Monthly Archives: April 2009
Planning A Cycling Holiday? Let Me Suggest…
It’s getting to be the time of year when many fortunate cyclists are planning their dream vacation to Europe. If you’re one of the lucky ones and you still haven’t decided on a destination, I have a recommendation for you. …
Bridging The Gap
It seems that lately I’ve been writing about everything else under the sun except for the cycling tips that I’ve mandated to myself. What I find funny is that I’ll spend hours writing some posts and doing checks in research …
Orthotics for Cycling
This post was written for us by Sam Jeffrey from Active Feet. After reading some interesting articles on cyclingnews about foot problems with cycling I asked Sam if he could write a post about orthotics for cycling. Here it is… …
Watch Tour of Flanders LIVE!
This is what the Muur van Geraardsbergen looks like now This is the craziness that will ensue on the Muur van Geraardsbergen 12hrs from now: If you’re wondering what “Muur” means, think “Wall” and I believe that’s a pretty close …
USA Race Calendar
Check out this gem I stumbled on – PreRace.com – a nationwide USA race calendar. Finally, the bike racing calendar comes out of the stone ages. Everything all in one place. Its about time. When I first got into bike …
Ronde van Vlaanderen TIP?
Ah yes, the Ronde van Vlaanderen. This Sunday is when the Northern Classics begin and is when the pro cycling season starts for me. I can’t pronounce it, but apparently it’s Klingon for Tour of Flanders. The 22% deciding Koppenberg …
Overtraining And Heart Rate
Heart-rate deviations can be a warning sign for overtraining. The pulse is controlled by the nervous system, and the nervous system is one of the first systems to show signs of overtraining. Therefore, nervous system irregularities show up as changes …
Stack Of All Stacks!
I’ll let you write your own captions to this one in the comments section. The one thing that I find funny (besides the obvious) is the guy in the back who has panicked and preemptively taken the fall meters before …
Weekday Madness
First of all I want lay out the disclaimer that I commend each and every person who rides a bike on any occasion. However, you can’t paint all cyclists with the same brush. The time and place where you can see …
Why the hell do the organisers put a corner like that right before a stage finis...
It's a 51cm 650c bike....