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What 12,000 efforts on Adelaide’s most popular climb say about uphill pacing

You’re at the bottom of your favourite local climb, looking at the road snake its way up the hill ahead of you. You’ve ridden this climb a bunch of times but today is a little different — today you’re trying to set a new PB. You take a few deep breaths to compose yourself, take …

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Muscle cramps from cycling: Why do they happen and how can you prevent them?

Muscle cramps can be a debilitating and extremely unpleasant part of bike riding. So what causes them? And what can you do to prevent them from occurring? Before we answer those questions, have you seen the film Pineapple Express? Stay with me here. There’s a scene where one of the main characters, Saul (played by …

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Indoor cycling helps Parkinson’s patients, new study finds

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Riding on an indoor bike three days per week appears to significantly decrease Parkinson’s symptoms, according to a new study published in the Lancet Neurology. “The effect of cycling is about the same as the improvement we bring with different drugs,” Professor Bas Bloem, who led the research, told NOS. “New drugs are seen as …

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Caleb Ewan’s sprint position is the best. So why isn’t everyone using it?

It’s pretty obvious: if you can get down low in a sprint, you’re going to be more aerodynamic than if you’d stayed upright. You don’t need to do a bunch of research to realise that the ultra-low sprint position employed by Caleb Ewan is pretty effective. But hey, if research is what you’re after, that …

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A burrito recipe and gear checklist: How to do gravel raceday mornings right

After half a year in our Endless Gravel van, Marshall Opel has perfected his pre-race routine. It’s simple, and purposefully so, designed to fuel him quickly and keep those race-day nerves at bay. Here’s how his gravel raceday mornings go down. The alarm goes off and I clamber down from my bed, slide open the …

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