By Ric Stern You’ve hit 40, or older, and conventional wisdom tells you it’s time to start slowing down, cut your ride duration, ease off the intensity, avoid the middle ground. You’ve probably heard it from well-meaning friends, maybe even a doctor. It sounds reasonable, right? It’s also mostly wrong. At CycleCoach, one of my primary…
Good climbers are equally comfortable in the saddle or out. But lots of riders don’t know which technique really suits them better. Find out by timing yourself on a favorite climb while monitoring your heart rate and perceived exertion. Pick a hill that’s typical of those you climb often. Ideally it will be between 2…
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…
