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Start here: choosing your first bike, fitness, safety and building the habit
Brake in a straight line before the corner, stay low and balanced, look through the turn and weight the outside pedal: how to descend faster and safer.
Single-speed bikes — fixed or freewheel — have seen a surge in popularity over the last few years, and it is not…
Training zones are ranges of effort — usually defined by heart rate or power — that correspond to different physiological effects. Riding…
Route planning apps show elevation profiles — the graph that runs along the bottom of your route map. Learning to read them…
Interval training is the most time-efficient way to improve your cycling fitness. Instead of riding at the same moderate pace for hours,…
Pace climbs by feel and power zones, shift early, stay mostly seated, and train with repeated even-effort hill efforts.
When to ride, how to drink, what to wear, how long acclimatization takes, and how to spot heat exhaustion and heatstroke on the bike.