Ask the Coach Columnist, RBR Co-Founder, Ret. I discovered the sheer joy—it’s not too strong a term—of pedaling when I began riding in the early ’70s to gain fitness for backpacking, mountaineering and skiing, my favored activities in my newly adopted state of Colorado. Riding also helped me lose the 50 pounds I had gained…
Health Matters Columnist I am an 80-year-old retired sports medicine physician who loves to ride a bicycle fast; I know how to enjoy my second childhood! I believe that a person’s lifestyle determines how long and how well he lives. I know that the faster you ride, the less likely you are to suffer heart…
USA Cycling Coach, Product Reviewer, Bike Fitter I started bicycling as a kid. I grew up riding Schwinn BMX bikes and tinkering with them by putting motocross bars on them. That’s probably where I started my life-long interest in engineering – figuring out how and why things work the way they do, and can I make…
Product Review Crew I started road riding in 2003 after I got a nice bonus payment at work and bought an aluminum Specialized Allez, which my son now rides. Previously, I’d only done mountain biking. I was surprised how addictive being on the road became for me. I started commuting regularly on the bike, using…
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…
