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Triathlon. Your first bike.
Choosing your first bike can be a very difficult or very easy decisiondepending on how you go about it.You will recieve ...

Group Riding Tips
There is no more effective way to become a motivated cyclist thanfinding a good regular group ride. Here are some group...

Traffic Survival Guide
Learn and obey traffic laws. Bicycles are generally regarded asvehicles, and cyclists have the same rights and respon...

Techniques for Turning at High Speed
When exactly you will wash out on a turn is determined by the tractionbetween your tires and the terrain surface being l...

Tips for Braking on Roads
Don't lock your wheels When the brakes on a car are merelyclose to locking, the braking force is some 30% greater than...

Where to Grasp the Handlebars
Hills When climbing at less than a sprint, where you are notpulling on the handlebars, use the tops or the drops, stay...

Mountain Bike Cornering
Mountain bikers corner at far lower speeds than do road riders, partlybecause overall speeds are lower, but much of it i...

Cadence for Mountain Bikers
Cadence is the speed of your pedalling; a high cadence uses a highnumber of revolutions per minute. Similarly, a low cad...

Riding over Roots and Rocks
Brake Right To clear bumps of any size and to stay incontrol, the tires have to keep rolling. Let your wheels roll ove...

Mountain Bike Racing Strategies
When racing, it is helpful to make a strategy according to the lengthand style of the race (short sprinty, downhill, end...

Bike Racing, your first race
The hardest part of bike racing isn't cornering, climbing or packsprints. The biggest obstacle is the anxiety that every...