Cyclocross Magazine - Cyclocross and Gravel Bikes, Reviews, Races
WEBBike Profile: Li King’s Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championship Winning Bike. Frame builder Li King races cyclocross, tracklocross and gravel with much success. King won SSCXWC on a special bike built just for the event. We check out the unique frame and component choices they made for the winning machine.
Review: Cervelo's Race-Oriented Aspero Gravel Bike
WEBJan 17, 2020 — Cervelo recommends the shorter Trail Mixer setting for road tires on 700c wheels, which actually results in more trail and less offset, but the smaller tires would offset this change with reduced trail. The Aspero is quite roomy. Our size 56 has a stack of 580mm and a reach of 397, with a wheelbase of 1027mm.
Ridden and Reviewed: 2022 Cannondale Supersix EVO CX
WEBThe Build. The SuperSix EVO CX has a complete kit of Cannondale components including a standard aluminum bar and stem, a Fabric brand saddle. the aforementioned proprietary D-shaped Hollowgram SL carbon seat post with a 2 bolt clamp, and of course the aluminum Cannondale crankset with a single 40t direct-mount chainring.
Finding Truth in Tire Width & Volumes: 700c, 622mm, 29er?
WEBApr 16, 2017 — However, the C is not even a unit. As the late great Sheldon Brown detailed, the C is simply an old French designation that provides guidance of the width of a tire needed on a certain diameter rim to equate to the intended outer diameter of a tire—in our world—700mm. Our “normal” 700c rims are just 622mm in diameter, while the largely ...
In Review: All-City’s New Super Professional Flat Bar Cyclocross Bike
WEBJan 28, 2020 — cyclocross magazine — January 28, 2020. It’s pretty rare nowadays that we get in a test bike that is really different than other bikes we’re riding. Yet the All-City Super Professional, with its steel frame and fork, sliding dropouts and 750mm-wide handlebar certainly doesn’t fit into the molds of all the carbon gravel bikes we’ve ...
Brand and Vos Duel to the End at the 2022 Cyclocross World ...
WEBJan 29, 2022 — It was impossible to watch the Elite Women’s race at the 2022 Cyclocross World Championships in Fayetteville and not feel your heart racing, almost as if you were racing yourself, on the final laps.. Dutch star Marianne Vos, the GOAT herself, lined up with history on the line. Sixteen years after her first Cyclocross Worlds title, and eight years after her last, Vos could ride to her eighth ...
Review: Shimano's GRX Gravel Group: Drivetrain, Brakes, Wheels …
WEBOct 18, 2019 — After several weeks of testing, the GRX RX570 wheels are still rolling true despite rough adventures in two states, several trips inside a bike box and a few spills. Shimano’s new GRX gravel/cyclocross family of components has one wheelset, the 21.6mm wide RX570 wheelset. It comes in both 700c and 650b diameters.
Review: SunRace's Lightweight, Wide-Range CSMX8 11-42 Cassette
WEBMar 6, 2019 — We’ve put some miles on SunRace’s CSMX8 11-speed 11-42t cassette, which is the company’s top-end 11-42t 11-speed option. The cassette features six steel cogs on two shiny red anodized aluminum spiders, with alloy spacers and a lockring to match. The biggest cog is alloy. MSRP is $80, although as with many components, it’s …
Reviewed: '17 Cannondale SuperX Team Cyclocross Bike Super-X
WEBJun 28, 2016 — Cannondale’s relatively long chainstays (43cm) on the earlier SuperX models have gotten a buzz cut, and now measure out at an ultrashort 42.2cm, tucking in tightly behind the bottom bracket, and slotting in just behind Raleigh’s new 2017 RXC carbon cyclocross bike and its 42cm chainstays as one of the shortest around.
Review: 3T Exploro Team Force Aero Gravel Bike
WEBAug 8, 2019 — The Build. 3T offers a lot of options for configuring the Exploro, with 9 different builds and 2 framesets. Some of the configurations are “Speed” models equipped with 700c wheels and narrower tires. Our size L sample was the Exploro Team Force build with 650b wheels. At $4,200, it is the least expensive build.