Cycling Tips

Lock It Up

Friday, March 31st, 2006

Think like a thief. You’re strolling along, minding your own business, when you come across a perfectly good bike, leaning up against a tree. You can hardly believe your eyes, but … it isn’t locked!
Now you didn’t leave your house this morning, thinking, “I think I’ll steal a bike today.” It’s not like bikes are […]

Not an Instruction Manual: Bike Maintenance DVD

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Why does nobody read instruction manuals? Deadly dull. The graphs and charts that come with manuals are almost as likely to make you comatose as the words. You need live action, cool music and flash images of cyclists pounding the road to remind you why you care.
That’s exactly what you get from SideEffects.tv on their […]

Secrets of Pedaling

Friday, March 24th, 2006

Pro cyclists pedal differently from ordinary mortals. When you’re on the road, you can always tell the well-trained cyclists by the way they pedal.
Some like to stand on the hills, others prefer to sit. Some pedal with a wild, bat-out-of-hell ferocity, others pedal from their center and exude Zen. But strip aside those personal styles […]

Packing for a Tour

Friday, March 24th, 2006

If you’re riding on an organized cycling tour, there is usually a van to carry your supplies from one hotel or camping site to the next. When you’ve organized the tour yourself, with friends, you’ll need to know a thing or two about packing.
There’s more to it than simply grabbing a couple of panniers to […]

Doing It Right

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

The look isn’t everything. Of course. You know that. Still, if you’re going to put in the time, it can’t hurt to get it right.
When someone whips past you on a ride, pimped out in a team jersey on a somewhat excellent bike, and you can see they don’t just ride, they take the road, […]

Suffering-Free Form

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Endurance cycling is about pushing the pedals over long stretches of road, no doubt. And, if you do it right, you’re going to suffer. But suffering because the wrong cycling form is a bad idea. It can lead to injury and impair your performance.
Here are a few tips on suffering-free cycling form to help ease […]