The emergence of data analytic tools like WKO and Golden Cheetah allows coaches to analyze an athlete’s power duration curve and obtain that athlete’s phenotype. A Phenotype is just a fancy way of describing what type of rider an athlete is. For example, a sprinter has great power production from 1-20 seconds but comparatively lower …
The internet just exploded because Tom Dumoulin, a grand tour contender for Lotto Jumbo Visma, said he was stepping away from the sport for an indefinite period to figure things out. Everyone has their hot take, and instead of staying out of other people’s business, I’m jumping right into this one because if you make …
Since No One Asked – Why did Dumoulin retire? He just wants to eat some cheese. Read More »
You don’t know the fastest cyclist in New Mexico, do you? If I offered you $1,000 to find out in the next 20 minutes, what would you do? Yeah, you’d check Strava. After a cursory survey of segments in Strava, focusing on areas with population centers like Albuquerque and Sante Fe, a few of the …
Controversial Opinion – You don’t need a power meter to be fast. Read More »
We hadn’t even cleared the train tracks in Northfield, NM, and already Tom was lagging. It was a Tuesday, which meant it was an easy distance 90-minute rollerski. Quickly, we self-assorted into small groups of skiers. I pushed the pace out of Northfield and into the long, undulating, chip-sealed roads that plunged into vast cornfields. …
Twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two… I closed my eyes into the sensations of my abdomen ripping apart under the strain of a few bicycle situps. Suddenly, I felt some small hands on my midsection. I opened my eyes to a gap-toothed grin from my 8-month-old who had broken through his playpen and crawled over to me. …
If you’ve been out on a group ride lately you may have noticed a couple of people with an understated black band around their wrists. It doesn’t have a watch face, and no blinking lights are visible, so what is that thing? Does it ward off demons from the underworld? Is it another wrist band …
I’ve spent years failing badly at bikes so you don’t have to. I have a mortgage, two kids, a wife, a dog that doesn’t listen, a weakness for Miller Lite, and fish frys – but I can still turn a pedal if I have to. Chances are we’ll get along just fine.
C’mon now – let’s get fast together!
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