If you have read any of my previous pieces, you’ll be familiar with the fact that cycling is not an individual sport and that riders in the team all have different roles during each race. Some riders specialise in climbing, sprinting, or being a leader at a stage race, that allows them to go for …
In the world of professional cycling, there are plenty of fantastic places that races take us to, but none are more awe inspiring than the high mountains. These peaks show us the scale of our world and conquering them just what humanity can achieve when they want to achieve something. Climbers encapsulate this free spirit …
There are approximately 1 billion bicycles worldwide, making this vehicle among the most common and popular forms of transportation internationally. Most households have at least one bicycle, and everyone knows what this vehicle is, but there are still several questions regarding bicycles that many people yearn to know the answers to. How many wheels do …
There are many different types of riders in the professional peloton, each with their own characteristics that allow them to shine on different parcours. Some riders though, have a collection of all of the attributes that riders need to win races overall rather than just stages alone, these riders are the leaders of their teams. …
Cycling is one of the most common ways for people aiming to lose excess weight to achieve their goal, with most countries encouraging the usage by people of all shapes and sizes. This being said, there are important things to not when thinking of riding a bike and one of them is whether or not …
Saying something is the best in the world can often be a very wide-ranging discussion, with plenty of opinions going around whenever the debate comes around. However, looking at what bikes the top cyclists in the world uses, is one of the most reliable measurements to get the answer. In this short article, I will …
We all love riding our bikes, but there is at least one thing that almost all cyclists can come together on and that is that our bike seats are not very comfortable. But why is this? Today we will be taking a deeper look into 7 of the main reasons why bicycle seats are so …
We have all been there, ready to go out for a long ride when you find out that your chain isn’t lubricated properly, but what do you do if you haven’t got any chain lube or bike grease to hand? Well, for many of us it becomes time to fetch the trusty Vaseline as a …
Single speed bikes are not overly common but have seen a rise in use over the past few years, most notably by those in cities that use them for their daily commute. Single-speed bikes are also used in a racing sense on the velodrome, with them being the only legal bikes that can be raced …
There are many great bike brands out there that manufacture some of the best bikes on the market right now. Despite this, there are also an equally large number of companies that you should stay away from entirely, whether this is because of poor customer service records, dodgy production quality, or anything else. Today we …
