After Josh Liberles recently emerged from the Redlands Bicycle Classic battered and bruised (literally – he t-boned a car during the road race and snapped his bike) he climbed on board his backup rig, a cyclocross bike, for the Cherry Blossom Classic stage race weekend.
The change of steed didn’t seem to slow Liberles down in [...]

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Racing cyclocross is probably the most dynamic athletic experience I’ve had yet. Every moment is intense: cornering through mud, sand and rocks, hammering in every straight-away and out of each corner, hovering in the balance between complete pain and a steady rhythm, it’s a far cry from the roadie experience. A few laps into my [...]

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In New Mexico, we were accustomed to decent ‘cross races having maybe 100 participants total in all categories. As the second biggest US cross destination, New England would see maybe 5 or 600 at the biggest UCI events. The inaugural 2008 Cross Crusade? 1,300!

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