Last friday I was probably one of the first to enthusiastically order my Cyclehire annual key (£45) that allows me to have the first half hour of every ride I take for free for the whole year. I downloaded an iPhone app called London Hire which tells you where the stations are and how many [...]
The Jawbones are Oakley’s latest cycling friendly sunglasses. I’ve had mine for about 7 months and they replaced Oakley’s Half-Jacket (I think).. which I had for about a year. I was attracted not necessarily to the aesthetics of the Jawbones, but mostly the interchangeable lens system that it promotes. On that side of things, I [...]
Interval training on a turbo isn’t easy. Sure, it’s not as long as going out on a ride, but the intensity of the workouts can be just as hard when packed into a non-stop session with no ‘coasting’ or stoplights. The hard part, though, unless you have a coach, is to come up with plans [...]
I find that I have to wear something underneath my helmet when I ride for several reasons: 1) To reduce the amount of sweat that accumulates in the front of the helmet 2) To reduce the skin irritation of the bacteria-laden padding on the helmet (even if you wash regularly) 3) To extend the life [...]
Update: I already went on my trip, but wrote the following bit below before going on my trip, so read it assuming I hadn’t gone yet until where I say it ends… I’m going on my second Pyractif cycling trip soon, and I want to take my ‘good’ bike with me but not have to [...]
Image by a man a plan via Flickr Let me start by warning those of you that are lovers of Campagnolo kit that this post isn’t going to make you happy and that you’ll probably have an opposing view in your experience. Please go ahead and voice your thoughts on the comments section. However, I [...]
The British winter isn’t easy to bike through. It’s rather wet and cold. Sure, we don’t have it as bad as the Canadians, but it’s because of the constant wetness we have on the roads here that it can sometimes feel worse. For this reason, we cyclists use all sorts of waterproof gear. Overshoes are [...]
Generally, mom likes to give me shirts for Christmas.. but last Christmas she went out of character and got me some cycling kit. Amongst the kit she gave me was a compression shirt and beanie from a little known company called Zensah: http://www.zensah.com/ from Miami, FL. I have no idea how she discovered it. Now, I’m [...]
Sometimes you decide at the last minute to take one of those holidays that you wonder why you put off for so long… For me, it was cycling through the French Pyrenees as part of an organized group. I had heard of these brilliant trips people took to the Pyrenees and other Tour de France [...]
In my recent review of the Polar RS800CX PTE, I covered the capabilities of the PTE as a supplement to a coach-created cycle training program. What allows you to create the programs that a coach gives you (if you use heart rate zones) is the Polar ProTrainer 5 software that comes with the RS800CX PTE [...]