Training

Every cyclist wants to get faster. Achieving this requires a blend of two essential factors: optimizing your bike’s performance and refining your personal training regimen (which includes your diet). Tune your bicycle to perfection and couple that with a well-tailored strength and conditioning program, and you’re on the fast lane to becoming a stronger and […]

The often-quoted benchmark of 10,000 steps per day is recommended by the CDC for maintaining optimal health. But, if you are a cycling enthusiast or a person who relies on their bike for daily commuting, have you ever wondered how your miles traveled by bike translate into steps, especially when trying to keep track of […]

Planning for your first long ride is exciting. Knowing what to bring and how to prepare your bike will give you more confidence going into your first long ride. As long as you know that you are prepared to fix minor problems, you can focus on enjoying – and finishing – the ride rather than […]

A bike ride depletes energy reserves in the body, making it essential to stock up on resources by eating before, during, and after a bike ride. Eating ensures energy reserves during the ride for best performance and energy for recovery post-ride. Eating the correct type of food is critical. Athletes have a wide variety of […]

Here’s why cycling uphill is much more tiring than riding on flat ground. When cycling on flat ground, there are two prominent forces working against you. These forces are air resistance and rolling resistance. Air resistance increases with your frontal surface area, the strength of the wind, and air pressure. Rolling resistance comes from the […]

If you’re just starting out with cycling, you may be wondering how fast the average road bike speed is. Maybe you’re also curious about your own personal speed and whether or not it’s considered fast. Well, let’s explore that!  To find out your own biking speed (if you don’t know how yet), we recommend using […]