By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher Premium Member Bruce Thee wrote us the other day about a recent experience he had with a new helmet: “I have a long oval-shaped head (the term is used for motorcycle helmet sizing). I recently tried a Kask bike helmet, and even a helmet a full size and a…
By Coach John Hughes I hope you’re making great progress toward your 2016 goals, training hard both on and off the bike. But if you haven’t done the planning to help you achieve those goals, STOP! The great Yogi Berra, who died last year, said, “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll…
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By Jim Langley Introductory note: As my ride-every-day streak neared 8,000 days (as of today, it’s at 8,006), The Ride Journal and my old employer, Bicycling Magazine, asked me to write about streaking. My short essay appears on page 55 in a feature called We Dare You, in the Jan/Feb 2016 issue of Bicycling…
An interesting article in VeloNews noted that the UCI has approved disc brakes for use in the pro peloton in 2016 – but questions whether all (or any) riders will elect to ride disc-equipped bikes by season’s end. In the article, despite there being no argument that discs offer superior braking performance and stopping power in…
