January 4, 2024 How Fit Are You? Part 1 By Coach John Hughes Happy New Year. I made two resolutions: Do You Need A Bicycle Wheel Truing Stand? Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley A few Tech Talks ago, we wrote about how to use bicycle repair stands, one of the foundation tools of home…
These are the most popular newsletter articles of 2023. Don’t Make These 15 Common Bicycling Mistakes By Coach John Hughes Recently I was in Boulder, Colo. for several days and rode each day. The Boulder area is home to literally thousands of riders ranging from pro road, mountain and triathlon racers to pleasure riders out for…
December 21, 2023 How to Maintain Fitness, Gain Freshness and Enjoy the Holidays By Coach John Hughes Brent Bookwalter, who raced for BMC, advises that if you have a choice between an extra 20 minutes of riding or spending that time recovering, choose recovery. Think of the holidays as time for quality recovery, a time…
December 14, 2023 Anti-Aging: I’m Bummed By Coach John Hughes Yesterday I went to the Y; my first time in a gym since the start of the pandemic. Argh. Despite working out in my home gym I’ve lost strength. I’m reminded of the saying, “He who represents himself in court has a client for…
December 7, 2023 12 Ways to Conquer Winter By Coach John Hughes Perhaps the title should be “How to Survive Winter?” Here in Colorado our local downhill ski area reported 27 inches of snow over the weekend. My wife and I cross-country skied in a blizzard both Saturday and Sunday. Here are tips from our…
