Cycling

How to Choose Cycling Shorts -- You should choose road-cycling shorts based on the quality of materials and construction. But also crucial is how well they conform to your unique anatomy. Sometimes a relatively inexpensive pair may work better for you than a high-zoot model.

How to Choose a Bike Club -- Cycling can be a solo sport. Long rambles through the spring countryside, hard rides in the hills, weekend tours to scenic areas-all can be enjoyed with only your own thoughts for company.

Learn to Ride Faster and Safer With Bike Handling Drills -- In my experience most cyclists take handling skills and their bicycles' in general for granted. Most mechanical break downs can be prevented by properly adjusting, maintaining, and inspecting your bicycle.

Road Bike Selection and Purchase 101 -- Road bikes will range in price from $500 to over $5000, and vary greatly in design, materials, and performance. The first decision you need to make is road bike or tri set up. What type of riding are you going to be doing?

How to Perfect Your Riding Position & Technique -- Cycling is full of prodigious numbers-the distances ridden, the calories consumed, the tires trashed. Another statistic that can seem astounding is the number of pedal strokes made. Let's suppose it takes you six hours to ride a century and you pedal at the rate of 90 rpm throughout. As you cross the finish line, you will be making pedal stroke number 64,800.

How to Solve Painful 'Hot Foot' -- In cycling, it's known as "hot foot" - a burning pain in the ball of the foot, perhaps radiating toward the toes. Severe cases feel like some sadistic demon is applying a blowtorch.

The 10 Bike Shop Customer Etiquette Commandments -- This article was inspired by all those things customers do that really irritate bike shop owners and employees. I decided to create this list of commandments for you to follow.

Mountain Biking in the Bay Area -- With sunny skies and dry trails, spring is a great time to hop on your mountain bike and go for a ride. The San Francisco Bay Area, the birthplace of mountain biking, has a plethora of places of explore on your bike.

Mountain Biking with ROMP -- Whether you're new to mountain biking or have been doing it for years, you might be interested in meeting fellow bikers to ride with, learning about new areas to ride, or getting involved with the political issues of mountain biking.

How to Survive Road Hazards -- Cycling is a unique sport because its arena is the open road. That's the same place frequented by traffic, potholes, snarling dogs and absentminded pedestrians.

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