By Kevin Kolodziejski Did you ever hear a line from a song and feel as if it had been written about you? That’s happened to me a few times. The most recent occurred when I heard Don Henley’s “Heart of the Matter.” The line in question suddenly struck me as a suitable summation of my present cycling situation. “All…
By Lars Hundley Dallas has not been kind to cyclists lately. Last December, Scott Mages and Andre Kocher, both members of the Frisco Triathlon Club, were hit and killed by an unlicensed, speeding driver while on a group ride in Denton County. In late March, Phil Balli, a 61-year-old regular on the Richardson Pop Ride,…
By Kevin Kolodziejski Six hours 44 minutes and 22 seconds. Let’s say that’s the time you decide to shoot for in your first attempt at what’s often seen as the recreational rider’s 100-mile rite of passage, the century. CyclingLevel.com calls that time a “good” one and the average one for all ages and genders. So it…
By Kevin Kolodziejski Who are you while you’re on the bicycle? It’s a rather existential question, one you probably don’t expect to be asked on a cycling website. Yet it’s one I’ll ask you to contemplate because of what I read on this cycling website two weeks ago. In Issue No. 1223 under “Cool Things to Read,”…
QUESTION: For a pre-diabetic person (really diabetic since you are or you are not) what are suggested nutrition before/after cycling rides? Considering the person has eliminated sugar including flour, bread, etc., and the person is not taking insulin nor has the desire to do that. I don’t know if you’ve covered this topic before, but…
