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  • are-indoor-races-harming-our-real-life-performance

    Are Indoor Races Harming Our Real-Life Performance?
    Health & Training

    Indoor cycling has its place. Mostly when the weather outside looks like something you’ve read in the Book of Revelation. Ice, sideways rain, wind strong enough to rearrange your furniture. That’s where any sane person draws the line. At that point, riding indoors stops being…

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    Van der Poel Huge Favourite to Break Worlds Win Record
    Outdoor/Mountain

    If I had a farm to bet, I would bet it, and all the livestock on it, on Mathieu van der Poel winning Sunday’s Elite Men’s Cyclo-cross World Championship and breaking the men’s wins record he now shares with Erik De Vlaeminck. If he wins…

  • why-january-is-the-worst-month-to-buy-cycling-gear

    Why January Is the Worst Month to Buy Cycling Gear
    Explore & Travel

    January feels less like a month and more like seven months. Riding outside, especially this year, feels closer to a Mr. Beast challenge than anything you’d describe as fun. At least the weather is consistent. Consistently awful. Wind, cold, wet, repeat. The daylight is still…

  • why-rest-might-be-the-most-important-training-block-you-skip

    Why Rest Might Be the Most Important Training Block You Skip
    Health & Training

    Cyclists love training blocks. Base, build, peak. All neatly labelled, colour-coded, and uploaded to a calendar. What rarely makes the plan, though, is rest as a deliberate phase. Not an easy week. Not a reduced TSS target. Actual rest. And because it isn’t measurable in…

  • winter-riding-why-its-a-different-sport-altogether

    Winter Riding: Why It’s a Different Sport Altogether
    Health & Training

    Winter changes everything about riding. The same bike and the same forest suddenly feel unfamiliar. Your speed drops, your rhythm changes and the bike handles differently. Once you accept it for what it is, you start to notice how winter riding becomes its own sport…

  • the-seven-stages-of-signing-up-for-a-spring-race

    The Seven Stages of Signing Up for a Spring Race
    Health & Training

    Ah, spring races. A chance to prove your winter training paid off. Or at least, that your bibs still fit. But the emotional journey from clicking “register” to standing at the start line is… dramatic. Some might say operatic. We say: textbook self-sabotage with cleats.

  • should-you-do-ftp-tests-and-fitness-benchmarks-in-january

    FTP Tests and Fitness Benchmarks: Should You Do Them in January?
    Health & Training

    January is peak testing season. New year, clean calendar, fresh legs (or at least fresh intentions). Training platforms prompt it, coaches schedule it, and riders brace themselves for twenty minutes of truth. The question isn’t how to test FTP (Functional Threshold Power). You already know…

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