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July 31, 2025 New Road Bikes With Lower Gearing Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley For the past two Tech Talks, we’ve been discussing lowering the gearing on slightly older bikes (thanks for all the helpful comments with your tips on how you did it to your classic bikes). If you were so distracted following…
September 7, 2023 15 Common Bicycling Mistakes By Coach John Hughes Recently I was in Boulder, Colo. for several days and rode each day. The Boulder area is home to literally thousands of riders ranging from pro road, mountain and triathlon racers to pleasure riders out for 15 or 25 miles. Except for the pros,…
March 19, 2026 Lon Haldeman’s Cleats Tip for Curing Hot Foot Problems Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley In recent newsletters we’ve mentioned ultradistance legend Lon Haldeman. We reviewed his new book Cycling Pioneer, A Record-Setting Ride from New York City to Los Angeles and Back . And we also shared an article written by Lon…
September 12, 2019 PDF version for Premium Members is here. 10 Tips to Improve Your Mental Toughness By Coach John Hughes My client David finished the arduous Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) covering 1219km (758 miles) in 89 hours 20 minutes. (90 hours was the cut-off for an official finish.) This is the total time including all the…
March 7, 2019 PDF version for Premium Members is here. Secrets of a Cycling Streaker Jim’s Tech Talkby Jim Langley To prevent any unfortunate thoughts for anyone unfamiliar with the term in the title, I’ll start by explaining that a “cycling streaker” is someone who rides every day. The goal is to see how many…
July 21, 2022 Anti-Aging: Max Heart Rate – A Coach’s View By Coach John Hughes When I started racing ultra-distance in the 1980s riders were just starting to use heart rate monitors. Now they’re ubiquitous. Healthline just published a review The 10 Best Heart Rate Monitor Watches of 2022. Some of the fancier so-called smart…
