Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley I'm letting reader Phillip Young steer the Tech Talk sled this week because he took the time to share what seems to me to be an ingenious tip - and even provided photos. His hack is a new one to me, too. It concerns how to get those annoying under-pavement red light sensors to detect your carbon wheel-equipped bicycle. I'm sure you've … [Read more...] about Phil’s Trick to Get Carbon Wheels to Trip Red Light Sensors
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Using IQ to Raise Your Power (Garmin IQ!)
By Martin Sigrist I recently talked about what, for me, is the biggest drawback of training with power: getting fixated on numbers. This can become self defeating, if you know your threshold is 300W then anytime you see a wattage starting with 3 your mind will start telling you its not something you can keep up forever. … [Read more...] about Using IQ to Raise Your Power (Garmin IQ!)
How Much Caffeine Do I Need Cycling?
QUESTION: How much caffeine do I need cycling? - Christopher N Stan Purdum replies: In answering your question, I assume by “need,” you mean “How much caffeine is beneficial to my cycling performance?” It’s a good question because virtually all the studies on how caffeine affects riding conclude that in general, a limited dose — such as the quantity you might consume in a … [Read more...] about How Much Caffeine Do I Need Cycling?