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An inside look at the 2003 Tour de France through the eyes of Lance Armstrong’s right-hand rider, Victor Hugo Peña–who also helped Armstrong ride to his unprecedented sixth victory in 2004. Peña served as Armstrong’s domestique, a crucial yet unsung position unique to cycling. The domestique handles a variety of tasks, but his most important is to ride ahead of the team leader, creating a wind tunnel that makes it aerodynamically easier for the “star” to continue pedaling. This is the essence of cycling, and the key to Armstrong’s victories. Now, in revealing the true role of the domestique for the first time, Matt Rendell gives a more vivid and insightful portrayal of professional cycling than ever before.
A Significant Other: Riding the Centenary Tour de France with Lance Armstrong
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Racing cyclists all ride the same frail machine and all are equal before the demands of the road, but what is it that makes a winner? What special attributes do winners need to give them that extra edge? To find out, Fife analyses and illustrates the moral strength, intelligence, racing nous, cunning, tactical acumen, and superior mental resilience of the champion racing cyclist. Drawing on interviews and personal acquaintance with some of the best riders to have raced on the Continent, as well as mechanics and team-support crew, this is a portrait of the complex character of cycle racing. It is an in-depth study of ambition, the race to win, the capacity to recover from defeat, the harrowing misery of lost morale, and the hard initiation faced by every newcomer to the unforgiving demands of professional competition.
Inside the Peloton: Riding, Winning & Losing the Tour de France
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Posted by Blogmaster in Books (Bicycle Repairs), tags: Best, Bicycling, Bike, Book, Buying, everything, First, From, Know, Need, Riding
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The world’s authority on cycling provides a comprehensive guide to the sport for cyclists of all levels
The sport of cycling has experienced an exciting boom in popularity fueled by Lance Armstrong’s success and recent comeback, the popularity of triathlons, rising gas prices, and the need to find a sport that lets people have some fun while they get fit. No one knows more about this boom than the pros at Bicycling magazine. For nearly 50 years, Bicycling has brought its readers the most up-to-date advice on everything from training and gear to nutrition and stories of cycling’s greatest stars.
Now, for the first time, Bicycling gathers its best advice in a must-have book that cyclists of all levels can refer to again and again for answers to all of their cycling questions. Senior editor Emily Furia and her colleagues have gathered the latest, most useful information on getting started, buying gear, maintaining both road and mountain bikes, training for speed, racing techniques, understanding the rules of the road, and much more. This evergreen book is an invaluable resource for any cyclist who wants to ride their best.
The Big Book of Bicycling: Everything You Need to Everything You Need to Know, From Buying Your First Bike to Riding Your Best
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In this sequel to “Cycle Racing: Training to Win”, Woodland goes beyond training to the race itself, explaining how to enter competitive races and choose a bike. He also gives advice on cycling techniques and tactics, racing abroad, turning professional and team management.
Cycle Racing: Riding to Win
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If you are considering becoming a biker, or if you already are a biker, you know there are a number of benefits to cycling for life.
You can improve your own health, the health of those around you by leading by example, and even the world around you by helping the environment. While helping the environment can seem like an astronomical task, it is possible to affect positive change with small steps.
Let’s Take a Look at What’s Inside:
–Heading into the sunset with the wind at your back
–Bicycle Apparel and Gear
–Bicycle Types
–Bicycle Seats and Comfort Bikes Make Cycling for Life Easier
–Biking Accessories Make Cycling for Life Easier
–Biking Trailers and Cargo Bags Make Cycling for Life Easier
–Competitive Cycling is a Phenomenon
–Cycling as a Family Activity
–Cycling as an Excellent Form of Exercise
–Cycling to Better Health
–Cycling for Cardio Health
–Cycling for Life in the Best Biking Cities
–Great Bike Trails Around the United States
–Cycling for Life By Biking to Work
–Travel Trips for Cyclers
–How to Get Started
–Making the Most of Cycling With Biking Events
–Making the Most of Cycling With Organized Bike Rides
–My neighbor is into biking like no one else
–The Cycling Vacation
–No mud puddles to worry about on this bike
–So, youre looking for a exercise program
–The Health Benefits of Cycling for Life
–The Environmental Benefits of Cycling for Life
Bicycle Fitness — The Ultimate Guide to Bike Riding Fitness
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Tandem Bikes are two-seater bicycles, and although not as common, tandems are also available in a three seater as well.
