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A few years ago, in the flat A few years ago, in the flat Illinois farmland, I was riding in the early morning fog. I got to a teeny rural town with a stop sign. I put planet bike flashing lights on both ends of the handlebar. At the stop sign a guy heading to church said "don't...

Pedal steering First, I can't do it. Not on any bike. Second, to rationalize my lack of ability, isn't pedal steering just a interesting trick? No. It's not. It's an illustration of how natural `driving' a FWD/MBB bike can become with a little practice. Another thing I...

Blair is correct.

Max descending speed When I first moved to the Prescott mountains I had the Silvio up to 48 mph on a long, 5 mile descent. Over the next several months I proceeded to fall off both the Silvio and Vendetta while being stupid in descents (e.g., doing 35 mph in a posted 20 mph descending...

1 Million v. 15+ Million On Saturday morning, May 11, I left Congress, AZ, at 4:00am and followed route 89 and 89A up Yarnell Grade, over the White Spars to Prescott, up Mingus Mountain, through Jerome, down to about 8 miles past Cottonwood ... and back to Congress the same way. About...

Done. Very cold. Very hot. Very windy. Very steep. Very long. Very successful. One milliion feet. 190 miles. 19,000+ feet of climbing. 20:25:00. No mishaps. All body and mechanical parts worked and remain in good order. Report to follow when I can stay awake long...

Saturday. May 11th. One million feet of road. 190 Miles. 18,000 ft of climbing. To raise awareness of brain cancer and to raise funds to support medical research to cure brain cancer. Maria Parker will be completing 16 Million Feet as she races in the Race Across America...

John said: "Oh, that's easy. John said: "Oh, that's easy. We jump into the air to store some PE potential energy and land on the pedal to transmit that without any further effort, so we split up the activity into jump, then take off. where on a bent, you can't store up energy before starting...

"2. Simultaneously on the "2. Simultaneously on the upstrok, the other leg is positioning itself for the next down stroke as I pull it up on my clipless pedals. Using a different muscle group and my grip on the handlebars, I lean the bike towards the second leg and shift my weight over it. I...

"?I never saw a rider who "?I never saw a rider who 'fell' on the pedal that didn't first lift himself up against gravity! [Wink] PE=mgh" Observation. DF riders standing on the pedal. After the first downstroke the DF cyclist leans on the handlebars and lets the other pedal...

Compared to what? Among the many factors to climbing is the power to weight ratio. A 175 lb rider on a 28 lb bike will do better on a 21 lb bike. Recumbent cyclists typically don't climb as well as DF riders (on short climbs) NOT because they lose the aero advantage (we appear to...

First rule of descending Control. Second rule: Control. Etc. Out here there is a 12.2 mile continuous descent (4% - 10%) from Prescott to Skull Valley, AZ, on Iron Springs Road. Fortunately, this road is very straight with very slight bends well spotted at a distance. The...

picking a fight with fate I look like an alien spacecraft when on the bike. Blinding flashing lights, day-glo irridescent clothing, knee socks that are bright white, 2 dozen 18" long 1" wide irridescent PINK plastic ribbons flailing about like a medusa's head in the wind. None of these...

Rev v Kickr For the extra $600 I would have considered the Computrainer. But I sold the CompuTrainer I had since '96, even though I had kept up with all the upgrades. With a nickel body I decided it was time I stopped buying dollar trainers.

I don't have a Wahoo kickr trainer because it is $300 more costly and you get nothing for it. I have used the Sofrider on the Lemond Revolution, at this point, for years. Works perfectly.

Healthy competition Steve (Yakmurph) said: "Humility comes into play, for me in this context, when the racers are out on the road: those packs of young guys are too fast for me." What that means to me, Steve, is that your current humility will be that much more sweet when you...

Speed All things being equal (e.g., bike weight, etc) the key determinant of climbing speed on a smooth surface, straight, 8% uphill grade that is one mile long is: the cyclist. Power to weight ratio. I no longer push top descending speed because the risk is not worth the thrill...

On Saturday, May 11th, I'll be riding from Congress, AZ, to Cottonwood, AZ, (the RAAM route) and back to support research to end brain cancer. http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2359361 180 miles / 300 kilometers with 17,000 feet of climbing. This will be part of the same route Maria Parker...

Thanks Charles Thanks for posting this, Charles.

Handlebar types very individual My comments: On bullhorns: Shifting effort is stressed bc the bar is too straight-out forward. A 60 degree increase vertically can reduce wrist stress; Brake levers pointing forward make braking more difficult. To brake the rider uses the fingers...