It’s one thing to comprehend concepts like trail and steering axis and gyroscopic forces, another thing altogether to know with precision how a bicycle is going to handle once a design is executed in the form of a road-ready machine.
by Christopher Jang, November 1, 2004I believe just about every reasonably fit male the age of 45 has the theoretical physiological capacity to run his age for a 10k, that is, a 10k in 45 minutes.
This is not an obituary. John Cobb’s Bicycle Sports is still in business.
Triathletes both allow and suffer some fairly egregious behavior in their races, especially that part of the race taking place in the water.
Yes, your favorite companies’ product managers were all over in Taipei working on next year’s bikes. They’re working hard, no-doubt, but are they designing and spec’ing good bikes?
Ipso facto, if you want to become a champion swimmer (or sinner, for that matter), practice, practice, practice.
The science of swimming will make you fast in the pool. It’s the art of swimming that makes you fast in the open water.
It’s considered the aerodynamic benchmark for double-diamond (front and rear triangle) bikes.
Practitioners of motorized sports recognized the traction benefits of slick tires a long time ago.
With Interbike right around the corner I thought I’d write a bit about how the bike business works—not everything about it, but the nuts and bolts of how a bike gets from the “paper napkin sketch” to your local bike shop’s showroom floor.
I ride a 59cm bike or, if it’s a road race bike (as opposed to a tri bike) I’ll ride a 60cm bike. If it’s a Litespeed tri bike, I’ll ride 57cm, and so it goes. How are these bikes measured, and why do I ride different sizes depending on the manufacturer?
There have been real studies performed by real scientists on the subject of seat angles.
In running you cannot think about the muscles like you can in swimming—in fact it is just the opposite.