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- Nov. 4, 2009The Mailbag - Anger and time to think about 'lessons' learned
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- Oct. 30, 2009Mailbag: VeloNews.com readers debate way to curtail future road-rage incidents.
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- Oct. 21, 2009The Explainer - We just wanna ride
Dear readers,
As the last few weeks have shown, perhaps the biggest problem we cyclists encounter is finding a place to just ride.
Ever since my “Whose bike path is it anyway?” column two weeks ...
- Oct. 14, 2009The Explainer - Sharing the path, sharing the roads
Dear Readers,
I have to admit that I unknowingly opened a can of worms when I picked Mike Tsai’s letter to answer in last week’s column,”Whose bike path is it anyway?”
Gauging from the ...
Oct. 7, 2009The Explainer - Whose bike path is it anyway?
Dear Explainer,
The part of town that I live in is blanketed by great bike paths that I frequent but recently I ran into a small problem.
As I looked up from my power meter after completing an interval session, I saw a runner coming right at me ...
Oct. 1, 2009The November issue is on newstands now, with features on Tyler Farrar, Lance Armstrong's entourage, phenom Coryn Rivera and more
We all saw how well American Tyler Farrar performed at this year’s Tour de France, where he placed in the top-five of field sprints an astonishing five times. Sure, like every sprinter, he was overshadowed by Columbia-HTC’s Mark Cavendish. But ...
Sep. 30, 2009The Explainer - Ch-ch-ch-chatter bumps
Dear Explainer,
My wife asked me on a ride out on the roads of North Boulder County "what causes washboards?" I promised her I'd pose the question to you; she's gotten wise to my usual male "authoritative sounding but full of BS answers."
I used ...
Sep. 24, 2009Mud and Cowbells Road Diaries: Entering the lions' den
“Thirty seconds!” yells the UCI official and instantaneously you see the fidgeting of fingers on hoods and legs clipped into pedals. In cyclocross, the sprint is at the beginning of the race, rarely the end. So racers get their bodies ...
- Sep. 23, 2009Who gets ProTour licenses and why?
Dear Explainer,
I always end up mumbling and changing the subject when someone asks me to explain the ProTour licensing process, especially this time of the year when new teams are forming and seem to be vying for position. Could you explain how ...
Sep. 18, 2009Cobo wins, Gesink fades, Valverde consolidates
Another cold, rainy day seemed to take the spark out of the Vuelta a España in the last mountain stage going into this weekend’s finale.
Juanjo Cobo (Fuji-Servetto) won out an elite, eight-man group to make it clear over the Cat. 1 Puerto de ...
- Sep. 9, 2009Can’t seem to lose those last few pounds, despite riding a ton? Practice mindful eating, says sports nutritionist Monique Ryan.
No doubt this country has a serious problem with food. Two out of three adult Americans are now either overweight or obese and one of six children is obese. We live in a food environment that is programmed to put on the pounds. Huge food portions ...
Sep. 4, 2009A list of retail locations that sell VeloNews magazine
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