Monthly Archives: February 2009
Victory Salute Like A PRO
Bike racing and cycling is filled with unwritten rules and etiquette. Above all, style is paramount. All else is of little importance. You’re only as good as your last race. I regularly get ridiculed for all my unwitting blunders. However, …
Lighting Systems
I usually don’t plug a product or a website unless I’m handsomely paid for it or receive massive kickbacks. However, I’ve been seeing these impressive lighting systems being used over the past couple weeks and started looking into them. They’re …
Australian Fires Donation – Costs Nothing
Many of you who read this blog are from Australia. Chances are that you know of someone who has had their home burned down and possibly someone who has died. Only on Sunday did I realize the gravity of the …
Training With A Powermeter
It’s been a while since I last used my Powertap. It had stopped working just before Christmas but the great guys at TFM and Powertap quickly got me back on track. After every ride I’m eager to download my stats, …
Kempy’s AToC TIPS
Our embedded CYCLING TIPS reporter and Pro Cyclist David Kemp of Fly V-Australia Presented by Successful Living has been slugging it out in the Amgen Tour of California (ATOC) this past week and has compiled a list of CYCLING TIP …
A Day Off The Bike
I’ve kinda gone nuts with my cycling over the past month and have been falling behind on a few chores that needed to get done so I decided to take the day off the bike yesterday (well, my wife decided …
Hardcore Puncture Proof Tires
Do you have a situation that requires a hardcore solution for durable and puncture proof tires? Maybe you’re going on a bike trip to Afghanistan where a flat tire is the last thing you need? Maybe you’re putting in mega …
Rolling Turns, Pacelining, Echeloning
There are a few different types of pacelines in cycling. Each of them are required at different times and situations. 1. The Echelon . To be used in crosswinds. It’s an effective way to negotiate crosswinds and cut through them …
The Biggest Loser – Week 6
Week 5 has now passed and all the hard work is starting to bear fruit for these dedicated competitors. I think what we’re starting to see here is that losing weight if you’re a cyclist is extremely hard . The …
Looking For Inspiration?
I was going to give a CYCLING TIP about something completely different today until half way into my ride to work. I bumped into a good friend of mine named Sharon Laws. It was a good thing because this was …
Why the hell do the organisers put a corner like that right before a stage finis...
It's a 51cm 650c bike....