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Types of Bicycle Handlebars
A variety of bicycle handlebar designs is available, each created to accommodate different riding conditions. Some types of handlebars provide better steering control and power, while others offer multiple grip positions that can help to reduce hand and arm fatigue on longer touring rides.
How to Change Wheel Skewers on Bicycle?
The skewer is the axle on bicycles with quick-release wheels. As your bicycle gets older, your skewers may become worn or damaged and need replacing, or you might want to upgrade to a better set of skewers.
How to Fix a Clicking Chain on a Road Bike?
When a road bike is properly set up and maintained, it should be relatively free of squeaks, creaks and clicking noises. Most bike owners, however, will have to diagnose an unusual noise at some point.
How to Determine How Many Speeds Are on a Bike?
Figuring out how many speeds a bike has is one of the easier tasks you have to do if you’re fixing up an old frame. Even if the shifter is missing or worn, counting the speeds on a bike just takes a bit of multiplication.
How to Adjust the Hydraulic Disc Brakes on a Mountain Bike?
There are many advantages to hydraulic disc brakes on a bicycle. Unlike rim brakes, discs have tremendous stopping power in mud, rain and snow, and they can also be used with any tire width. They are available in mechanical and hydraulic.
Simple Bike Maintenance Tips: How to Wrap Handlebars
Not only does new bar tape allow you to keep control of your bike when your hands get sweaty, it just looks pro. Fresh and clean bar tape even makes an older bike look new. Here's how to wrap your bars in a few easy steps.
How to Adjust a Rear Derailleur and Index Your Gears?
There's little more annoying when cycling than clicking or jumping gears, so our video and step-by-step guide will help you adjust your rear derailleur and index your bike's gears.
What Mountain Bike Frame Size Should I Ride?
Bikes can definitely be the wrong size. You need out get one the fits you properly. The thing is, you can’t reliably go off the nominal frame size any more.
How to Measure a Stem?
The actual length of the stem from the center of the steering bore to the center of the handlebar clamp. The effective length of the stem measured from the centerpoint of the steering bore to the center of the handlebar clamp without accounting for rise.
Bike Sizing Guides
Choosing the bike size depends on the type of bike, your height, your riding style, and your preference. A correct fitting bike will be more comfortable, more efficient and more fun to ride. This bike size guide gives our customers general advice on choosing the right size.
How to Remove and Install a Crank?
This article will assist in identifying the crank system found on your bike, and direct you to the article that outlines the full process of removal and installation.
How to Clean a Rusty Bike Chain?
If your bike has been sitting outside for a while, or if you live in a wet climate, chances are that at some point you’ll end up with a rusty bike chain. Rust on your chain is no good–it creates additional friction, places wear on your other drivetrain components, and makes the chain more susceptible to breakage.
Why Does My Bicycle Chain Keep Clicking?
The chain is the primary power transmitter between your legs and the wheels, and without it you’re essentially helpless.
No wonder, then, that so many bicycle maintenance issues come down to chain integrity.
How to Select Road Bike Tires?
Your tires (should be) the only contact between you and the road while you are riding your bike, so the type of tire you choose is super important. From tire width, to tread, and the rubber compound, the tires you choose to ride make a huge difference on how much traction you have while you’re riding and how fast you can go.
How to Jump Your Bike?
Welcome and welcome back fellow readers for yet another Hip Hop (hopefully not Hip Op) inspired skills session. Join us in avoiding the ‘house of pain’ as we Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! (Everybody jump)... Yep, you guessed correctly, it’s a jump fest as we spring into summer, so let’s get to it.
How to Stop Hamstring Pain when Cycling?
Strong hamstrings will help you keep a strong pedal stroke throughout your ride and reduce the risk of injury.
How to Cycle Faster and Increase Your Average Speed?
It’s a natural urge as soon as you start pedalling a bike to wonder how fast you are going. A simple bike computer will allow you to see your max, current and average speed for each ride.
4 Balance Exercises to Improve Your Bike Handling
Cycling requires good balance. This is a skill that can be developed like any other, but it requires suitable training along with good reaction time, coordination, agility, power, and speed.
