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Latest in Training & Health
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Quick Tip: Indoor Training Has One Major Advantage
A modern smart trainer does more than just keep you riding when the weather is bad. The biggest advantage of using one is a controlled environment. Outside, even a well-planned interval can be interrupted by traffic, stop signs, wind, hills or another rider. On a smart trainer, a training app can give you a defined…
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Quick Tip: Time-Release Ride Food
When arranging your menu for a long ride, here’s a classic eating sequence once recommended by former U.S. national cycling team coach Eddie Borysewicz that still works well today. (1) high-protein/fat foods such sandwiches made with meat, cheese, peanut butter or cream cheese; (2) fruit, cookies, energy bars and other foods rich in complex carbohydrate;…
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Focus and Breathing on the Bike
By Arnie Baker, MD Focus has intensity, width, direction, and relevance. Athletes can learn to intensify, narrow, internalize, and associate their focus and thereby improve their performance. Learning focused, coordinated breathing is one of the best tools to achieve this gain.
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Your Ride Getting Tough? Try Self-Talk
By Kevin Kolodziejski “If You Can Believe It, You Can Achieve It” When I see that oh-so-common poster saying adorning school walls, I want to pull an Oedipus and poke my eyes out. I don’t know about you, but I’m not telling the seventh grade boy whose dream job is to become a jockey to…
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Helpful News About UPFs and Proteins
By Kevin Kolodziejski On a fall group ride in Pennsylvania some time ago, I heard a story about a less-than-attentive cyclist who rode over a black walnut dropped from a tree onto the side of the road. He crashed and snapped his carbon fork in the process. Talk about one tough nut, not to mention the…
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Quick Tip: Make a Training Plan You Can Follow
A training plan that looks good on paper is easy to make. A training plan that fits your real life is harder. It is tempting to start with an ambitious schedule. Ride five days a week. Do intervals on Tuesday and Thursday. Add a long ride Saturday. Strength work twice a week. Stretch every night….
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Latest in Bikes & Gear
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Can I tour self-supported with my Trek Domane AL5 ebike?
Question: Due to lung cancer and removal of half my left lung, I switched to a Trek Domane AL5 ebike, which I like. The range of the battery from all the research I did says 50+. I get maybe 30 to 35 max, so I bought an additional external battery, and with both of them,…
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Women’s Cycling Gear Roundup
By Sheri Rosenbaum SHREDLY https://shredly.com In June, SHREDLY, known for women’s MTB clothing, launched its Cadence Gravel and Road collection. This is the company’s first venture into road and gravel, something they say SHREDLY riders have been asking for. The full line comes in extended sizes from XS to 3X, making it inclusive of women…
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Van Rysel Introduces RCR-G and EDR-G Gravel Bikes
Van Rysel has introduced two new carbon gravel bikes, the RCR-G and EDR-G. The models share 50mm tire clearance but are aimed at different uses: gravel racing for the RCR-G and longer rides and bikepacking for the EDR-G. The RCR-G is the race model. Van Rysel lists an 885-gram unpainted frame and a 417-gram fork…
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