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By Kevin Kolodziejski Quick, unexpected, and without warning. It’s the way just about all bicycle crashes occur. It’s also the way most dictionaries define the adjective “sudden.” Yet when was the last time you heard of a cyclist’s unfortunate encounter with a car, concrete, or macadam called a “sudden” bike crash?  You hear “sudden heart attack,”…

Lean, don’t steer, through turns. You make a car go around a corner by turning the steering wheel. You make a bike turn by leaning it. That’s a big difference between a vehicle with four wheels and one with two wheels. But we see many new riders try to steer their bike like they’re driving…

QUESTION: I’ve been told that fitness progresses most effectively if you ride fast in a paceline. Is this psychological? It seems to me that 95% intensity for a given period would produce the same level of fitness regardless of whether it was attained in a paceline or solo. What’s your opinion? — Jane P.