The Movie

Cyclo-cross, a form of bicycleracing that combines elements of road biking and mountain biking, hasa strong following across the US, but it's in New England that thesport has its biggest fans. The DVD of the 2003 Verge New EnglandChampionship Cyclo-Cross Series gives viewers a taste of whathigh-level cyclo-cross looks like, with coverage of the men's andwomen's events at all six events in the circuit.

The DVD covers the entire Vergecyclo-cross season, from October to December: Downeast Cyclo-Cross inMaine, Clif Bar/ECV Cyclo-Cross and Cycle-Smart InternationalCyclo-Cross in Massachusetts, ChainBiter 5.0 in Connecticut, WEStedman Grand Prix of Cyclo-Cross in Rhode Island, and the seriesfinale, the Patterson Construction/NEBC Cyclo-Cross event. One of theinteresting aspects of the program is that we get to see the b...Read the entire review

The Movie

If a picture is worth a thousandwords, how many words is a video worth? When it comes to a well-madesports instructional program like Cycle-Smart's Solutions forCyclo-Cross, the question ends up being irrelevant, because thevideo does what mere text and pictures simply can't do... no matterhow many thousands of words are used in the process.

If you're interested in the sport ofcyclo-cross, you probably already know what it is: cross-countryracing with road-style bikes, involving running and carrying the bikeover hurdles as well as riding the bike on off-road terrain of alltypes. (And if you didn't know what cyclo-cross is, now you do.) It'sa favorite off-season cycling sport for many road racers, ascyclo-cross races are typically held in the fall and winter. Butriding cyclo-cross is more than just outfittin...Read the entire review