Make Maintenance Convenient and Easy

Mountain Bike Tips Make Maintenance Convenient and Easy Wet. That's what a lot of my riding seems to be lately. Winter's last gasp (hopefully) means the tail end of melting snow and but now we're moving into early spring rain. And that translates into lots of crapola on the bike, from salt spray to road grime to just plain old water thrown up by my tires. You're probably smarter than me and do this sort of thing already, but I've been congratulating myself on the set-up I've created as a result of all this filth on my bike that I carry home every day. What I did was put a plastic milk crate right where I park my bike, and filled it with...

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How to Ride Over a Log

Mountain bike How to Ride Over a Log It’s common to come across fallen trees and other obstacles while mountain biking. Instead of riding around a log the next time you’re out on the trail, try to ride over it! First, look for the smallest part of the log to cross. Many times you’ll come across a log that has a cutout, as shown here. If this is the case, aim your front tire directly at the opening. The ApproachAs you approach the log, slow your speed. Stand up slightly over your saddle with your knees flexed. Time your pedal stroke so that your dominant foot is forward as you may need to continue pedaling to propel yourself over the...

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Spinners Are Winners

Spinners are winners? Well, that is part of it. Yes, its true, spinners are winners. Look at Lance Armstrong, his cadence in the last couple of Tour De France races looked to be over 110 RPM's at times. In the mountain stages, and in the TT's he was not only flying down (and up) the road, but he was flying his pedals around like the wind too. But is that all you need to win races, a high cadence? Well, yes that is part of it - the easy part of it. The ability to spin smoothly and effectively is key to an efficient pedal stroke, and it does require deliberate training workouts to develop leg speed. Leg speed helps to conserve energy and power for those critical defining racing moments...

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How To Train With Less Cycling Muscle Soreness

Muscle soreness is an unavoidable side effect of endurance training. The only way to avoid post-exercise muscle soreness completely is to avoid exercise. However, there are several things you can do to minimize muscle soreness caused mainly by damage to muscle proteins without sacrificing fitness. Some obvious ones include warming up and cooling down properly and building up your training workload very gradually. Less known and less widely practiced are some nutritional means of minimizing post-exercise muscle soreness that are based on cutting-edge sports science research. By consuming the right balance of nutrients before, during, and immediately following workouts, this research ...

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Making Bike Commuting Work for You.

Making Bike Commuting Work for You Save your money and your condition. Cycling to work is the key. In fact, anyone can do it, "said Steve Cook, director of sending and receiving of Superga Chandler bike shop. It would be really good condition. Be realistic about the bike 30 miles, but if someone can take a leisurely stroll through the 10 walk miles at a steady pace, you can safely bike to work. Cooke. That many u201CA%, bus and bicycle to withdraw the people some of the coaches and the rest of the bike u201D% Jones said he hoped that people try to see how easy and fun to drive as possible. John Cherry, and key sales staff at Flagstaff Absolute% u2019s Circle, said that one of the first things to consider is the length of the route. A short drive through the city, a few couples, backpacks,...

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Finish strong into the next century

Finish strong into the next century At 100 miles a long way to go, no matter who you are. Of course it is an attractive racing age, those who do not. But at the same time we also have a challenge, not really want to be absolutely terrifying. We do not want one of the last 20 km Bonk. Top exhausted, but solid. Here are some tips on how to do it. Education, the most important thing you do to prevent bonking can do is a possibility, a long-distance education, age, build duration of the trip. Start your week trip 1915-1918 week before the next century. His first long-distance travel for several kilometers along the longest distance ...

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Learn to Love These Pain Free Bicycle Maintenance Intervals

Learn to Love These Pain Free Bicycle Maintenance Intervals Unlike in your four-wheeler, there ain’t no fancy dashboard light to indicate that your bike needs service. What’s more, there are no hard-and-fast rules, either. Bicycle maintenance intervals depend on how much you ride, the conditions in which you ride (dry, wet, dusty, sandy, paved, unpaved, etc.), how hard you ride, and probably several other factors that haven’t been discovered. So, for the sake of setting some kind of parameters, lets assume you ride on the order of six to eight hours a week in generally dry conditions and that your cycling talent falls midway between Lance Armstrong and Leonardo DiCaprio...

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Alma guide you compulsively wash your bike.

Alma guide you compulsively wash your bike. It is said that a clean machine does not do the job better. This logic does not apply for a bicycle. Transfer does not behind labels and cases, as it is to hide, but are open to fluctuations in the environment and roads. must be clean and lubricated for life and long u2014% efficiency of the bicycle is a clean fast bike. Bicycle chains Start in the most moving of the chain. You do not have the luxury-brand detergent, parks or developments. Studies, but the chain are not in use to clean properly. There is only one disadvantage of this solution, when the chain Shimano or Campagnolo, by chain Wippermann Sachs or replaced easier. These chains are easily removable master link, to remove the entire chain easily without too much difficulty allowed....

