When it comes to hydration in cycling you have several options, unfortunately most of us aren’t afforded the luxury of team cars and a domestique to pass our liquid treasure to us during our rides. Here, we’ve outlined a few of the  more popular options that those of us without contracts have for storing liquids [...]

More so than any other single component, the tires you put on a mountain bike can affect the ride, handling, and grip on the trail. Therefore choosing the right tire (or combination of tires) for your bike is important to getting everything out of your bike that you can and feeling confident on the trail. [...]

As the weather starts to cool off and the sun rises later and sets earlier there will be quite a few of us who will need to do our bike training indoors.  Stationary trainers offer a very structured and safe environment and by doing a structured workout on them, they can offer a truly butt [...]

Summer swim training on a competitive club team in the Midwest meant a few things. First, swim practices moved from a dank, stifling indoor pool to the outdoors with fresh air and sunshine. Second, the lanes switched from 25 yards to 50 meters for both training and racing. And third, the collegiate swimmers returned to [...]

When you are riding any bike the single most important piece of safety equipment besides your brain is your brakes. A helmet would probably come in third. If you are descending a steep hill and you have a hairpin turn and your brakes don’t work then you are in for a world of hurt. Many [...]

Well, here it goes! Great ‘Aero’ Head. No it isn’t about the high altitude club that we often hear of but never meet anyone who has really joined. It is however, about the highly present and often misunderstood aero helmet. The title of this article may offend and if my editors deem it inappropriate, they [...]

$5,$50,$100, $200, $300, whatever your price range for a pair of sunglasses we can all agree on the importance of protecting a couple of our most important pieces of equipment. I am not here to write about how one price range is better than the other, I am simply writing this to let you [...]