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Balderdash for June 14, 2010
Written on 15 Jun, 2010 at 0:30 in Featured, Opinion, Training | viewed 459 views times | 2 Comments
My 2010 cycling season, take two.
(Continue reading)Sal Scotto update: no rain on the climbs in Spain
Former Mengoni rider Sal wrote us from Spain to fill us in on his season abroad.
(Continue reading)FBF night series begins Tuesday
Charlie Issendorf, the race director of the Kissena Cycling Club, has announced the official race dates and start times for the 2010 Tuesday Night Race Series presented by the law firm of Lucarelli & Castaldi. Race Dates: Every Tuesday from May 4 to Aug 31. Categories: There are 3 categories: Pro/Cat 1-2-3* Category 3*-4 Category [...]
(Continue reading)Bike racing skills: cornering
Written on 6 Apr, 2010 at 8:52 in Featured, How To, Training | viewed 1,076 views times | 0 Comments
There’s something sexy about taking corners super fast. Maybe it’s the satisfaction of passing a rider or two each turn in a crit. Or the feeling you’re riding on rails. David Sommerville gives us the skinny.
(Continue reading)From Brooklyn to the Forest City Velodrome
[Ed. note: This article has been corrected and updated to read that the track is 138 meters long, not 160.] I had the opportunity and privilege to ride at the Forest City Velodrome (two hours west of Toronto, Canada) this past Wednesday. It was awesome. FCV is one of only three indoor tracks in North [...]
(Continue reading)My bike racing highs and lows
Written on 1 Feb, 2010 at 23:29 in Training | viewed 919 views times | 2 Comments
Weight was never an issue for me. That is, until I hit my 30s. Then I started fluctuating. Once a mountain goat of 153 pounds, I started last year about 200. A year later, I’m 175. I’m still looking to lose. All in an effort to go faster.
(Continue reading)How to win a sprint
Written on 20 Jan, 2010 at 0:13 in Training | viewed 1,532 views times | 4 Comments
With a new season of park races around the corner, we were keen to ask former Brooklynite and recently turned pro Neil Bezdek (Mountain Khakis)—who got many a great result in the last hundred meters of a race—his advice on doing a winning sprint. He sent us his top tips. Keep your head up!
(Continue reading)Off-season training: savoring the sun
Written on 10 Jan, 2010 at 23:15 in Training | viewed 276 views times | 0 Comments
This short post completes my updates from sunny old Arizona, where I got in 60 hours of base miles and enjoyed the sunny, warm weather while I could.
(Continue reading)Sal Scotto: the interview
Salvatore Scotto DiVetta is well known to bike racers in New York City and along the East Coast. While on vacation recently, I caught up with the 24-year-old to talk about what he’s doing this off-season and how he’ll be heading to Belgium to test his legs in a kermesse or two next year.
(Continue reading)Off-season training: Arizona is for hedonists!
Written on 15 Dec, 2009 at 22:01 in Training | viewed 449 views times | 0 Comments
If I learned one thing in the last week of off-season training, it’s that parfaits are best left to Jan Ulrich. And that you sometimes need to ease off the training if you want to keep your significant other.
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