Articles by Matt Pacocha

Pacocha, the VeloNews test editor, started in the industry sweeping shop floors at 13. Since then he’s wrenched, raced mountain bikes on the national circuit for four years, worked at IMBA (International Mountain Bike Association) for two years, raced on the road in Belgium for six months, and served four years as the tech editor for VeloNews. And, of course, Pacocha is the staff's resident cyclocross fanatic.

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  Mavic to offer tires

  • Published Dec. 1, 2009
  • Updated Aug. 15, 2010 at 8:57 PM EDT

  Mavic celebrates 10 years of Ksyrium wheels by offering a limited edition K10 wheelset, which will feature the company's first tires.

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  Cyclocross tire review: three good clinchers for

  • Published Nov. 20, 2009
  • Updated Jan. 31, 2011 at 9:14 PM EDT

  VeloNews' Matt Pacocha picks out three solid choices for a broad spectrum of conditions.

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  Amy Dombroski’s new ride

  • Published Nov. 12, 2009
  • Updated Dec. 7, 2010 at 3:09 PM EDT

  Part way through the ’cross season, Amy Dombroski is switching to Primus Mootry and a new set of sponsors.

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  Matt Pacocha reports on some 2010 cyclocross gear you can

  • Published Oct. 21, 2009
  • Updated Oct. 11, 2010 at 2:31 PM EDT

  Challenge Grifo Pro

• Cross, Electrified – Shimano’s Di2 group hits

  • Published Oct. 8, 2009
  • Updated Nov. 7, 2011 at 6:28 PM EDT

  Niels Albert is on a roll. The world cyclocross champion, a rider who became the discipline’s new prince last season, started his season

• Mafia Racing’s Jake Wells is the working class hero

  • Published Sep. 28, 2009
  • Updated Aug. 5, 2010 at 1:40 PM EDT

  Professional bike racing in the U.S. is different from just about every European country. When they say "pro" there, it means everyone in

• CrossVegas: The ProTour comes to Sin City

  • Published Sep. 23, 2009
  • Updated Aug. 5, 2010 at 1:44 PM EDT

  Rabobank rider Bram de Groot is a good sport. The Belgian came to Las Vegas to race CrossVegas, though he hasn’t raced cyclocross in

• CrossVegas: Craig test-drives Giant prototype

  • Published Sep. 23, 2009
  • Updated Aug. 5, 2010 at 1:44 PM EDT

  Giant Bicycles brought a prototype TCX Advanced SL carbon bike to Interbike for Adam Craig to race in Wednesday night’s CrossVegas event,

• Interbike Outdoor Demo – Hitting the road

  • Published Sep. 23, 2009
  • Updated Sep. 23, 2009 at 6:53 PM EDT

  A special request by Cannondale pulled several of us out to Interbike’s Outdoor Demo at an uncomfortably early hour on Monday and then to

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  Cyclocross tire review: tubular cyclocross tires from

  • Published Sep. 18, 2009
  • Updated Feb. 23, 2011 at 12:41 PM EDT

  Editor's Note A version of this review first ran in VeloNews.com last December, too late for most cyclocross racers to make tire buying