At some point in your cycling career, shifting gears becomes so automatic that you do it without thinking. You see the hill ahead, feel the tug on the pedals and you shift. A no brainer, right?
In the near future, it won’t be a no-brainer any longer. It could be an All Brainer.
Bikemaker Parlee has teamed up with Toyota Prius to develop a futuristic new technology that will enable a cyclist to shift gears merely by thinking the command to shift up or shift down. We’re not kidding.
Mountain Biking Shoe
Sure, you can ride your bike in your tennies if you want to, but to really enjoy cycling, it will pay you handsomely to look into a shoe designed specifically for cycling. There are a few things you should understand about cycling shoes before you rush out and buy a pair, however.
Cycling Shoes make you more efficient.
Bike shoes and clipless pedals are just some of the foot-related accessories that will help make your ride more efficient and increase your riding pleasure. Unlike tennies, cycling shoes feature a stiffer sole to provide more energy transfer as you pedal. In addition, the firm sole protects and supports Continue reading
Are you ready for the wintry weather yet? If you’ve got your cold weather clothing lined up, you have no excuse to reduce your training or milage simply because it’s a bit nippy outside.
So we decided to help you ready your gear and clothing preparations with our Ten Top Cold Weather Cycling Gotta-Haves. These, plus other tips you may picked up regarding cold weather riding, will keep you from Continue reading
It never occurred to me that some visitors to this site might not know how to ride a bike. It’s one of those skills most of us learned as a child—like swimming or crossing a busy street, for example. Everybody knows the basics. But then I got a comment from a visitor asking me that most basic question of all: “Sounds great, but I don’t even know how to ride a bike? How do I learn?”
So this article is not for riders so advanced they seek the fine points of cycling or training. It’s for that occasional—and very important—reader who still has not mastered the skill of riding a bike. My first encouragement to new riders is that, if you can walk and run, you can master the skill of riding a bike. Continue reading
You can argue whether Arizona is becoming a safer place to ride, but if new recommendations from the Arizona Department of Transportation get put into place, you’ll have to admit that something positive is finally being done.
The plan includes some interesting discoveries, including that half of all crashes occur when bikes travel counter to the traffic, and that fewer than a quarter occur after dusk. At the same time, the state suggests that state and local governments can do more to protect riders. Continue reading
It was downright scary the first time I considered wearing cycling shorts. I looked at all the guys I’d be riding with—rail thin, muscular, hard — and my flabby bod did not rank well in comparison.
At first I settled just for running shorts, loose but stylish, or so my inexperience told me. That plus a longer shirt kept me from getting immediately ostracized from my group. But eventually, a few pounds lighter, I got past my reluctance and went shopping Continue reading
Cycling helmets are one of those accessories about which every bike enthusiast seems to have a strong opinion. In fact, I hesitate to write about this–I know I’ll hear back from tons of you with even stronger opinions than my own. But this is a dialogue, right? I talk and you get to talk back. Feel free to comment below–I’m opinionated but still teachable. Continue reading
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