo forks with disc brakes. The Croix De Fer can be used with 28c road slicks and guards. You can also customize it to fit 35c’cross tires.
The frame itself is light and springy to make rough rides go smoothly. The Reynolds 725 Cr-Mo frame also comes in sizes of 52, 54, 56, 58, and 60 cm. A down tube gusset solidifies the area of the frame where it gets most stressed. This would be a good place to mount the gear cable guides as well. The seat stays are designed to a minimum and a slighty higher head tube.
The Croix de Fer has Shimano Tiagra components and Shimano BR-R505 disc brakes. It has ventilated microfiber grips and stainless spokes with a…
Available in August, Blue Competition Cycles releases its 2011 Jonathan Page Cyclocross bikes. The series has the NorCross SP, which is an alloy bike that has a full carbon steer tube and a tapered head tube. It is BB30 compatible and costs $1,700 for a complete built with SRAM’s Apex. The frame will go for $600.
The NorCross EX has a monocoque carbon frame built with SRAM Apex components. It has an 1100 gram frame, BB30 compatible and fork is similar to the one Jonathan Page used to race in the World Cup. The complete bike retails at $2400.
The NorCross SL has a carbon dropout on the fork. It is Still BB30 compatible and Blue Competition Cycles redesigned the chainstays for better clearance. Just over 1000 grams, it has a tapered steer tube and gives you a lighter and stiffer frame with BB bottom bracket.
All bikes will have Jonathan Page’s signature…
The Specialized Crux cyclocross bike will soon make its way to the market for 2011. The bike shares similarities with Specialized’s other cyclocross bike, the Tricross bikes, but deviates from the Specialized Tricross with its shorter head tube, chainstays and steeper angles.
Made with an alloy frame and internal cable routed through the downtube, the Crux Comp is sleek in its design. Luc Callahan, Specialized engineer says, “We found ’cross racers want their ’cross bike set up similarly to their road bike.” This led to the Crux’s design looking a lot like the Tarmac, Specialized’s top road bike.
The Crux redesigned its fork, making it stiffer and ideal for cyclocross racing. It uses traditional cyclocross features like a flat portion on its frame for shouldering the bike and road-inspired dropbars. The bike comes in carbon and aluminum.
The Crux Comp is cheaper than that of the Tricross, around $2800 retail price, yet…
Covington, Kentucky will push through with plans for a new cyclocross race and training park. It will be in Devou Park, situated on the area nearby the Montague and Sleepy Hollow intersection. Covington is second to Louisville to create a venue for year round cyclocross racing in Kentucky.
The project will utilize unused existing road beds to ensure a low ecological impact in the area. Matt Bell, the project head, said that the permanent cyclocross park will take part and enhance Devou Park’s existing network of mountain bike trails, “it was important to me in the course design to beautify and enhance the park as well.” Devou Park hosts the opening day of the Cincinnati UCI3 International Cyclocross Festival each year.
Another goal for the project is to successfully establish Devou Park as a regional and national cycling venue. Helping Bell achieve this is Chad Irey of the International Mountain Bike Association…
New Hampshire’s The Horror at Harding Hill will debut its cyclocross category at this year’s event. It is the fifth race for the EFTA (Eastern Fat Tire Association) Championship. The event will be at Webb’s Forest at Harding hill, Sunapee on July 18, 2010.
Steve White, promoter of the race shares that the 500 acre forest is owned by one of the members of the Sunapee Lions Club. The course was designed to include a technical mix of single, double and road track. There will be one large climb and several tricky areas like “The Root Canal” and “The Pig Sty”. The “canal” route has tree roots along the way while the “sty” has muddy trails.
White further adds, “We have been a Championship Event for EFTA since the start and were the first event to use electronic timing. We have always given money to Experts and usually have a good…
The 2010 Verge New England Championship Series has been modified. Adam Myerson of Cycle-Smart received feedback that the races were too many that it left some of the riders haggard, trying to attend to all of the races in the series. This year, Myerson reduced the number of races amking it a win-win situation for the riders and the organizers as well.
Myerson stated that the reason behind the reduction was to allow flexibility which the riders crave, wider coverage to include different regions in New England and to help making the contest flow go smoothly. “I want to ease that burden of having too many races for people to do all of them, and let the bigger races have the freedom to operate outside the Series. I also want to ease the burden on Verge, and on our staff. This frees up those bigger weekends, and my new race, to…
The Barry-Roubaix race was created by Rick Plite in 2009. The event is a spring gravel road race which has grown in proportion ever since it started. From 262 riders, participants increased to a number of 654 for 2010. Plite shares how he came up with the idea of the race, “Many people enjoy gravel road rides to mix it up a bit from the grind of road or mountain biking. Most of us would rather ride our bike on a snow packed dirt road than slushy paved roads with traffic. The increasing popularity of cyclocross bikes also makes for a perfect match.”
This year’s race which covered 80% gravel roads began with morning lows in the 20s. By the time the race was underway, the temperature only rose to 34 degrees accompanied by a 15 mph wind from the southeast. Soon sunny skies were upon the riders but the temperature…
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