QUESTION: Why am I so slow cycling? I’m a competitive soccer player and I’m very fit. But recently some friends who are cyclists invited me to go on a ride with them, and I was unable to keep up. Why is that? They don’t seem particularly fit otherwise, and I’m pretty sure I could outrun any of them. —Harry M. RBR’S STAN PURDUM REPLIES: Though your cyclist friends “don’t seem … [Read more...] about Why am I so slow cycling?
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Cycling Nutrition: What to Eat Before an Event
By Arnie Baker, M.D. It's pretty obvious that hydration and nutrition is important during cycling, but it's also helpful to pay attention to it leading up to an important event. If you take time to prepare the night before, you'll be much more likely to ride strong. Here are my recommendations on preparing nutritionally for your next big ride or race. … [Read more...] about Cycling Nutrition: What to Eat Before an Event
Why is it important to know my cadence while cycling?
QUESTION: I’m relatively new to cycling, and I just bought my first bike computer. One function it has is “cadence.” I understand that’s a measurement of how many times I turn the crank per minute, but why is it important to know that while I’m riding? —Dan H. RBR’S STAN PURDUM REPLIES: Even though the bike I had when I was a beginning rider had several gears, I didn’t do … [Read more...] about Why is it important to know my cadence while cycling?
How Can I Protect My Neck Cycling?
QUESTION: I'm a 67 year old cyclist, primarily road/gravel though I love the occasional fling downhill through the woods on my mountain bike. I fell off a high ladder in mid-December and fractured 5 cervical vertebrae. I'm in a neck brace for the next month or so. I had 2 vastly different neurosurgical opinions. The first advised a neck fusion. The other (a cyclist) said he … [Read more...] about How Can I Protect My Neck Cycling?
Cycling Creates an ‘Unsafe Effect’
By Kevin Kolodziejski But There’s a Remedy That Also Benefits Your Brain You just need to love cycling — not ride 10,000 miles a year — to fear what these two, once quite-accomplished and now long-in-the-tooth, absolute mileage junkies, whom I consider buddies, fear. That lifting weights means riding less. They’re right, you know. But they’re both really … [Read more...] about Cycling Creates an ‘Unsafe Effect’