By John Marsh First off, thanks to all who took the time to comment last week on several of our articles, in addition to my piece on intersections: Jim Langley‘s Tech Talk looking at rim brakes vs. disc brakes, and the Question of the Week about rear flashers. (Click the links to see those articles…
By Jim Langley If this week’s Tech Talk title caught your attention, it was supposed to. But I didn’t really make it up – I pretty much stole it. I paraphrased the title of the online Outside magazine article that ran recently, Why You Should Throw Your Rim Brakes in the Trash. The author basically…
By Coach John Hughes Let’s review. Your goal is to stay as fit and healthy as possible for the rest of your life, what the gerontologists call “squaring the geriatric curve.” You can control the rates of decline of your different physiological systems. How? By following the Four Pillars, which I’ve been detailing…
By Coach John Hughes Cycling legend Ned Overend on training: “I do exactly what I’ve always done; it just takes me longer.” Overend, now 62, won the first UCI World Mountain Bike championship in 1990. Last year “Deadly Nedly” took second overall in the Iron Horse Classic Omnium in Durango. He was third…
By Coach Rick Schultz I am a USA Cycling Level 2 coach and specialize in bike fitting, power and pedaling efficiency coaching. I am the fitter for several cycling teams and do numerous individual fittings for recreational roadies. When doing fittings, I regularly see significant problems that cyclists have no idea are causing the pain…
