Found this peach of a graph the other day and though it did a great job of showing what muscles are being used, and when they are in action within each pedal stoke. There is a premium on the thigh muscles, particularly the quadraceps, the muscles on the tops...
I bike to work almost every day and for the most part enjoy ever ride. There are a few days, like the -25 degree snow days, that I wish I had a warm car with leather seats and a nice 22′s rolling on the side, but those dreams soon...
USA Cycling earlier today announced that in response to a request from the UCI (The International Cycling Union) that radios be banned in all national calendar races, the USCF Board of Trustees have met and decided to amend the rule regarding the use of race radios in all USA...
I know it’s been a while since I have posted something (thanks for reminding me Bird), but I have been damn busy over the holidays. To keep all you avid TripleC readers satisfied here are some vids. This one is from some footage I took on New Years Ski trip...
Sorry for the sparse posts. I spent a bit of last week and Halloween weekend out in Halifax dressed up as Siegfried (From Siegfried and Roy) and returned just in time for my class at MRC on Tuesday. I have been kept busy with work at EG, looking for...
Since fall, and soon winter, has started to rear its ugly face I got to dream up ways to stay fit while the temperature dips below my comfort zone. I have been thinking about hitting the leg weights and did a little research about the effects and advantages of...
During my cycling career, if i can call it a career, I have and the misfortune of crashing more than a few times. I think its part of the sport and if you have to deal with the risks that come along with it. Legs, wrists, cheek bones, arms,...
For some reason i have been seeing a lot of short cycling videos online the past few week and thought I would post a few of them here. Most of them have to do with the fixie bike scene in but they have some wicked cool editing. And if...
Spent the last few days putting in some big miles on the bike. Since I have been back in Calgary I think I have biked more than I managed to all summer out in Halifax…. its been nice. So with nice new jersey tan lines and a some solid...
Its hard to do, if your photographing a road race you have to find the right position, have the right camera, and take the picture at just the right second as they fly by. If you miss it your pretty much out of luck unless you can get ahead...
Just because I am working (or supposed to be) while all the action is happening in the Tour de France, and I don’t have a TV at home, doesn’t mean that I have to miss all the action. I did a little search on the ‘interweb’ and found out...
On my google homepage (iGoogle) I have a link that searches google news feeds and gives me the most popular cycling articles at that moment. It a cool thing to have, and it keeps me up to date with what’s happening in the cycling world. Now that summer is...
Here is part II of the Cervelo videos. This deals more with the technology and wind tunnel testing. I have never seen a wind tunnel but it would be a blast to see everything that goes on in there. Aerodynamics is so important in cycling these days I can...
Every now and again I check out this pages web stats; I can see how people are finding this page, what pages they are coming from, what they are searching on Google to get here, where they are going after they view this web page and lot more. And...
Looking for a mid week punishing ride? There is one in Calgary for you… its called the Cabin ride, also known as the Wednesday night Jam. Its a no holds, give’r all, fast ride with no sympathy for sissy riders… and its heaps of fun. I started heading out...
Another great post from cyclingtipsblog.com Check out the intense helmet cam race wade went to. I wish we got that turn out at the races here in Canada. I got myself a new MinoFLIP HD the other day and might have to give the whole helmet cam thing a try....
My race was a waste of $65. It was a three stage even. Fist stage was a hill climb just outside of Halifax. Blomidion National Park or something…. It was a nasty little climb hitting well over %15 in a few sections, but the total climbing distance was only about 2kms. The start...
Professional cycling is in a heated struggle among its governing body, its teams and the companies that manufacture expensive equipment over what is a legal racing bike. The International Cycling Union abruptly alerted teams at the start of this season that it intends to clarify and reinterpret its often...
There are a few things that newbs need to know about cycling. It’s very easy to spot a new cyclist if you try, there are a lot of signs. Some are very obvious and some are a little harder to spot. I am not saying that I am perfect,...
The German cycling federation announced Stefan Schumacher was among those caught. No surprise, because he tested positive for CERA in samples taken during the Tour de France, when he won two time trial stages. How was he even allowed to race? Croation 800-meter runner Vanja Persic also is on...