Cycling
Here’s a question that popped up in my inbox regarding club rides: “I use a computer on my rides and I have a pretty good idea of what my average speed is when riding. I joined a club ride with the same stated average pace and it kicked my
The Red Dot Design Awards put out a press release today that seems to have leaked something new from Canyon, a carbon fiber version of the popular aluminum gravel Inflite. The new offering is dubbed the Inflite CF SLX and it looks amazing. The new, yet to be released, bike
Cycling
Spring is upon us! The days are getting longer, the flowers are blooming and the weather is getting nicer by the day. That means it’s time to tune up the legs on some club rides! Cycling teams, clubs, and bicycles shops typically start their season of club rides sometime
The propaganda model seeks to explain media behavior by examining the institutional pressures that constrain and influence news content within a capitalist system. It flies in the face of theories that argue that journalism is by its nature adversarial to established power. The propaganda model predicts that corporate-owned media will
Exercise
A few months back I hurt my shoulder performing bench press. I put on a little too much weight and let my form go and ended up with a sharp pain in my shoulder and the inability to sleep on my side or bench more than about 95 pounds without
Film
Take 5-minutes and watch this awesome video from Diamondback Bicycles. Dreamride 2 featuring Mike Hopkins and filmed by Scott Secco, Jordan Manley, and Bruno Long. The short-film really captures what I love about mountain biking; escaping reality and surrounding myself with nature. The location and film work are fantastic as
Cycling
The North American Handbuilt Bike Show is the venue for frame builders to show off their chops. Compared to Interbike where you get what big name manufacturers are prepping for the market, at the NAHBS you get to see the products of sweat, tears, years of expertise and fine-tuning technique,
Review
Bicycle lanes are great for cyclists, but they can also create dangerous “door zones” when they are sandwiched between vehicle lanes and parked cars. The expensive, pie-in-the-sky approach is to design and build better bike lanes, but in the meantime, drivers can do something very simple to help protect cyclists
Cycling
Those of you who frequent the site know I spend some time over on Reddit. I was checking out some stuff on r/Fitness recently and I came across this Chest 101: An Anatomical Guide to Training post and I just sighed to myself and moved on. But later on
Who doesn’t love a delicious sloppy joe? I know I do. This recipe for spicy sloppy joes kicks it up a notch with sautéed poblano peppers and avocado which makes for a protein and flavor-packed, adult-friendly upgrade to standard sloppy joes. Don’t worry, you still get the sweet
Early this morning the new Watopia Volcano Climb went live on Zwift. The new climb corkscrews up and around the volcano over sketchy wood bridges and dirt roads. You also get a brief journey inside the volcano itself. There isn’t a selectable route option for the volcano climb. At
Exercise
Ever seen that guy at the gym who has gone for years but looks pretty much the same as day one? Maybe it’s you. I know I’ve seen it. Guys that go to the gym three or more times a week every week, who do the same old