5 Essential Cycling Skills You Need to Know
These five essential cycling skills help you get faster and be safer out on the road.
3 Breathing Techniques You Should Learn for Cycling
Studies featuring cyclists, rowers and runners show that small but significant improvements are possible.
How to Descend on a Road Bike?
If you start slow, build your confidence with your skills and follow the tips below, you’ll be looking forward to descents in no time!
Paceline Tips for Riding
Pacelines are not relaxing – they require greater attentiveness and a mental shift from solo to group riding concerns.
Go Fast Stop Fast – Learn to Use Your Brakes
Braking, like gear use, is a cycling skill and riders that have mastered gear use and braking, ride more effectively than ones who have not. Good use of brakes will see you ride further for less effort, and minimise the chances of you coming off the bike.
6 Ways to Descend Like a Professional Cyclist
Descents are free speed. You spend almost every second of a bike ride pedaling and working to move forward, but the descents are your reward and your opportunity to make up time.
3 Drills to Improve Your Balance on The Bike
Feeling balanced and safe on your bike is important whether you are a seasoned veteran or new to cycling.
5 Cycling Tips for Descending
Descending is one of the biggest thrills in cycling, it’s free speed, having expended a lot of energy to gain the top of a hill you can then ease off the pedals and cruise your way to the bottom.
Brush Up on Your Bike-Braking Skills
One of the most important skills to learn in cycling in how to brake effectively and safely on steep downhills.
How to Improve Bike Handing on a Road Bike?
Better bike handling on a road bike helps you avoid crashes, move through the peloton and corner like a pro!
Tips For Better Shifting
Mountain bike drivetrains have evolved over the years, with simplicity taking the reins and leading to better performance.
7 Skills To Controlling Your Bike With Confidence
Knowing how to ride a bike is one thing, but having the ability to comfortably and safely share the road with other cyclists requires another level of skill.
11 Tips for Better Cornering — Get Round Bends Faster
Fine-tuning your cornering skills will make you faster and safer. Here are our tips for getting it right.
Handling Technique: How to Corner on Your Road Bike?
Whether you’re tackling repeated switchbacks on long and sweeping European descents, or more rugged and occasionally gravel strewn bends in the UK, you need to know how to corner a bike.
Why Cycling is Good for Your Mental Health?
Whatever the reason for your cycling, one thing’s for sure – your two-wheeled habit can be as good for your mental health as it is for your body.
How to Upgrade Your Riding Routes?
Know the feeling? It could be on a blistering hot sunny day in the fields, a snowy epic over the hills, or on a dawn blast around deserted city streets.
How to Adjust Your Shifters Step by Step?
There are two things to do before you start adjusting your shifter. Adjusting it without checking these two important aspects could be a waste of your time.
Why You’re Not Getting Faster Anymore, and How to Fix It?
Keep in mind that it is likely your progress has stagnated, or let’s say ‘leveled off’ to be more positive about it, for a combination of reasons rather than one glaring problem.
Group Riding Pro Tips for Better Training
Group riding brings many benefits to your cycling. You cycle further for less effort, experience camaraderie, learn from others, and there is a particular skill set to riding in a large training peloton to master.
6 Road Bike Racing and Training Tips
Tips for getting into racing, training and loving what you do from professional road cyclist.
5 Things Cyclists Shouldn’t Do During Long Rides and Events
Longer endurance cycling events, including gravel races, ultraendurance or marathon mountain bike races, and gran fondos are the most popular forms of competitive cycling in the United States.
4 Cycling Secrets to Lose Belly Fat
Exercising routinely and not seeing the weight-loss results you’re looking for can be frustrating.
7 Free Ways to Make Your Bike Faster
If you’re looking for ways to make your bike just a little bit faster without shelling out any money, we’ve got a few ideas.
What’s the Best Recovery Time After an Epic Ride?
When you finish a big ride or race, you usually feel more motivated to keep the thrill of that big ride alive.