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Heart Rate Training Basics

Heart Rate Training Basics Q: What is heart rate? A: Heart rate is the number of heart beats per minute; the times per minute that the heart contracts. Q: What is average heart rate? A: The average of heart rates measured during an exercise period. Q: What is recovery heart rate? A: This is the heart rate that our body will decrease to after an exercise session. For example, you exercise for a 1/2 hour at 155. Two minutes after you stop exercising, your heart rate decreases to 95. The 95 would be your recovery heart rate. It is used to evaluate your fitness level after exercise. It is good to set a two minute time frame and see how many beats you recover in that time frame. Compare this recover heart rate between exercise sessions. Q: What is resting heart rate? A: Resting heart rate (Resting...

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Becoming a Competitive Cyclist and Racing to Win

Becoming a Competitive Cyclist and Racing to WinIt seems that many current articles on bike training focus on the physical side of the sport. Riders of all levels are seeking that magic collection of workouts that will make them a fitter and stronger bike racer. This is both understandable and necessary, as being fit enough to compete in your category requires a solid training program tailored to your goals and abilities in order to improve your weaknesses. Although it is very important to work on the physical side of the sport, I maintain that the mental side of the sport is equally critical; unfortunately, most riders work on this issue much...

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How To Manage Your Weight with a Polar Heart Rate Monitor

How To Manage Your Weight with a Polar Heart Rate Monitor The following article addresses how to create an appropriate plan of action to capitalize on the relationship between heart rate and calorie burning for weight management. The central focus will be to optimize your time spent on physical activities through the use of a heart rate monitor. As Tom Venuto, author of Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle says, "The law of calorie balance is an unbreakable law of physics: Energy in versus energy out dictates whether you will gain, lose or maintain your weight." All physical activity will burn calories. By definition, a calorie (more accurately, a kilocalorie) is the amount of heat required to raise 1 kg of water 1 degree Celsius. Phil Kaplan, one of the world's most in demand fitness professionals...

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How to Buy a Used Mountain Bike

Mountain Bike How to Buy a Used Mountain Bike Assemble a list of used mountain bikes from specialty outlets like local bike shops and websites like BikeBuying.com. Then, add bikes that you find on generic sales outlets such as Craigslist so you end up with a list of 10 to 15 bikes that fit your budget and size. Make a list of questions to ask each bike seller. Ask how many miles are on the bike, what replacement parts have been added, if the bike has ever been damaged, what surfaces the bike was ridden on and why the seller is parting with the bike. Make a list of critical parts to check, including the crankshaft, wheels, gear lines, brakes, frame and wheel cassette. Ride the bike before purchasing. Take the bike on different surfaces and listen for noises. Change the gears and test the...

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Why Is It Important to Monitor Your Heart Rate When you Exercise

Why Is It Important to Monitor Your Heart Rate When You ExerciseYour heart rate is a convenient, reliable, personal indicator of the intensity of your exercise. It’s good to know the intensity of your exercise so you can vary it depending on your fitness level and the goals you want to achieve by exercising. Heart rate monitoring brings following benefits to all levels of users. Exercise BeginnerTeaches you about your body’s reaction to exercise Keeps you from starting out too hard (as beginners are often tempted) Helps you control the intensity of your exercise routine Provides feedback on your improvement Regular exerciserHelps you control the intensity of your exercise routine Provides feedback on your improvement Helps you control the intensity of your exercise program under different...

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Fixed Gear Bike Riding Tips

Fixed Gear Fixed Gear Bike Riding Tips A fixed gear bicycle (also called a "fixie" or a "track bike") is a single-speed machine with a fixed drive train, meaning the pedals spin at the same rate as the rear wheel. It is impossible to coast on a fixed gear bike, leading to a different style of riding from traditional free wheel-equipped bikes. Riding a fixed gear bike develops leg strength, pedaling technique and overall riding efficiency as the rider pedals through all kinds of terrain.Gear SelectionChoose a gear that suits the terrain. For hilly routes, select a gear easy enough to get up a hill, but heavy enough that you can safely pedal down...

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10 Tips for Fixed Gear Road Riding

Fixed Gear 10 Tips for Fixed Gear Road Riding I have been riding a fixed gear everyday to work now (30kms) for over 7 months and i just wanted to share some of the things i have learnt along the way that have made my riding more enjoyable and most importantly SAFER. Some of this stuff is stating the obvious to experienced riders so please forgive me if it sounds condescending , it's not meant to. 10 Fixed Gear Tips 1. If you are riding regulary i strongly recommend running an emergency front brake. I know it doesn't look as cool as brakeless but its much better looking than staring at a hospital ceiling. (You can take the brake off when...

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Fixed Gear Tips and techniques

Fixed Gear Fixed Gear Tips and techniques Riding a fixed gear can be sane, safe and fun. but it is quite unlike any experience you've ever had before.   Here's some tips to a safe ride, and how to go about it...   Getting started: First find your dominant foot. Most riders even on geared or regular bikes, have a foot they start with on the ground and one they have on the pedals first. It is usually a habit. For me, I start with my right foot in the pedal and the left on the ground. Perhaps, coincidentally, I am also left handed.   When riding a fixed gear this is particularly important, because as you come to a stop you will have...

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