What to Wear Cycling in Varying Weather, a Conversation with Coach Ertl This article began one December when I started trading emails with Coach David Ertl. Coach Ertl lives and rides in Iowa. I grew up in neighboring Missouri and can attest to the terrible weather (and the 100-degree-plus extremes — in normal years!) possible in […]
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What to Wear in Various Weather
Dictionary of Cycling Lingo
A List of Common Terminology to Decipher the Sometimes Arcane Patois of Road Cycling Ever wonder what cyclists are talking about when they start throwing around weird slang? We’ve created a bicycling dictionary for you, with definitions of the most common phrases and words related to cycling. Did we miss a word? Leave a comment […]
Earn a Degree in ‘Cycology’: Increase Your Wealth, i.e. Health and Pedaling Proficiency
By Kevin Kolodziejski He called it “absolutely surprising and mind-blowing.” And while you may or may not come to agree, it’s an example for sure of something else. Why you should never stop looking for ways to increase your health — or ever get bored with cycling. So who’s the “he” and what’s the “it”? Not so fast, […]
Why am I so slow cycling?
QUESTION: Why am I so slow cycling? I’m a competitive soccer player and I’m very fit. But recently some friends who are cyclists invited me to go on a ride with them, and I was unable to keep up. Why is that? They don’t seem particularly fit otherwise, and I’m pretty sure I could outrun […]
Why is it important to know my cadence while cycling?
QUESTION: I’m relatively new to cycling, and I just bought my first bike computer. One function it has is “cadence.” I understand that’s a measurement of how many times I turn the crank per minute, but why is it important to know that while I’m riding? —Dan H. RBR’S STAN PURDUM REPLIES: Even though the […]
How Can I Protect My Neck Cycling?
QUESTION: I’m a 67 year old cyclist, primarily road/gravel though I love the occasional fling downhill through the woods on my mountain bike. I fell off a high ladder in mid-December and fractured 5 cervical vertebrae. I’m in a neck brace for the next month or so. I had 2 vastly different neurosurgical opinions. The […]
Cycling Creates an ‘Unsafe Effect’
By Kevin Kolodziejski But There’s a Remedy That Also Benefits Your Brain You just need to love cycling — not ride 10,000 miles a year — to fear what these two, once quite-accomplished and now long-in-the-tooth, absolute mileage junkies, whom I consider buddies, fear. That lifting weights means riding less. They’re right, you know. But they’re both […]