Health, Fitness and Training

The number one question I get asked when riding my fixed gear bike is “Is that a fixed gear?” The number two question I get asked is “What gear are you riding?” With todays modern bicycles carrying 20+ gearing options that are selectable at any point in the ride without getting off the bike or, in the hands of a proficient cyclist, even slowing in speed...   Read More...

Time trials are a common entry point into competitive cycling. They are often the bridge between recreational and competitive cycling. Rather than competing against other riders in a mass-start event, a time trial is you vs the course. No pack riding, much simpler tactics. But one point of contention for many riders is the turn around, a common technical...   Read More...

No, this isn’t a surfing article. Although at the very heart of it there are a lot more similarities between the driving forces of the emotions enjoyed while surfing and cycling than one would expect if limited to the simple visual differences between a surf board/ocean and a bicycle/country road. This is an attempt to explain why I find fixed gear...   Read More...

Climbing is the nemesis of many a cyclist. As much as we love watching riders float up the switchbacks of L’Alpe D’Huez in July, many cyclists loathe hills during their own training and events. While it could be argued that Watts per Kilograms is the essential key to climbing prowess, there are other details that help the weaker climbers keep up and...   Read More...

First of all, just because Doug has years of experience as a competitive athlete and tons of knowledge about training & nutrition doesn't necessarily mean that he's the ONLY one in the club with valuable and practical knowledge to share to the masses.  At some point, we may even even exhaust his seemingly endless plethora of wisdom...   Read More...