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Bill Schieken and the CXHAIRS team provide cycling commentary, analysis, and news.

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  1. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    Cyclocross Radio Ep 371 | Colt McElwaine (opens the original)

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    Colt McElwaine (Cycling Dirt, Behind the Barriers) returns to Cyclocross Radio after being on episode four in 2015. Colt slots into the “What Your Dad Goes On About When He Goes On About Cyclocross” bucket but, by no means, is he living off of nostalgia. Colt started Blue Hills MTB, a Massachusetts development team that races MTB and cyclocross and, among other pursuits, is focused on giving young women an opportunity to find a community in cycling. He has also used the @BluehillsMTB Instagram a

  2. Issue · Sep 14, 2026

    Track + Plank (opens the original)

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    In autumn, when the leaves are brown,Take pen and ink, and write it down.— Lewis CarrollIn 2012 we wrote a cyclocross how-to book called Skills, Drills and Bellyaches: A Cyclocross Primer. It took fourteen years to come up with a follow-up. This one has a different flavor, but it's in the same vein, and much of what ended up in Track + Plank comes from the prep work that went into that book.Track + Plank is a

  3. Issue · Sep 8, 2026

    Cyclocross Is Here! So Are Some Bulletin Changes (opens the original)

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    Cyclocross has arrived. At least in North America, with several local series kicking off over the weekend. It’s great to see the renewed enthusiasm from across the country as late-summer grassroots ‘cross ramps up. It’s safe to say that my excitement for the season is as high as ever.Despite that excitement, you may have noticed I haven’t been updating the Bulletin as often as I once did. My interest in the sport hasn’t waned, but my desire to keep doing things the way we have in the past has di

  4. Issue · Aug 17, 2026

    Are We Having Fun, Yet? (opens the original)

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    The theme of the summer around here boiled down to this: how do we bring the fun back to cyclocross? After a few months of hand-wringing, I’ve learned from your messages and emails that many of you never lost it. But I’m greedy and want that energy to help lure back everyone who once toed the line of a cyclocross race and has moved on to other pursuits. I want the sport at the grassroots level to be rediscovered, to create ‘second wave cyclocross.’ Those of you who never left, who continue to em

  5. Issue · Jul 17, 2026

    US XCC National Championships (opens the original)

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