http://www.cyclingreviews.com Cycling Related News and Reviews Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:13:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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.” ... http://www.cyclingreviews.com/lock-it-up/ 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 ... http://www.cyclingreviews.com/not-an-instruction-manual-bike-maintenance-dvd/ Next time you burn your way up the most unbelievably brutal climb, you don’t have to guess how steep it is. Now you can know. Sky Mounti Inclinometer has no wires, no batteries, just a little bubble, floating in viscous fluid like a carpenter’s level. The bubble measures on a meter ... http://www.cyclingreviews.com/how-steep-is-it/ These Hakka WXC 300 tires are so completely over-the-top, you gotta love ‘em. In no way whatsoever will they make you go faster, but they will give you solid traction in the ice and sudden slickness winters brings. BikeMag says to put them on in winter and leave them there ... http://www.cyclingreviews.com/nokian-hakka-wxc-300-studded-tires/ With Race Day, the DVD, US Postal Pro, Robbie Ventura, takes you along with him in a 40-minute race. The built-in display keeps track of the time and cadence, along with Robbie’s HR and power output. But you control the soundtrack and customize each training session to meet your needs. ... http://www.cyclingreviews.com/race-day-ride-dvd/ 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 ... http://www.cyclingreviews.com/secrets-of-pedaling/ 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 ... http://www.cyclingreviews.com/packing-for-a-tour/     Granfondo Cycling Tours has just created a Tuscany tour that feature a full day of riding with the legendary Eddy Merckx, an icon of cycling on a par with Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan or Pelé. Known as "the cannibal" because of his merciless competitive spirit, Merckx reigned in cycling over a ... http://www.cyclingreviews.com/once-in-a-lifetime-ride-with-merckx/   For the cyclist, France has everything — spectacular scenery, long smooth roads and breathtaking climbs. The French people have embraced cycling for generations and consider the Tour de France one of the most important sports events of the year. So your desire to cycle the country will be understood and ... http://www.cyclingreviews.com/french-cycling-holidays/ One of the clearest signs of a healthy, well-trained athlete is their recovery time. Cycling pros can make it through a grueling, three-week Tour, then come to a time trial on Day 20 -- when they should be beat -- and actually ride faster than they did in the prologue ... http://www.cyclingreviews.com/recover-fast/