Buying A Road Bike-Setting A Budget

This is part 3 of the series on buying a new road bike. In part two I discussed how to determine the type of bike that you need based on how you will be using it. Now we will cover one of the most important parts of the entire process- setting, and sticking to, a [...] Read more »

Buying A Road Bike- Determining What You Need

Image via Wikipedia This is part two of a series of posts on how to buy a road bike. In this part I will discuss how to determine the right kind of bike to purchase. Before you can even think about buying a specific brand or model of road bike you need to spend some [...] Read more »

Why I Sometimes Ride Indoors In The Summer

The weather is getting nice and it is staying light well into the evening. Why the heck would I want to ride indoors on my trainer in the basement? To get better, that’s why. Let me explain. As a road cyclist, I can’t wait to ride my bike on the road. It’s what I live [...] Read more »

Buying A Road Bike-The Search Begins

Remember when I said in a recent post, “It’s Not About The Bike“? And how I said I might get a new bike within the next year or so? Well, “within next year” might be within the next month or two. I still stand by my statement that a new bike will not necessarily make [...] Read more »

Years Highest Mileage Week

Today was the end of the best week of the year mileage wise, 153 miles. I ended the week with a nice 65 mile effort today. Yesterday was a brisk 37 mile group ride. That gave me 102 miles for the weekend. I am almost back on pace compared to where I was last year [...] Read more »

It's Not About The Bike

If you are at all involved in the road cycling community you know that road bikes are one thing that you can spend a ton of dollars on.  There is always “something better, lighter, or faster” vying for your hard earned money.  While it is nice to have a brand new bike, just remember, that [...] Read more »

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