You’ve tried it, haven’t you? You stop for a traffic light and when you roll out into the intersection, you suddenly notice you can’t see! Your glasses are fogged up. Those few seconds without motion made the difference. Your own breath bounced off your clothing and somehow wafted up along your face to turn your […]
Don’t look at me. I’m just repeating what I’ve heard. In the cold, blustery, hideous weather of winter – even in the rain and snow – some cyclists (who shall remain unnamed) prefer to wear sandals.
Here’s their thinking. If you wear a cycling shoe, your feet will freeze. Cram as many socks as you can […]
Bike mechanics the world over claim that most bike repairs are the result of poor maintenance. And on a bike, maintenance begins with keeping it clean.
How sweet is your ride? If you’re ready to show it off in public (on the web), now’s your chance.
You trash the whole high-tech, supercool thing if your helmet stinks. So you need to keep that from happening.
If it’s going to get dark before 5:00 PM, you really don’t have a choice. A ride after work means a ride in the dark.
The reflective strips on your clothing help make you more visible at night. But they don’t work as much as you may think. It’s never safe to rely on them.
Just a few years ago, GPS navigation was next to useless for cycling. It could sometimes give you the precise coordinates of your location. But that didn’t help you much, if you were out on a trail or lost in the bowels of a city. You would have been much better off ripping pages out […]
If you’re new to cycling or you’re used to going on casual tours at a reasonable pace, you may not yet have discovered just how vicious the seams of your clothing can be.
Why should you spend ₤160 on a pair of cycling glasses when you can spend ₤20 on glasses that look exactly the same? Because the ₤20 glasses won’t protect you from the invisible rays beaming down at you from the sky. Paranoid? Maybe. But it’s true.