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Technique

Learn from Navy Seals – Compared to them, anything in cycling or triathlon is easy!

22 September 2010

“The only easy day was yesterday.” – Displayed at the Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. This statement gives a glimpse of the rigors of Navy Seal training, considered the toughest military training in the world. Active.com Triathlon featured an article on a couple of Navy Seals, SO1 David Goggins and CDR Keith Davids, Commanding Officer SEAL [...]

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Look twice

17 September 2010

When riding the tandem on the 6:00 morning ride we discuss tons of techniques to deal with urban riding. One of the jobs of the stoker is to watch out for cars and to alert me when it is safe to change lanes. Since Cynthia is relatively new to riding on a tandem she is [...]

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Fenders aren’t for Freds!

21 March 2010

Fall is upon us in San Antonio and the first cold front is creeping down from the North. This means our drought is going to end soon. The requirements of our bicycles to adapt to rainy conditions (or be relegated to the garage) is upon us. I am as spoiled as the next person who [...]

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Tacx Bushido Video Demo – A wireless Ergometer that rocks.

30 November 2009

The Tacx Bushido is their wireless trainer. Here is an HD demo of the device. I will be adding more info on this awesome trainer. Luxembourg brothers Fränk and Andy Schleck use it to train. If it is good enough for them, it is probably good enough for you!

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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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Oregon pondering rolling stops for bikes

18 March 2009

I have always been a proponent of carefully rolling through stop signs after checking for oncoming traffic. This has been followed with a “statement of civil disobedience” because I felt that bicycles are fundamentally different than cars when it comes to intersections. When combining the facts that cyclists approach intersections more slowly, have better ability [...]

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What does Rush Limbaugh have to say about bicycling? Lots!

15 March 2009

I saw a fascinating article on the Houston Examiner Blog, by Adam Voiland who is a DC Transportation Examiner. I am reprinting the story below as it is just too good! Here is the original story. By the way, I am composing an open letter to ElRushBo to outline my concern that someone this influential [...]

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Responsiblity in Cycling

13 October 2008

I use Google Alerts to keep abreast of blogs about cycling and got a tremendous link in my inbox this morning. The blog Bicycle Driving has a paper on The Dilemmas of Bicycle Planning which states our problems very well. If cycling is “The Fountain of Youth” as I maintain, we have to learn how [...]

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I am a lane splitter- I split lanes

7 October 2008

There are many things in life that are imperfect and riding a bike on city streets is imperfect at best. I still like urban riding as well as riding in the country as there are many exciting and stimulating things that remind me that this is a real sport with real rewards and consequences. I [...]

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