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Latest in Training & Health
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Quick Tip: Do You Know This Sign of Overtraining?
Most riders expect overtraining to announce itself in the legs: power falls, climbing gets harder, and familiar routes feel slow. Those signs matter. But sometimes the first warning appears somewhere else. You become unusually irritable. Small problems feel large. You do not look forward to rides you normally enjoy. Friends or family may notice that…
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Are You Cycling Slower Than You Need To Be?
By Kevin Kolodziejski Today’s title is a curiously phrased question, made that way by the seemingly puzzling use of need to be. For we all know that if you want to be a successful racer, avoid burnout, or fully enjoy cycling regardless of your commitment level, you need to ride slower rather than faster much of the…
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Cycling Inconveniences, Rightly Considered
By Stan Purdum The term “adventure” is often applied to cycling, but what do we mean when we use that term? The writer G.K. Chesterton said, “An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.” As a case in point, look at this photo below. Do you think…
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The Off-Season Is Dead
By Ric Stern Last week I wrote about surviving two weeks in the Alps on vacation. Plenty of riding, no structure, lots of coffee and pastries. It was brilliant. But this week I want to talk about what comes next — because for a lot of riders, October means one thing: feet up, bike in…
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Quick Tip: Change Out of Sweaty Shorts
After a long ride, the easiest thing is to sit in the car, stop for coffee or do a few errands before going home. But if you are still in damp cycling shorts, change that plan. Sweat, road spray and a wet chamois hold moisture against skin that has already spent hours under pressure and…
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Lessons From Two Weeks Cycling in the Alps
By Ric Stern You’ll hopefully have noticed that my column has been missing for a few weeks (if you haven’t noticed, well, then I’m hugely upset and I will subject you to a series of 20 efforts of 30 seconds each at maximal effort with 5 minutes in between, followed by 200 push-ups!). I’ve been…
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From the Adriatic Sea to the Apennine Mountains: Cycling Riccione, Italy
By Sheri Rosenbaum Last December, a rider from my local cycling club announced a trip to Italy scheduled for September 2026. He and his wife had visited the Hotel Dory in March and enjoyed it so much that they decided to return. I was initially unsure, but after hearing his presentation at the club’s holiday…
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A Mountain Bike Invention Finds a Place on My Road Bike
By Stan Purdum Although dropper seat posts were created for the mountain bike world, where riders want the seat fully up for uphill pedaling, and down out of the way for rapid descending over rugged terrain (as explained in this YouTube video), I recently added a dropper to my road bike for a completely different…
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Quick Tip: Prepare Tonight for Tomorrow’s Ride
The day sure has a way of getting away from you, doesn’t it? By the time you can finally ride, you might only have an hour before dinner or sunset. But then you spend 20 minutes getting ready—and discover your cycling shorts are in the laundry and your bike computer needs charging. There goes that…
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