By Coach John Hughes I went to the ER at Mercy Medical in Durango, Colorado, less than 1,000 miles into the 1996 Race Across AMerica. They peeled down my shorts, looked at my butt and said, “Your race is over. You have second-degree burns on your buttocks.” A second-degree burn is through the epidermis and…
By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher With another Interbike under our belts, we’re ready to tell you about some of the significant trends and stand-out products we spotted at the mega-cycling trade show last week in Las Vegas. This week, I’ll give you a quick rundown of my Best of Show individual products, and…
Question: Coach Fred, regarding your July 2015 review of the Compass Barlow Pass tires: You mentioned the tires felt a bit squirmy at 50 psi. What rim width were you using? I have the narrower Stampede Pass on 19C rims and they feel fine at 65 psi. I’m considering the Barlow Pass on a new bike…
Today’s QT comes to us from Jim Skinner, who wrote: I’m an 8k+ miles a year road biker who, last year, decided to expand my horizons; so I purchased a fat tire bike. My wife and I have a cottage on 60 or so acres in northern Indiana so I decided to cut trails and…
In this 4-article series Coach John Hughes provides a wealth of well-researched knowledge and vast experience in how to prevent and deal with some of road cycling’s typical ailments: the “troika” of pressure points – issues with your butt, hands & feet; the scourge of cramps; nausea, bonking and other fuel-related maladies related to nutrition; and…
