QUESTION: I am 67 and recently had half my lung removed due to cancer. I am looking at the Trek Domane+ AL electric road bike and was considering flats [pedals], but I have not seen any road bikes with them, although I don’t place too much emphasis on looks. What about climbing/standing up with flats, is it problematic? RBR’S STAN PURDUM REPLIES: (This question appeared in … [Read more...] about Can I climb standing up with flat pedals?
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Quick Tip: Feeling Like Something’s Wrong? Don’t Ignore It
This Quick Tip comes from RBR reader Mark Pryor. Being a long-time newsletter reader and serious roadie I wanted to send along my experience with a serious health issue that may help fellow aging roadies. About five years in to my retirement, I was riding 100-150 with a local group three times a week. In the Fall of 2023 (I was 69), all of a sudden my cycling performance … [Read more...] about Quick Tip: Feeling Like Something’s Wrong? Don’t Ignore It
What’s Being Pedaled Today? The Role Practicality Plays in Your Health
By Kevin Kolodziejski Sometimes it’s not a matter of what you do, but what you don’t. Don’t exercise, for instance, and you die. The World Health Organization isn’t quite that point-blank about it, but about a dozen years ago it tactfully reported 3.2 million “physically inactive” people die each year as a result of their inactivity. And while the WHO’s 2024 … [Read more...] about What’s Being Pedaled Today? The Role Practicality Plays in Your Health
Dementia Risk to Double: Should That Be Troubling to Cyclists?
By Kevin Kolodziejski Before answering the question posed in the title, allow me to provide insight into another mental state that’s troubling whether you pedal or not. It’s that change that occurs when a bit of bad news does more than momentarily bother you, but seemingly takes hold of you and upsets your equanimity to such a degree that it saps you of all your … [Read more...] about Dementia Risk to Double: Should That Be Troubling to Cyclists?
It’s Time to Give Some Thought to Time
By Kevin Kolodziejski You truly need to be an Einstein to follow the theory of relativity in its entirety. But there’s an element to it that any cyclist can comprehend. Even the ones who find Shut Up, Legs!, the autobiography written by former cycling pro and breakaway artist extraordinaire Jens Voigt, to be a tough read. It’s that time does not exist … [Read more...] about It’s Time to Give Some Thought to Time