Your bike cleat position can be quite important Last year I had a cycling related injury, basically pain around the kneecap of my right leg. I tried the doctor, I tried acupuncture I tried physio and eventually went to a sports practitioner. After a distinct lack of success I tried changing the cleat positioning on [...]
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Cycling Apps That Make You Ride Harder
Some cycling apps can improve your performance I’ve talked about Strava before, it’s a great cycling app and one that I use frequently. Currently I’m keeping track of one particular once or twice a week. It’s done on a group ride, so don’t seem much point in looking at any of the segments that we [...]
How To Stay Cycling at 57. Tips From a Senior Cycling Champion
You don’t need to be young to be a world cycling champion (Click To Tweet) Ned Overend is one serious cyclist. He’s a world-class athlete who has won world class cycling events, including Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb in 2011. He is also the current World Masters Cyclocross Champion. Ned doesn’t take any prisoners. However Ned Overend [...]
Do Sports Drinks Improve Your Cycling?
Or are sports drinks just a fad? I’ve always wondered whether sports drinks are an unnecessary fad offering little in the way of real benefit, or whether they are a genuine way to improve your performance on the bike. I have no doubt that manufacturers will happily manufacture a product that is basically worthless, as [...]
How to Teach Your Children to Ride a Bike
Here’s the right way to teach cycling to your children Many of us older cyclists have young children, including me. And it’s highly likely that the kids will love to ride just as much as dad or mum love to ride. My kids have learnt to rid now, I’ve already taught them the basics of [...]
Winter Cycling. How To Stay Warm On The Bike
Winter is coming where I live – winter cycling isn’t fun I hate winter, it’s cold, dreary, miserable and rainy. But the cold is the worst. I get really cold cycling in the winter. We’ve even had days when the water in our water bottles has frozen. I suffer from cold hands and cold feet [...]
