CyclingTips RSS

Features, Podcast, Podcasts -

CyclingTips Podcast: Embarrassingly outdated bike “works just fine”

This week’s episode opens with a discussion of Iain Treloar’s recent column on his decade-old Cannondale CaadX, which, contrary to all known marketing, still shreds.  Where has the bike industry gotten it right, and where has it inflated claims of technological advancement? James and Caley discuss.  Then, Marshall Opel sits down with Dirty Kanza winner …

The post CyclingTips Podcast: Embarrassingly outdated bike “works just fine” appeared first on CyclingTips.

Read more

Alexey Lutsenko, Daily News Digest, Features, Georg Preidler, News -

Preidler faces fraud charges, Sunweb considers lawsuit: Daily News Digest

Supported by

Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Georg Preidler faces fraud charges and possible lawsuit from Sunweb, EF Education First signs 2016 under-23 world champ Kristoffer Halvorsen, former Giro d’Italia director Michele Acquarone acquitted as former administrative director sentenced to prison time in misappropriation scandal. Those stories and more in today’s Daily …

The post Preidler faces fraud charges, Sunweb considers lawsuit: Daily News Digest appeared first on CyclingTips.

Read more

Features, helmets, News, Safety -

Two more studies support helmet use while cycling

Supported by

Two new research papers published this month have provided further evidence for the value of bicycle helmets. Both studies analysed data from a large numbers of cyclists who had been injured while riding. Both concluded that wearing a helmet is correlated with a reduction in injury severity. The first study, published in the journal Brain …

The post Two more studies support helmet use while cycling appeared first on CyclingTips.

Read more

Features, Strava, Tech, Tech news -

Strava rolls out new fitness-tracking features

With its broad user base of over 45 million athletes, growing monthly by a million, Strava serves as the primary training tool for a huge number of cyclists worldwide. Now, following on from the company’s restructure of its premium package last year, and the addition of new mapping features in February, Strava has rolled out …

The post Strava rolls out new fitness-tracking features appeared first on CyclingTips.

Read more

cramps, Features, Health, Learn -

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 …

The post Muscle cramps from cycling: Why do they happen and how can you prevent them? appeared first on CyclingTips.

Read more

Tags