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  • September 1, 2009
    Have you ever gone for a ride with a pure track rider and noticed how much he suffers in the hills or in the wind?  Have you ever noticed how a guy who is generally considered very “strong” can stink...
  • August 26, 2009
    Photo by Leigh Schilling Due to the tremendous popularity of cycling these days I see a lot of riders who are in their late 30′s and over.  Many of these cyclists have the same history.  They used to go on...
  • August 24, 2009
    I’ve been a fan of writer and marketer Seth Godin for some time now.  He has incredible insights and here is one of his blog posts that we can directly relate to our cycling.  This a bit of a trick...
  • May 21, 2009
    I receive a lot of questions about why your would train with a powermeter vs a heart rate monitor.  They’re all great questions and they make me stop to think before I go on praising the greatness of having a...
  • April 16, 2009
    If you’ve never tested aerobic power before you should really try it out – it’s a hoot….if you’re not the one doing the testing that is. Typically in lab conditions a MAP test (maximum aerobic power) is performed by riding...
  • March 6, 2009
    It sure is nice cruising down your favorite road at 50km/hr with the wind at your back and barely breaking a sweat. This is what I did a few days ago with a gusty northerly. After an easy hour of...
  • March 4, 2009
    Motorpacing is a fantastic way to increase your leg speed and simulate race intensity.    Motorpacing for cyclists is one of those things that I shouldn’t be recommending to anyone as it can be dangerous and someone may sue me for...
  • February 25, 2009
    It’s been a while since I last used my Powertap.  It had stopped working just before Christmas but the great guys at TFM and Powertap quickly got me back on track.  After every ride I’m eager to download my stats,...
  • January 16, 2009
    I want to thank David Heatly from Cycling-Inform for sending in this TIP. ________________________________________________________________ There is a saying that "racing is the best form of training". While this is true in a lot of cases there are times when it...
  • December 28, 2008
    I know a few people who have crashed pretty hard in the past couple months and have had to deal with nasty broken collarbones. Unfortunately last Tuesday Jono Lovelock was one of the casualties.  Like any top notch motivated athlete...