New T-Shirt Boy (Photo © Jay Westcott)

Hey everybody! We’ve got all new shirts with an all new design.  A design we are confident will appeal to everyone. It doesn’t matter if you are a brain trapped in the body of a game show hostess, an aspiring kickboxer who doesn’t want to sell anything bought or processed or buy anything sold or processed, or if you are just hanging out in the parking lot of the Gas & Sip, this shirt is for you.

If you have absolutely no idea what any of that means, it’s okay. I’ll explain. It all started in 1989 when a young Cameron Crowe directed John Cusack and Ione Horovitz in a coming-of-age teen dramedy called “Say Anything.” We first meet our protagonist, the off-center but lovable Lloyd Dobler as he … Oh, just go watch the trailer and meet me back here. I’ll wait.

So that’s the inspiration and here’s the shirt. These came out looking sweet. Black American Apparel short sleeve tee shirts available in men sizes S/M/L/XL and women sizes S/M.

Dobler Approved.

Cost is $20 per shirt plus $3 more for shipping. If you are interested, you can PayPal a gift or donation to CXHairs@gmail.com. Just make sure to put your shipping address and the shirt size(s) in the comment box. If you want more than one shirt, shipping is still only $3. And don’t forget we still have socks, too! Super cool 5″ cuff SwiftWick socks with the classic Public-Enemy inspired CXHairs logo on the back. Socks are $15 per pair. Throw a pair in with your shirt order. Shipping will still be just $3. NO LARGE SOCKS IN STOCK

Socks!

Pretty stoked with this year’s gear and hope you will be too.

Thanks for reading and see you at the races.

That pair on the left is yours. Really.

Give me your tired, your poor, your muddied feet. It’s sock time once again at the CXHairs and this time we have something pretty sweet for you to sport for the upcoming ‘cross season. The all new, five-inch cuff, In The Crosshairs sock. Featuring our iconic … thanks to Public Enemy and Sarah Palin … logo on the back, these socks will go with any kit and shoe combo you have planned.

Swiftwick makes some of the best socks out there. They are super comfy, well-built compression-type socks tha are a joy to ride in. And I have two enormous boxes of these things that I want to share with you.

So here’s what we are going to do. You want socks, I need a little bit of change to keep the lights on at the CXHairs HQ. If you go to PayPal.com and send an $18 gift to cxhairs@gmail.com, I will send you a snazzy new pair of socks. Shipping is included. (Want more than one pair? Each additional pair is only $15.)

This part is important: When you use the gift option on PayPal, shipping information is not provided. I need you to include in the “Note” section two things:

(1) sock size (True story: I typed that wrong the first time. Hilarity almost ensued. Spell Check is not a substitute for proofreading, kids.)

(2) mailing address

Thanks so much for your support! Lots of cool projects percolating around here and none of it would be possible without socks. And electricity.

Setting up for interviews in the junkyard. All photos ©2011 Sean O'Donnell

Last December we traveled to Philadelphia to film the Bilenky Junkyard Cross race. An incredible event that is as much a Bilenky Cycle Works open house and holiday party as it is a race. The race footage from that day got a lot of play on the Internets, which was really cool.

About a month ago we decided it would be even cooler to head back to Philly, hang out at Bilenky Cycle Works for a day, grab some shop footage and some interviews, and put together a more developed short film on the annual race. We spent a super fun day talking about the race and playing in the junkyard.

Stephen Bilenky was nice enough to come to the office on a Sunday.

The completed short film is now in the hands of the Bicycle Film Festival. Hopefully, they will deem it worthy to be included in their shorts program.

Sean O’Donnell, who races for TOMS Shoes p/b Kindhuman Sports, was a huge help in putting the film together. He is also a talented photographer who is turning out a ton of sweet bicycle culture photos for his Smoke to Ink Photography mark. Check out the nice set of shots from our day up in Philly here.

Courier Cross. DC. May 15.

And, hey,  if you’re not doing anything May 15 and want to  try your hand at some urban cyclocross/alley cat mayhem, Sean is promoting the first annual DC Courier Cross. We will be out there filming the chaos. You should come out, too. All the details are here.

Talk to you soon.

For those looking for a Granogue preview, take a look at this. If it rains, just watch the video and prepare accordingly.

Okay, back to the beach. Talk to you soon.

The CXHairs Store

The CXHairs commerce department is full up for the season. Socks, shirts, caps and stickers. All ready to make you the mackest cyclocrosser this side of Antwerp. The easiest way for you to get a hold of the good stuff is to catch me at a race. I will be at both days of Charm City and every MABRAcross race.

Not from the Mid-Atlantic? No problem. We will ship to you. If interested, send me an e-mail at cxhairs@gmail. Or cut straight to the chase and send PayPal funds, also to CXHairs@gmail.

• Shirts are sized similar to American Apparel (they are not AA shirts) and cost $15. We have small through X-Large and one XXL.
• Caps are $15.
• Socks are $9. We have Medium, Large and X-Large
• Want a Trade Show Display or CXHairs.com sticker? Buy something else and I’ll throw some in the mailer. If you don’t need any gear but want a sticker, no problem. Would love to get a buck or two donation, but it’s not mandatory. Send me an e-mail with your address and I’ll try my best to hook you up.
• Please add $1.00 for shipping socks or caps. $2.00 for shirts

This is a little bit like an NPR pledge drive without the tote bags or Nina Totenberg. Anything over my costs that comes from this gear goes back into the site. And speaking of the site, please shoot me a note and let me know what you think. Is there anything you would like us to do differently? You can also get a hold of us on Twitter @CXHairs and FaceBook.

We have some exciting new features to be rolled out in the coming weeks. So stay tuned, as the old folks say.

Thanks for reading and thank you for your support.

Here is a sample of my images from February 27 in Richmond at the Shimano North American Handmade Bicycle show.

Many of these photos were first published at Cyclocross Magazine and GamJams.

Cups of paint at Vanilla's NAHBS booth.

We had so much to share from this past weekend’s handmade bike show that it took three Websites to cover it all. Along with continued coverage right here, you can also find CXHairs.com provided words, pictures and videos at our friends’ sites.

Cyclocross Magazine (www.cxmagazine.com) has a short article and gallery up from Saturday at the show.

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Gam Jams (GamJams.net) has an article covering bikes of all stripes. There is also a cool video at GamJams showing off Serotta’s new fit tools.

Cyclocross Magazine will soon be running a video interview with one of our favorite custom frame builders, Mike Zanconato. Until then, go check out Mike’s Web site and blog at www.zanconato.com.

Click on the logo for more info about the show.

Let me know your ideas. Leave a comment or shoot an e-mail using the link on the right.

Along with posts for this site, I will also be providing some content for GamJams.net and Cyclocross Magazine. As if that wasn’t enough, I will try and post some pictures to the Twitter. You can follow me in Twitterville at CXHairs.

Stay tuned …

Dan Tille of Fulcrum Coaching and Chris Mayhew of JBV Coaching organized an outstanding cyclocross clinic this past weekend featuring Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com rider Jeremy Powers. It was an incredible way to get focused and motivated for the upcoming season. I will be posting some interviews and lessons learned from the event in the next day or so. In the meantime, check out this article at GamJams.net. You can also take a gander at all the knowledge being passed along on our photo page. Thanks for reading.