From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Do you train in the rain or the dark?

25 September 2009

Now that fall is upon us I hear many people discussing their training options and the range is quite large! Some say they will ride outside even if it is dark or rainy. I call this the Belgian approach, because the weather over there is so wet and cold. Many others switch to spin bikes [...]

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Why does a triathlete need a road bike?

17 September 2009

Does a triathlete need a road bike? Well, of course not! You don’t “need” anything more than a bicycle to be a triathlete. If you are wanting to really improve your triathlon times, however, a good road bicycle is quite important. Taking the often used phrase I learned from an automobile racer, “The best you [...]

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Does your seatpost limit your saddle angle?

16 September 2009

The seatpost is a part of bicycles that gets lots of attention for style points. Some people like straight posts, others set back. Many carbon seatposts are on the market and some are incredibly light.
The function of the seatpost is to locate the saddle in the right place for your body. It is not rotating [...]

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What does your ankle have to do with saddle height?

14 September 2009

When I am helping people find their perfect position on the bicycle, saddle height is one of the many dimensions we discover in a BalancePoint™ session. While people consider the knee joint as the only significant articulation, the ankle is in fact an articulation as well. This makes a single joint movement a compound movement, [...]

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KGS Bikes Ezine published, starting year 2!

10 September 2009

Well, we start year two of the KGS Bikes Ezine. I still have tons of stuff to write about and we still get people subscribing, so like Martha Stewart says, “It’s a good thing!” I so appreciate your support and readership and will work hard to keep improving.
It is so easy and free to subscribe, [...]

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What is an easy day in training?

9 September 2009

There is a big difference in the way elite athletes train vs “weekend warriors.” The biggest difference I notice is the range of intensity. The pros “hard days” are incredible. Combined with lots of training volume, the amount of work performed in some of these harder workouts must be seen to be believed. On the [...]

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Advantages of a new frame vs a new bike

8 September 2009

Since the triathlon season is winding down soon, I am getting more calls from folks wanting advice on their tri bikes plus info on road bikes. Because of the recent boom in the bike business, many people have bicycles less than two years old and want to know what I recommend given the state of [...]

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