We’ll I hadn’t raced anything in over a year and a half, and was excited to jump back in this ‘cross season and see how things went. Considering my long hiatus, the fact that I was pretty bad before that break and that I was coming off injuries cause by getting hit by a car, [...]
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SCPS #1-My First Cyclocross Race Back
Posted in Cyclocross, tagged bonelli park, cycling, Cyclocross, socal prestige series on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tubeless for Cyclocross
Posted in Cyclocross, tagged Cyclocross, stan's, tubeless on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just received my Hutchinson Bulldog tires for the cross bike, and am very excited to get things set up. The issue is the Stan’s No Tubes kit. I am running Open Pro wheels with Chris King hubs, which seems pretty straightforward. However from everything I have read, the Open Pro is one of the [...]
Cross Vegas 2009
Posted in Cyclocross, tagged cross vegas, cycling, Cyclocross on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am already making plans, and looking forward to canned beer.
Cross Vegas 2008
Posted in Cyclocross, tagged cross vegas, cycling, Cyclocross, katie compton, ryan trebon, socal cross on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was finally able to go to Interbike this year, which was pretty cool, however I was most excited about going to Cross Vegas. Being in Southern California, we don’t get the chance to see the “Big Guns” of cyclocross racing locally. Therefore I knew that the opportunity to see the men and women I [...]
American Classic CR-420 for Cycloross
Posted in Cyclocross, Training, tagged american classic, cycling, Cyclocross, cyclocross wheels, lemond poprad on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been riding the American Classic 420 wheels for years now, and found them to be very dependable and fast. Not overly quick, but fast. However I have always ridden them as they are intended to be ridden, on the road. This season I thought I’d try something new, and put them on the [...]
The Effect of Mountain Biking On My Cyclocross Performance
Posted in Bikes & Gear, Cyclocross, tagged cycling, Cyclocross, jamis dakar, lemond poprad, mountian biking, mtb on August 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have recently rediscovered mountain biking, after a fairly long hiatus during which I stuck to riding road and and some cross. My mtb rebirth has made me realize, among other things, that mountain biking is just fun. I have taken this opportunity to make some upgrades to my mountain bike, ultimately dropping some serious [...]
Michelin Green Cross Tires
Posted in Bikes & Gear, Cyclocross, tagged cross tires, Cyclocross, green, michelin, michelin mud green on July 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Does anyone have an idea why Michelin no longer makes their green cyclocross (or any green tires for that matter) tires? You occasionally find them on Ebay selling for outrageous amounts of scratch (used tires in the 60-80 dollar range), but for some reason Michelin doesn’t choose to make them any longer. There is obviously [...]
Sandbagging?
Posted in Cyclocross, Road Racing, tagged cycling, Cyclocross, bike racing, sandbagging, sandbaggers on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know sandbagging exists. And I understand what it is for the most part. However I have a question for you. If you have moved up a couple of categories in cross, should you be racing a CAT 5 crit? If you are an experienced mountain bike racer, should you be racing in the CAT [...]
Cyclocross Magazine
Posted in Cyclocross, tagged Cyclocross, cyclocross magazine, sandbagger on March 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I received my second issue of Cyclocross Magazine this week, and I can’t say enough about it. If you are at all interested in cyclocross, you need to subscribe to this rag. A one year subscription, four issues, starts at 16 bucks, and in my opinion is well worth the price. So far they have [...]
Bianchi San Jose
Posted in Bikes & Gear, Cyclocross, tagged bianchi, bike racing, Bikes & Gear, cross, cyclo-cross, Cyclocross, san jose on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With cyclocross season ending I thought I would share a picture of my Bianchi San Jose. It is stock with the following exceptions:
34t ring in front, Salsa Bell Lap handlebars, Ritchey WCS stem and Nokian Ravagozzi S tires ( I really like these things. They are remarkably “grippy” considering their seemingly moderate tread pattern.)
Of my [...]