6 Stretches Every Cyclist Should Do
While cycling is a great low-impact activity, it’s also extremely repetitive and can often lead to limited range of motion.
5 Fixes for Cycling-Related Lower Back Pain
One of the most common complaints of cyclists on the bike is pain or stiffness in the lower back due to the unnatural, hunched over, forward position.
5 Good Cycling Goals Beyond Racing
When we think of cycling goals, most people center on what they want to accomplish around a big event or race.
How Cross-training Can Help Reach Your Cycling Goals?
The key basis of any training plan is the time you spend on the bike.
6 Common Cycling Mistakes to Avoid
When first starting in cycling, it is easy to make mistakes.
Crisis Management for Long Gravel Races
Long cycling races – whether gravel, road, or mountain biking – have a lot of Murphy’s Law moments, so we need to talk about crisis management, or what to do when things go wrong.
The Best Habits for Athletes Over 40
Life is less forgiving after 40. It’s a myth you can’t gain fitness, lose weight, change careers, or change yourself past a certain age.
Cycling for Fitness: Essential Cycling Training Sessions
Cover off at least one of each of these rides per week and you'll be on the quickest possible route to fitness.
Seven Ways to Become a Fitter, Better Cyclist
Some are fitness based, some are fun based, some technique based. These aren’t set goals. They are tips and ideas to help you become a better, fitter and stronger cyclist.
How to Improve Bike Handling on a Road Bike?
Better bike handling on a road bike helps you avoid crashes, move through the peloton and corner like a pro! And, the only way to get better is by practicing.
How to Approach a Long Climb on a Road Bike?
When it comes to road bike riding, climbing better and faster is at the top of every cyclist’s list.
How to Attack Corners Faster on a Road Bike?
Cornering skills play a critical role in road cycling, particularly in races.
How to Sprint on a Road Bike?
Now that you know basic road bike body position, how to shift, descend, corner and draft it’s time to increase the speed!
How to Draft on a Road Bike?
One of the biggest benefits of riding in a group versus riding alone is experiencing the benefit of drafting by effectively riding in a paceline.
Proper Body Position on a Road Bike
Riding with a balanced and relaxed body position may seem like a basic skill for a road cyclist, but it is something that even experienced riders struggle with and can cause frustration for beginner roadies.
5 Ways to Get Into Mountain Biking
Getting into mountain biking could be the best thing you ever do.
How to Be Safe on The Bike?
Ready to take to your bike to the streets and start road cycling or commuting?
How to Choose The Right Saddle?
One of the most important things you can do to ride more comfortably is find a saddle that is right for you.
How to Set Up Mountain Bike Suspension?
Improper suspension setup is one of the main reasons riders experience a poor ride on their mountain bike.
How to Set Up Your Bike for Indoor Training?
Whether you’re avoiding the weather, avoiding people, want a quick workout or the perfect sweat-inducing addition to your training plan, getting a cycling trainer and riding your bike indoors is a great investment.
How to Develop A Winning Sprint on A Road Bike?
The race has come down to the final kilometers, you look to your left and then to your right.
How to Plan A Bike Packing Route?
Planning a bike packing trip is a lot like planning a backpacking trip for two.
How to Become a More Earth-friendly Cyclist?
Have you ever been out on your favorite route, the majestic mountains in view or the pristine beach just out of sight only to see trash littered along the road or trail?
How to Develop A Winning Sprint on A Road Bike?
So, you set yourself up for success this year with thoughtful reflection, wrote down some big goals, and started the process by setting up smaller process goals to help you get there.
How to Stay Healthy While Training Hard?
When your career depends on your body functioning like a well-tuned race car, you better be motivated to figure out WHY it’s not working the way it needs to and HOW to fix it.
How to Keep Fun First During Races and Rides?
If you’ve entered a race or even ridden with friends, chances are you’ve felt the pressure to compete or perform at a high level.
How to Adjust a Dropper Post?
Everyone loves dropper seat posts on their mountain bikes, but no one loves when they are not working properly.
