The Wheel Builder Columnist My lifetime of cycling started at the age of 14, back in the early ’60s, in my native northern UK. I lived on the lower slopes of the Pennine hills and spent most of my youth riding up into the hillier parts of Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire with the local cycling…
He argues that the deck is clearly stacked against cyclists in terms of any “driver’s word against cyclist’s word” situation, as police – it seems – have an inherent bias against cyclists. Not only do cyclists often lose in cases where the motorist was clearly in the wrong, the lesson learned by drivers in such…
You may recall that in the first issue of the year, Issue No. 651, we featured a piece from Coach John Hughes responding to Premium member Michael M., who wrote to RBR about his “big goal” for his 60th birthday. Michael wrote: “I will be 60 in 2015. To celebrate that, in September I’d like…
Question: I recall reading in a past issue about the amount of mileage one should increase at the beginning of the riding season, like now. I recall the recommendation was to increase miles no more than 10 percent each week, but I’d like the specific reference, because I’m not sure I’m remembering it correctly. In…
Technical Editor & Tech Talk Columnist Probably like most of you, I fell for cycling as a kid. But unlike most of you, when it came time to get a real job, I stuck with what I had done in college — and with what I loved — and kept working as a bicycle mechanic….
