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Nov. 25, 2009Tech Updates: Northwave, Campagnolo and more
The fall trade show season is now just a distant memory, and 2010 cycling gear is already hitting the shelves. It’s never too early to start thinking about new toys for the coming cycling season, so we’ve got a roundup of a few tech items that ...
Nov. 24, 2009Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Of drivetrains, tires and pressure
Dear readers, I know that I promised to describe how to eliminate front brake shudder on a cyclocross bike in today’s column, but I only just got the parts today that I think will definitively eliminate it, and I didn’t have a chance ...
Nov. 23, 2009The Clothes Line: Nalini Aquila jacket and Cirello Skinsuit tights
Editor's note: The Clothes Line is an occasional column about clothing, shoes, helmets, and other accessories we’ve encountered. Clothing is possibly the most personal of all gear choices: two riders can try the same jersey ...
Nov. 20, 2009Tech Feature: Clinchers for 'cross - three good choices
You might have noticed that the VeloNews crew often preaches the use of tubulars for cyclocross, particularly if you’re serious about the discipline. Tubulars do offer tangible advantages clinchers, largely because of the ability to use ...
Nov. 17, 2009Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Getting those 'cross tires on right
As promised, here’s the procedure for gluing a ’cross tubular tire so it won’t come off. Though it can still ruin your day, the downside of rolling a tubular in ’cross is generally not as big as in a criterium or on a winding mountain ...
Nov. 12, 2009Tech Report: Amy Dombroski’s new Primus Mootry cyclocross bikes
Pint-sized ’cross diva Amy Dombroski is following an interesting path this season. Last year she graduated from the Kona-supported Velo Bella program and moved to the East Coast frame-building artisan, Richard Sachs’ team. Now, close to three ...
Nov. 11, 2009Tech Updates: New winter clothing from Craft and Castelli and saddles from Cobb.
There’s no shortage of sweet gear and clothing to keep you rolling through the winter. Check out some of what we like lately. Craft proZERO Base Layers Craft proZERO base layers are made for the transitional temperatures of autumn. ...
Nov. 11, 2009Technical Q&A: questions (and answers) on cyclocross flats, tire sealant and tubeless tires for ’cross racing
Next week I will talk about gluing tubulars to carbon rims, as I promised, but this week I want to address the huge influx of mail I got on flats on the Xilinx cyclocross course, sealant, and on tubeless ’cross tires. First, on the Xilinx ...
Nov. 6, 2009Tech Gallery: Seen and heard in the pits at the Blue Sky Velo Cup
Saturday’s Blue Sky Velo Cup cyclocross race on the Xilinx campus in Longmont, Colorado, might already be a fading memory, but there’s a good chance that a few bikes (and riders for that ...
Nov. 3, 2009Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - It's all about the tires
Cyclocross season is in full swing, and it came to Boulder over the weekend in the form of the Blue Sky Velo Cup and the Boulder Cup. For some ...
Nov. 2, 2009Wrenched and Ridden: Time Hi-Tense wheels
Time is better known for pedals and high-end carbon bike frames than wheels. But the 2010 Time catalogue includes not just bikes and pedals, but also stems, bars, shoes, saddles, gloves, shoe covers, and now, wheels. Like many companies these ...
Oct. 30, 2009“It’s About the Bike:” A gallery from the Lance Armstrong bike exhibit and auction
Remember all those sweet, custom painted Trek bikes that Lance Armstrong rode in various comeback races this past season? Well, now the bikes are making a post-season, cameo comeback of their own. A number of them were designed, and in some cases ...

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