In 2019 I reviewed a Thesis OB1 bike. Thesis bike founder Randall Jacobs set out to offer a bike that covers more categories and allows riders to own one less bike. His timing could not be better. At the time gravel was a burgeoning category of bike riding, with more cyclists riding mixed terrain and discovering what cyclocross riders did in the off-season. The new popularity creates a new category of bike, just as mountain biking did in the 1990’s. Jacobs is a bike industry veteran who at one point lived in Asia to manage the supply chain for bicycle brands. During that time, he learned ..read more

The Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships (SSCXWC) 2023 edition will be in Santa Cruz, California, and the organizers now have a website, registration date, and entry fee set. Here is the team’s #SSCXWC23 announcement: The website: sscxwc23sc.com Registration opens: May 1, 2023 The damage: $155, which will likely be more than one race, plus liver damage for some See Cyclocross Magazine’s SSCXWC coverage back to the very first event in Oregon here.     The post SSCXWC 2023 Santa Cruz Announces Dates, Releases Promo Video appeared first on Cyclocross Magazine - Cyclocross and G ..read more

Nukeproof Digger Adventure Bike. © C. Lee / Cyclocross Magazine Nuke Proof is an ionic brand from 1990, a pioneer of the use of titanium and carbon fiber, then considered exotic materials for mountain bikes. The company offered carbon-bodied hubs that many of us drooled over. The mountain bike boom faded at the end of the 1990s and Nuke Proof Industries headed into the sunset with it. Michael Cowan, a Northern Ireland downhill racer saved the brand and reinvigorated the company as Nukeproof. By the mid-2000s Nukeproof was back in the news with a new bike competing in the World Cup. Nukepro ..read more

Monday Morning quarterbacking was common the day after the UCI Cyclocross World Championships weekend. That’s partially because Worlds used to share the same weekend as the NFL’s Super Bowl, but now that the two events are separated by a week, we can focus on the post-Worlds comments from the racers and the commentators about the duel between superstars Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert. Wout van Aert: A Cowardly Rider? Belgian Wout van Aert, who fell just meters short of equalling his rival’s rainbow jersey tally, instead ended up two jerseys behind in the count. WHAT. A. BATTLE. Math ..read more

Two of the Big Three came into Hoogerheide with the world’s eyes and weight on their shoulders, and within two minutes of the race, they looked ready to live up to the expectations and deliver what we all anticipated: a duel for the ages. Last race of this 2023 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. 40 riders from 18 nations. This is the Men Elite race.#Hoogerheide pic.twitter.com/ro58Wl2cwt — UCI Cyclocross (@UCI_CX) February 5, 2023 Dutch superstar Mathieu van der Poel showed he would be the aggressor, putting in a blistering attack on the first major climb, and only Belgian rival Wout van ..read more

The French struck first on Sunday, with Léo Bisiaux of France holding off the Dutch and Belgians to take the Junior Men’s title at the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Hoogerheide. And we're off! Here we go with the Men Junior final. #Hoogerheide2023 pic.twitter.com/yFIPyfd7VZ — UCI Cyclocross (@UCI_CX) February 5, 2023 The start featured a bad crash at the start that held up some racers, including American Andrew August. Bisiaux took off to an early lead, with Dutch Senna Remijn chasing and nearly closing the gap before Bisiaux stretched it out for good. #Hoogerheide2023 pic.tw ..read more

Could a dominant World Cup winner avoid bad luck and mishaps to claim the rainbow jersey as the pre-race favorite? U23 Men, 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Championships, Hoogerheide. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine While Dutch star Lauren Molengraaf couldn’t achieve such a goal due to a flat tire in the Junior Women’s race, Belgian Thibau Nys, winner of four U23 World Cups, had no problem doing so in the U23 Men’s World Championship race. Nys fought for the front with Dutch rival Tibor del Grosso early in the race, sitting on his wheel on the pavement and moving to the front before the technica ..read more

A Hoogerheide holeshot mattered little to two Canadian sisters in the Junior Women’s race at the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Championships Saturday. It's go time for the Women Junior at #Hoogerheide2023! pic.twitter.com/IOyWR9j98l — UCI Cyclocross (@UCI_CX) February 4, 2023 The first individual race of the weekend brought slicker and wetter conditions than the riders faced in Friday’s fast team relay event. World Cup overall winner Lauren Molengraaf of the Netherlands, who won every World Cup she entered, had a fast start and looked to continue her dominance, while Canadian contenders, Ava a ..read more

One mistake proved critical in the Elite Women’s race at the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Championships on Saturday. While Dutch superstar and World Cup overall winner Fem van Empel had a clean, fast start and soon took to the front of the race on Lap One, rival Puck Pieterse missed a pedal off the line and found herself chasing just seconds into her battle for the Elite Women’s title. Could the small slip by Pieterse determine the day? Elite Women. 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Championships, Hoogerheide. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine Pieterse calmly worked her way back to Van Empel’s wheel on ..read more

For the last stop of the 2022-2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup season, racers will be converging in Besançon, France. The last time we were here, Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal) took first and won the overall 2021-2022 UCI World Cup. Iserbyt will be defending his race title this year, but the series title is locked up by former teammate Laurens Sweeck. The grand finale is here Here's to the last round of the 2022/23 @UCIcyclocrossWC next 29 January #CXWorldCup pic.twitter.com/qpedMAhDHe — UCI Cyclocross (@UCI_CX) January 27, 2023 Elite Men Unfortunately, the last race will not end with ..read more