The article I read said that the bicyclist was riding against traffic, which is the surest way to get hit. (I don't know if it was true or not that she was riding against traffic, but that is what my...
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The article I read said that the bicyclist was riding against traffic, which is the surest way to get hit. (I don't know if it was true or not that she was riding against traffic, but that is what my...
I had my first crash where I wasn't stopped, turning around or slowly going up a hill about a month and a half ago. Thankfully I was only going 11mph. I crashed in the dark in an unmarked...
The pubic bones make up the lower front part of the pelvis, i.e. in between the legs. The pelvis itself is composed of 6 bones (3 bones on each side that are fused together: ilium, ischium, and...
Why is is that on a family ride the MOM always gets stuck towing the kids? I was on a hilly ride a week ago and just after I reached the top of a steep hill and turned around for the downhill, I...
I've gone through similar slumps before. Find yourself a definite goal to work towards. Check your local ride listings and pick out some. Put them on your calendar, sign up for them, and make...
It's generally agreed among cycling coaches that you can safely increase your mileage about 10% per week. This means you can double your mileage in 7 weeks, quadruple it in 14 weeks, and increase it...
I'm doing great on my Sun recumbent after 8 weeks! I will be up to 500 miles tomorrow. I rode the local metric half-century last weekend and that wasn't enough so I continued riding afterwards and...
I forgot to mention that I also have Kreitler rollers. They were fun; I could ride them for up to about an hour before I would lose my concentration. They turn you into a very smooth rider real fast!...
I have a Vetta wind trainer (very old and noisy) and a Blackburn mag trainer. I have to get a new trainer to fit my recumbent since I can't ride standard bikes anymore. I've heard the Cycleops brand...
The Take-A-Look mirrors are THE best! I've had numerous mirrors of various types over the past 25 years and the Take-A-Look is the most stable and has the best field-of-view. They do clip right on...
I hadn't heard of problems with Niterider, "enlightenment" please? All of my lights are several years old. I have Niterider and Vistalite and Petzl. I haven't had problems with these, except that I...
I've never had a problem drinking from my waterbottles, but I know some people who've been riding for years and still can't do it. Practice, practice, practice. If that doesn't work, try a Camelbak.
The last time I really commuted every day on a bike, I rode a Schwinn Breeze One-speed with chrome fenders. I lowered the stock gearing on it quite a bit by replacing the chainwheel with a smaller...
A pick-up bar, e.g. Yakima, works well in pickup trucks. For the interior of SUVs or vans, you can get something similar that allows you to secure the front fork to a quick-release mechanism. I have...
I didn't want to scare anyone from my story of neck pain progressing to spinal cord compression. It took 18 years of a WHOLE lot of riding including 11 double centuries to get my neck so damaged. I...
I hate to be discouraging on this subject, but DON'T ignore the pain thinking that it will go away. I have permanently damaged my neck by doing this, and now I cannot lift my head up to level...
ksbell: I hope your fitting was correct. 52cm sounds big for 5'5" female unless you have unusually long legs. I'm 5'4" and I ride a 47cm with just barely enough clearance. Make SURE you can stand...
Another problem with the LOOKs that I had is that the curvature of the bottom of my small cycling shoes caused the big cleat to get distorted when it was tightened down. When I first tried them (they...
No, you can't roll backwards. You may fall over, but you won't roll backwards.
I find that on a really long hill it helps to have an altimeter and know what the elevation is at the top. Then I can tell how much farther UP I've got to go, and I can see the elevation get higher...
I've ridden many miles in the rain and I've never fallen, but then I wasn't trying to go 35-50mph to win a race. Just go easy on the turns and you will be fine. Make sure you have good rain gear, and...
The atmospheric pressure that you SLEEP at is actually more important to acclimatization than the pressure that you ride at. Many of the pro riders actually sleep in hypoxia tents that you see...
I like the Bolle brand, because of the prescription adapters. Some other brands do have this capability but Bolle was the first, and still the most popular of the Rx-adaptable brands. I think the...
You don't necessarily want to shift into your LOWEST gear on every hill. (That's why you have so many gears on the bike.) Find the gear that enables you to keep your cadence (pedal revolutions per...
When I first started, I remember having to walk up 3-4% grades! Even getting over the freeway overpasses seemed hard. Later on I LIVED on a 22% grade and I would ride home up it. It does get way...