By Coach John Hughes RBR Premium Member Tom D. recently e-mailed us an excellent set of questions on cramping based on his own ongoing issues with cramps. His experience and the myriad issues surrounding the prevention and treatment of cramps (along with the fact that it’s a topic I’ve researched and written about…
By Coach John Hughes In last week’s column, Eating Like an Olympian, Part 1, I described in general how an Olympic athlete eats and drinks. More specifically, what can we learn from how they eat daily? How should a regular roadie eat every day? As I noted last week, “Nutrition plans need to…
By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher When I crashed back in April, the damage to my bike was minimal – but aggravating. I’m particular about keeping my bike pretty clean, looking good, and in sound order. If something’s not quite right, it bothers me to no end. And I fix it ASAP. Some riders I’ve known…
When Michael Phelps won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay at the Rio Olympics, he was covered with red circles on his back and shoulders from cupping. Many of the U.S. swimmers and gymnasts at the Olympics are using cupping, along with massage, saunas, ice baths and compression garments, to…
By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher These I believe to be true: Roadies hate – hate! – seeing a driver with their mobile phone glued to their ear or, even worse, holding it in front of them as they text while driving. Roadies love – love! – our bike computers, GPS and other electronic devices….
