Question: I'm working on strength training to improve my leg strength. I assume that the principle for weight lifting — one should rest 48-72 hours between workouts for best strength gains — applies. If I do that, then there's hardly any time for cycling! So what's the effect of doing a ride the day after a leg workout? Does it undermine the progress I'd like to make? —Greg … [Read more...] about How Soon Can I Ride After Strength Training?
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How to Make Your Bicycle Tires Last Longer
By John Marsh I use an app from Feedback Sports to track when I install every component on my bike. I wrote a QT about it just about a year ago: Catalog Your Bike and Components for Maintenance. You can also keep track of components on Strava if you use that, which is great because you can see how many miles you've put on a bike. Even though I do keep track of when I … [Read more...] about How to Make Your Bicycle Tires Last Longer
Question of the Week
Today's QoW comes from Premium Member Easel Roberts and tags along perfectly with today's QT and Tech Talk column. (We really need to replenish our stock of Questions! Please submit you own QoW ideas using the Question of the Week Ideas link.) When you replace tires due to wear, do you replace one (and "rotate" the good remaining tire) or both? … [Read more...] about Question of the Week