I recently added a subsection to the page on that contrasts unsupported and supported ultra-distance bike races and includes the…
Last week, we lost a friend, an inspiration, a legend and a leader. Mike Hall died in a collision with…
Yesterday, I was interviewed for The Bike Show podcast talking about the along with Craig Fry, who’s an Australian cycling…
I’ve built several wheels lately that will be used in this year’s and , including the one shown on the…
Why are bikes sold with crank lengths that are not appropriate for 70% of people? If you are a male whose height is not in the range of 1.77 m to 1.85 m (5’10” to 6’1″) or a female who is shorter than 1.68 m (5’6″) and want to be more comfortable on your bike and avoid over-use injuries then you should read this! Even if you are in that range then the crank length that your bike came with may not be ideal for you.
Three graphs that show the likelihood of finishing each of the first four editions of the Transcontinental Race (TCR) plus the distributions of finish times and estimated distances cycled per day.
I’ve been logging my cycling data for the past 7 years and have ridden over 98,500 km in that time. That is almost two and a half times around the Earth, or an average of 38.5 km (24 miles) per day. In this post, I analyze the distance I rode per year, assess the variation between different months of the year, look at my longest and most mountainous rides, and show how much of the world that I have covered by bike.
While visiting my family for Christmas, I had a glimpse of how much hard work, stamina, and dedication it takes for my sister and her husband to raise their two children. They do that 52 weeks per year instead of the two weeks that it takes me to race across Europe. I decided that they warrant a lot more respect for doing that quite ordinary task than I deserve for my extraordinary cycling efforts. I know which one I would find easier!
I find one-piece cycling outfits in which the shorts and jersey are integrated into one item are the most comfortable clothing option for long-distance cyling, so I review three of them: the Cuore Two-In-One Suit, the Castelli SanRemo 3.0 Speed Suit, and the Louis Garneau Course Skin Suit.
The VeloViewer website takes your Strava rides and computes far more interesting statistics that Strava doesn’t even come close to. In addition to performance-based metrics, I’ve lately been enjoying focusing on the VeloViewer Explorer scores that motivate people to explore new roads and regions.