By Kevin Kolodziejski Doing the research for my last article, “Cycling Aerodynamics: Going Aero Without Going Broke,” also led to some easy pedaling down memory lane. Back to a time when I’d get even more excited about an upcoming time trial than adding the treats to my supper I’d allow myself when a training ride for…
By Martin Sigrist I bought my first power meter back in 2007. It has proved to be, by a very wide margin, the best bike related purchase I have ever made, paying for itself many times over. Back then power meters were a rare sight, if you saw someone else with one it felt almost…
By Coach John Hughes Good nutrition makes a big difference in how you age. For example a study published in the journal Circulation concludes people who eat five servings of fruit and vegetables a day have a 12 percent lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, 10 percent lower risk of death from cancer and…
by Gabe Mirkin, M.D. Muscle cramps occur most often at night when you are sleeping, but they also can occur when you exercise vigorously, tear a muscle, or keep one leg in an awkward position, such as sitting in a chair in the same position for a long time. Muscle cramps are classified into those…
By Greg Conderacci We used to call him “Freddie Freewheel.” In the paceline, he had a distinct cycling pattern: pedal, pedal, pedal…coast…pedal, pedal, pedal….coast… Pretty soon, if you were on his wheel, YOU were pedaling the same way. And so was the guy behind you and the guy behind him… And that’s what an Energy…