Top 5 Bike Maintenance Tips
Just like the rest of your bike, your suspension requires maintenance. It’s important to keep up with this maintenance to ensure your bike parts work like they should and last a long time.
How to Repair a Broken Bike Chain?
Getting stranded on the side of the road or miles down a trail is never fun.
How to Replace Handlebar Tape on a Road Bike?
Changing your handlebar width? Getting some new brake levers or making a significant adjustment to your setup?
Types of Bicycle Handlebars
A variety of bicycle handlebar designs is available, each created to accommodate different riding conditions.
How to Select Mountain Bike Tires?
When it comes to riding off road, your tires play a huge role in performance.
Train The Brain to Improve Performance on The Bike
We spend a lot of time thinking about strength, power, and the mechanics of cycling. This week we cover another important aspect of cycling performance – the brain.
Get Ready For Your First Ultra-Endurance Race
The open road stretches out in front of you. Its winding path is set to take you on an adventure that you will remember for a lifetime.
Cycling Can Keep Your Mind Sharp As Your Age
New research shows that regular physical activity like cycling can help you stay cognitively sharp and improve your memory.
Back in the Saddle – Check Your Bike and Gear
A fresh new cycling season is upon us and many are planning their first ride.
Back in the Saddle – Safety Tips
Every time a new cycling season comes, it’s worth doing a refresh sesh on some basic safety principles.
How Does Cycling Affect Your Hormones?
Hormones facilitate training and growth, contributing to sustainable endurance levels in athletes who train effectively.
Back in the Saddle – Connect with Your Community
You have your bike and gear ready, your first ride planned, and your snacks prepared but something still doesn’t feel right.
Which Role in a Cycling Team Would Suit You Best?
We all sometimes imagine what it would be like if we were part of the Tour peloton, riding the grandest stage of them all as part of an elite team, each with their specific tasks.
Back in the Saddle – What to Eat and Drink
Getting hungry or dehydrated because you underestimated fuelling can make your first ride of the season quite unpleasant.
Get a Grip to Improve Your Cycling Skills
When you are looking for ways to improve your cycling, you are probably thinking about stronger legs, lungs and heart but not a stronger grip.
Intermittent Fasting for Cyclists – Tips for Success
Intermittent fasting promises to help you lose weight and improve your health and cycling performance, if you do it right.
Intermittent Fasting for Cyclists – Effects on Performance
Are you considering intermittent fasting as a way to improve your cycling performance?
Intermittent Fasting for Cyclists – Health Benefits
Intermittent fasting is all about limiting the time window in which you eat and extending periods when you abstain from food.
Intermittent Fasting for Cyclists – Health Benefits
Intermittent fasting is all about limiting the time window in which you eat and extending periods when you abstain from food.
Spring & Summer Cycling Snacks
If you dared to venture outdoors for your bike rides over winter, you’ll have likely avoided snacks altogether.
Cycling Can Keep Your Mind Sharp As Your Age
New research shows that regular physical activity like cycling can help you stay cognitively sharp and improve your memory.
How to Make a Single Speed Easier to Pedal?
Bike enthusiasts abandoned single speed bicycles for the multi-gear variety many years ago.
How to Adjust Your Road Bike Seat?
The seat, or saddle, position on a road bike is an important factor for a comfortable ride.
What Bicycle Frame Size Do I Need?
Choosing the correct bicycle frame size can make or break your cycling experience.
How to Fix a Slipping Chain on a Mountain Bike?
Nothing can ruin a mountain bike ride quicker than an equipment malfunction.
How to Convert a Bike to Coaster Brakes?
Converting a bike to have coaster brakes requires knowledge about the different parts of a bike and how they work with each other.
How to Remove the Rear Sprocket Off a Bike?
Normal wear and tear on a bike will eventually require replacement of the sprockets.
How to Measure Mountain Bike Frame Sizes?
There are many factors to consider when purchasing a mountain bike, and getting the right size is the most important.
Three Things to Check to Ensure Your Bike is Safe to Ride
Remember to utilise this checklist before each ride to improve your safety measures.
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