Speedskaters make really good cyclists
Andrew Love over at Zen and the Art of Speedskating had an interesting post about why speedskaters that cross over to cycling either for off season training or for good tend to make excellent cyclists, but the converse of that scenario is often not the case. Some of the many reasons he lists are that [...]
CCN: Blows other cycling apparel manufacturers away
I rode with Pinnacle Racing(a local Atlanta club) this past season and they went with an up-and-coming custom apparel manufacturer: Danger Racing/CCN Sports. The quality of the apparel is excellent and the prices are unbeatable. They have no minimum order and they will take your own design or design them for you. They can make [...]
Excellent showing for the US 10K and US 100K
Well, its been quite a while since I posted. I guess I just got bored with it for a bit. The past Labor Day weekend was the US 10k and US 100k Sponsored by Publix and G.(Does anyone thing that new name for Gatorade is stupid/precocious besides me?) This one of the largest events in [...]
New Tour de France route… but this time its on skates!
I may not be a competitive inline speedskater anymore, but I still have friends in the sport and occasionally visit them at local meets. So, this type of thing is something I find very cool especially because it has more correlation with cycling. If you’ve ever been an inline speedskater and a cyclist, you’d know [...]
Check out more girls with these new glasses!
Nike has an interesting pair of sunglasses on the drawing board called “Hindsight.” The glasses use a Fresnel lens design to extend a cyclists peripheral vision back a few more degrees to supposedly help with spotting obstacles that may be coming at them from the side that you would not normally see. Lets face it, [...]
Would you get custom cycling shoes?
If you’ve been reading this blog since it’s inception(not very long ago admittedly), you’ll know that I’m also a speedskater. With that being said I have an interesting view of both sports and how they can complement and where they are opposites. One such place where the 2 sports seem to complement each other are [...]
French study finds Aero position more efficient.. and less efficient, WUH
Well, since it was a French article, the oxymoronic finding is to be expected allowed. The study was published in the European journal of applied physiology. In a nutshell, they found that you engage different muscle groups when in an aero tuck than when in the normal roadie position or when sitting straight up or [...]
XM’s new contribution for the cyclists
Well, it’s not exactly geared towards cyclists, but I wouldn’t mind having one for my rides. The big deets on this little device are still pretty shady, but you can supposedly record from up to 5 stations at once. It would most likely also be an Mp3 player. I think it’s perfect for cyclists. I know [...]
