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Issue No. 787

The Mental Challenge of Dressing for Cold Weather Riding

By John Yoder Winter cycling can be frustrating in northern Indiana, at least for me. It's not just that there are fewer hours of daylight, not just that the high for the day is often 40 degrees with a 20-mph wind from the north, and not just that every cold-weather ride makes my nose’s production of mucus shift into overdrive. … [Read more...] about The Mental Challenge of Dressing for Cold Weather Riding

Lon Haldeman Updates and Thanks RBR Readers for Donations

Editor's Note: Over the years, RBR has done what we can to help support cycling great Lon Haldeman's efforts to provide cycling gear to programs he works with in Peru and elsewhere to help promote cycling. Every year or so, I've run a small article on Lon's efforts, along with the address for sending any donations. And I've personally done my best to box up any unused or … [Read more...] about Lon Haldeman Updates and Thanks RBR Readers for Donations

HDL Cholesterol: a New Understanding

By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. For many years HDL cholesterol has been called "good" because it carries plaque-forming particles from your arteries and bloodstream back to your liver, where they can be removed from your body. An exciting new study from Texas Medical Center shows that regular HDL cholesterol may not be very effective in doing this, but another form called Nascent HDL … [Read more...] about HDL Cholesterol: a New Understanding

New 166m Indoor Velodrome Coming to Detroit

Earlier this month, the nonprofit Detroit Fitness Foundation (DFF) announced Lexus as the official naming rights sponsor of Detroit’s newest indoor multi-sport complex, which will be anchored by a 166.66-meter (1/10 mile) velodrome, the only one of its kind in the United States. There's one other 166.66-meter track, but it's an outdoor track in Cleveland. Most velodromes in the … [Read more...] about New 166m Indoor Velodrome Coming to Detroit

Question of the Week

Today's QoW is an interesting one re: cyclists' rights on the road. (And a bill our governor here in Georgia vetoed a couple years ago, claiming it would "confuse" motorists!) It's from Premium Member Michael Leven. (Wikipedia definition: "The Idaho stop is the common name for a law that allows cyclists to treat a stop sign as a yield sign, and a red light as a stop … [Read more...] about Question of the Week

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