Group rides are awesome. There’s no other way to say, really. The camaraderie, the competition, and the ability to push individual cycling limits further are just some of the appeals of pack riding. As cyclists, there’s a certain fire that ignites when we cycle in a team. Cycling is a community by nature and therefore connects people. These are all [...]
Sore muscles, aching bones, and pains in areas of body that you didn’t know existed. This is the life of an adult trying to get in shape. Going for a quick run isn’t as easy today as it used be and this, among many other reasons, is why cycling is the best sport ever. As our muscles and bones continue [...]
Seeing Kevin Bacon on a bicycle during Quicksilver is something that no cyclist could forget. It was 1986 and he made cycling look good, like really good. But seeing stars riding bicycles is something that the average person doesn’t get to do. New York City residents can walk the streets with their eyes wide open every day and never spot [...]
Professional cyclists seem to have built a reputation surrounding premature death. While it may seem morbid, professional cyclists are often linked to taking questionable performance-enhancing drugs or being involved in catastrophic bicycle crashes, both of which may lead to tragic death. So, when a new study was released claiming the exact opposite, cyclists around the globe raised their helmets in [...]
Recent studies and media buzz has largely surrounded the necessity to boost the level of physical activity for children throughout the country. In the United States, childhood obesity has more than doubled in the last 30 years according to research from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Programs such as “Let’s Move” have sprung up rapidly to encourage [...]