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Question: I have been riding for 2 years and my goal is to finish the 109-mile El Tour de Tucson in less than 5 hours this November. My coach has been prodding me to begin training with power, so I purchased a PowerTap recently. However, the software seems to be lacking. What software you would recommend for power…
Quick Tip: Keep Your Spare Tube in a Sock
This tip will help you protect your spare tubes. Follow my tip and you won’t have to suffer the problem I did, many years ago. I was in a long mountain bike Enduro event and I got a flat tire. I found both my unprotected tubes, carried in my under-saddle bag, had suffered abrasions due…
Do a Quick Check After Falling
By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher As is often the case with QT’s, this one is the result of something that happened on a ride last weekend. A group of six of us were on our way home when – I won’t even begin to try to explain the odd circumstances that caused it – one of…
Should You Do Intensity Training This Winter? (Part 2)
By Coach John Hughes It depends on how much riding you did over the fall and what your objectives are. Elizabeth Wicks races 12- and 24-hour events. Last week I discussed how 76-year-old Wicks trains for sustained speed. She does a specific type of intensity training, sweet spot workouts (described below), which are the optimal…
How Can I Defeat Winter Despair?
Question: I took up cycling three years ago and have gotten progressively addicted. Last year I rode almost 15,000 miles including many centuries. I could do it because I lived in Arizona. But I moved to Wisconsin in September and can’t ride outside due to the cold and snow. I’m getting depressed and morose. This…
Anti-Aging: Riding Smarter as You Age part 2
By Coach John Hughes Face it. You’re getting older and you can’t stop this. But how older are you really? I wrote this column about What is Aging? Aging is not caused by any single factor but by an aggregate of causes, which is why marginal gains can help. In Anti-Aging: Riding Smarter as You…