Most riders can find a road where little hills come one after another. When you feel good, attacking these humps can be a peak experience — like riding a roller coaster. You fly up one side, blast down the other and use your momentum to conquer the next rise. But if you use improper technique,…
By Coach John Hughes In my recent column I’m 70! Yikes!!! Lessons from my Journey Through Life one of the key lessons I’ve learned is to ride less and recover more. The results are that the riding I do 1) is more enjoyable because I’m not tired at the start of the ride and 2)…
Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley Two episodes back, we covered chain drop fixes on bicycles with a single chainring. These bike drivetrains are commonly called “one-by,” written 1X. They’re the popular choice today on “gravel bikes” – essentially road bikes designed as much for dirt as for tarmac. And, a few 1X bikes have…
By Stan Purdum Sometimes bicycle journeys have benefits you don’t expect, as this narrative of a trip with my son Scott 30 years ago indicates. I wrote this shortly after the trip, but I was reminded of it recently during a conversation with him. “I don’t like long bike rides,” said my son, Scott. We…
By Gabe Mirkin, MD Your bones weaken progressively after age 30, and between ages 35 and 50, about 28 percent of North American men and women suffer from bone weakening called osteopenia (J Amer Osteo Assoc, June 2019;119:357-363). By age 65, 25 percent of women and six percent of men are at high risk for…
