You’re drafting a buddy. He’s fighting against the wind, but you’re getting so much benefit from being in his slipstream that you don’t even need to pedal.

But you keep turning the pedals over, even if it means having to apply your brake at the same time. Why?

Because you know how annoying it is to be on the front, straining against the wind, but ( Read more... )

It hardly seems possible, but the Plastic Bullet is definitely getting old. I’ve had it over five years and ridden it more than 16,000 miles.

The past couple years I’ve been a little hesitant to trust the bike, knowing that the wear and tear from all those miles can stress bike parts to the point of failure.

Every spring, I’ve taken the bike in ( Read more... )

Over the past few months, I’ve been re-reading my back catalog of cycling magazines, pulling out points that I thought were worth remembering and/or sharing. Here in part four is a collection of hard-won cycling techniques.

In training, either go easy or go hard, but don’t spend all your time at ( Read more... )

Don’t yell at cyclists for riding too fast on the bike path when they’re coasting along at 14 mph. That’s like scolding a child for shouting when they were only whispering. You might note that making such complaints when you’re walking (with your dog) on the wrong side of the bike path, directly into oncoming traffic is bad form.

Okay, we know you ( Read more... )