As I mentioned in my winter training summary post, my plan this year is to ride my normal outdoor events on the indoor trainer, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic situation causing event cancellations and making long outdoor solo rides inadvisable.

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It’s been seven weeks since my February post, which related my having ridden six days out of seven. After that, March was pretty much a write-off from a cycling standpoint, but April is coming together nicely.

I guess I can’t complain too loudly about being unable to ride in March. It was still winter, after all, and the weather was cold and rainy ( Read more... )

Amongst cyclists, there are mixed opinions about Strava, the social network that promotes tracking, analysis, and sharing the GPS logs of one’s rides.

There’s no question of the value it provides. But there’s been a bit of backlash from non-competitive riders who think preoccupation with “the numbers” detracts from the pleasure of riding. While ( Read more... )