With a tandem bike, each rider works equally to propel the bike, as one long chair runs through both sets of pedals to drive the rear wheel.
Here are the three most common reasons that a cyclist or cyclists chose to ride a tandem bike over a solo bike:
1. Couples that enjoy riding together but who have different levels of strength and stamina chose a tandem bike because it forces compromise in riding speeds and allows them to always be together or to keep up with the group.
2. A person with a disability who cannot ride a bike on their own would get all the benefits of cycling that they couldn’t experience on their own. By riding with another cyclist who can take the lead and perhaps make any riding decisions, it also builds a relationship of trust and is a wonderful experience for the lead cyclist as well.
3. Young children of cyclists are not usually capable of keeping up with the adult and/or are not mature or experienced enough to handle traffic or road limitations. By riding a tandem the child gets the full benefit of cycling as well as learn the benefits of family activities.
The feel of riding on a tandem is different than riding solo. A tandem bike is considerably heavier, and has a much longer wheel base, therefore; practicing with your tandem partner on a quiet street or in a parking lot is highly suggested. Because of the size and weight of the bike, the cyclists need to practice stopping and also swinging wider around turns.
Also, tandems are considerably longer than a regular bike, so you won’t be able to carry one on your car using a standard rear-mount or roof rack. With a tandem bike, you will probably need to buy a carrier as well.
Many of the tandem bikes available are in the range of $1500 or more. If this tandem bike is going to be the main bike for adults and they ride quite often year after year, it is important to ask questions and get a bike that handles heavier adults and heavy-duty cycling. This even applies to purchasing any single-use bicycle for any serious cyclists.
However, if used as a family cycle or with young children, there are many well-made tandem bikes or “cruiser” type tandems that are relatively inexpensive and are equally safe and comfortable as the more expensive versions.
Riding a tandem bike with a friend, mate or children is a wonderful bonding experience. You can visit parks and parts of your neighborhood and actually discuss what you see as you are riding. It can be a great learning experience for all the riders while gaining the emotional and physical benefits of cycling. With a little bit of practice, riding tandem can be mastered and open up a new world of cycling for many that would prefer the company or are not capable of riding alone.
Seriously, give it some thought – tandem biking may be the route for you. Happy Cycling!
Mary Marino-McDonnell, the author, worked 30 years as an administrative director for a 10M firm. Combining this experience with her joint interests with her husband in health/fitness, they started their own boutique-like online bicycle store – http://www.bicycleaway.com. Check out our selection of tandem bikes.
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If you like riding your bike then you know it’s hard to ride without the best accessories. Especially when you know a lot of the best accessories out there are for safety as well.
The one bike accessory that you will always need to wear and own is the bike helmet. A lot of states have made riding without one illegal. So you should wear one anyways to be on the safe side.
Also when you are taking a little bike trip on the road you need to be motorist friendly. Even though a lot of drivers are good ones there are bad and you are also on a bike. Accidents happen and you can’t stop them so do the right thing and just wear a helmet.
Another thing that is bad to do when riding your bike is to take a ride at night. The best thing that you can do to protect yourself if you are going to ride at night is to buy some type of light source or reflectors for you and your bike. So people can see you at night when you ride.
Something else you can buy is reflector striped shirts or pants possibly. So when you ride at night when you move your legs and arms the reflectors will shine off the lights of the cars and you will be seen and not road kill. You can probably buy any type of light or reflector source at any bike shops near you.
Another accessory that you can add to your bike can be lights to the handle bars or to the back of your seat to shine and show others you’re on the road too. When you get rained on or you are going on an early morning ride and there is fog lights will help you in some way. Some you can buy can be attached to where they can’t ever come off others you can get that are detachable and you can bring with you where ever you go.
The other good bike accessory to have is a horn. This is so if some bad driver is swerving you can honk. I would recommend and air horn of some type something that is really loud and will get the attention of the driver.
Bike accessories can be a very good way to upgrade your bike. There are also the things that you will need anyways to ride like mentioned the reflectors, lights, light clothing as well will always help, and remember to wear your helmet. These are the things that you need to buy and remember to do when you go riding whether it be at night or during the day.
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