Sunday, November 28, 2010

How to Cycle a New Location

Loving The Bike just posted a great article on "How to Cycle a New Location." In it, Darryl provides great information on how to find the best road biking routes in a town you've never been to before.


Click here to get the scoop!

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

How to Clean a Water Bottle

While cleaning a water bottle may seem like a simple task, there's a distinct technique to how one goes about it.

Read this article from Loving the Bike for more info!

How To Fit a Pair of Road Cycling Shoes

If you need to know how to properly fit a pair of road cycling shoes, Victor from Bicycle Lab tells you how to go about it:

Monday, November 22, 2010

How To Train Over the Winter

In this post, Darryl from Loving the Bike shows us how he trains over the winter when it's too cold and snowy to get outside on the road bike. Darryl sets up his bicycle indoors on a personal trainer, and then utilizes several different videos to help focus his spinning.

Click here to read the article and get the low-down!

Cycling Nutrition: The Bonk

Bonking... it has happened to the best of us. According to this article, "'Bonking' is what cyclists call hypoglycemia which is the medical term for abnormally low levels of blood glucose."

So how do you avoid bonking, and what do you do when you bonk? Read this article for all the details!

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Winter Bike Maintenance and Preparation

Winter is upon us, so be sure you are ready to keep pedaling straight through the coldest of seasons!  This article will give you an excellent of how to maintain your bike in snowy, wet conditions as well as some of the accessories that prove vital to your cycling success.

Bicycle Maintenance in the Winter

Click here to read all about it!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

How to Convert Bicycle Tires Into Studded Snow Tires

From the source: "To deal with that pesky ice and snow on your bike, you'll need traction. If your wallet is tight, then it's time for some real "MacGyver" style craftiness."

This article includes 3 different methods of doing your own studded tire modification.




Click here to learn how to do it!