4 Alternatives to Gels For Hard Riding Fuel
When you’re riding your bike hard, it gets difficult to eat. All that heavy breathing and attacking makes getting food out of your pocket, into your mouth and digested challenging. While many...
Peter Glassford
About the Author
Peter is a cycling coach and registered kinesiologist from Ontario, Canada. He travels frequently to work with athletes at races, camps and clinics. He also races mountain bikes for Trek Canada and pursues adventure in all types of movement. Follow @peterglassford on Twitter, or check out his online and in-person coaching at www.smartathlete.ca.
5 Ways to Boost Bike-Handling Skills
It may not have occurred to you if you have been cycling for a long time, but riding a bike is a skill — and like any skill, it can be improved. While swimmers and golfers are used to practicing...
How Many Rest Days do Cyclists Need?
Cyclists tend to either take too many off days or not nearly enough. Finding the perfect balance of rest and training stress is challenging for athletes and coaches alike. While it may be tempting to...
How Wide Should Your Road Tires Be?
With all the talk about fat bikes, gravel bikes, 29-inch mountain bike tires wheels and giant cassettes, it would be easy to assume road tires will also continue to get wider. While top racers used...
4 Qualities of a Great Training Plan
The perfect training plan will be different for each person and goal. A Tour de France pro needs a different plan than a beginner mountain biker. One athlete might like really specific workouts,...