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How to keep cycling after becoming a parent

There aren’t many bigger transitions in life than having your first child. Your entire world changes, including your cycling. So how do you keep up your cycling, and still get value from it, when you’re not able to ride as often or for as long as you’d ideally like? Michael Inglis knows a thing or …

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More than numbers: Why Strava KOMs and QOMs don’t translate to race wins

If you’ve spent any time on Strava you’ll notice the same riders popping up again and again at the top of your local segment leaderboards. Often these riders are putting out world-class power numbers, and yet they’re a long way from being a professional racer. So why is that? Why don’t world class numbers on …

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JRA with the Angry Asian: Enough already

There’s no longer a need to debate whether more cyclists are being killed while out on the road; the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) just confirmed it — at least for the United States. According to the data compiled by NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 6.3% more cyclists were killed in 2018 than in …

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Confirmed: Power output isn’t compromised in a super-low sprint position

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Caleb Ewan’s sprint position has become something of a fascination in recent years. Here at CyclingTips we’ve written a handful of articles on the subject, largely because there’s been a bunch of research showing how effective the position is. In the past year, no fewer than three independent studies, from different researchers, using different methods, …

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Brodie Chapman, Features, Learn, Opinion and analysis, Racing, Tips, Women's cycling -

6 things I’ve learned (so far) from racing the Women’s WorldTour

The past few seasons have been a whirlwind for Aussie racer Brodie Chapman. She’s gone from barely racing in Australia’s National Road Series (NRS) to being competitive in the Women’s WorldTour (WWT) — the highest level in the sport — and representing Australia at the Road World Championships in her first two seasons as a …

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