You’re training. You’re sleeping (sort of). You’re taking your vitamin D like a responsible adult. And yet every ride feels like you’re pedalling through porridge.
At some point in February, every cyclist looks at their training plan and thinks: this feels suspiciously like maintenance. The rides are steady. The gym sessions are honest. The turbo trainer has become a piece of furniture. You are technically “building base,” but emotionally you…
Every article about winter training preaches the same gospel: Be consistent. Be structured. Stay disciplined. Optimise everything short of your breathing pattern.
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…
If you feel slow on the bike in winter, you are not alone, and you are not suddenly out of shape. The cold changes how your body, your bike and even the road behave. Let’s take a closer look at why winter riding feels so…
Indoor cycling is the next best thing to outdoor cycling. I mean, when it’s -15°C with a snow blizzard trying to bury your town, riding outside is, let’s say, not very wise. Indoor cycling offers an excuse-free alternative. Something that won’t allow you to whine,…
It’s about time to start doing good on those New Year’s resolutions. You know, the ones you made half-drunk at 11:59 on New Year’s Eve, just to follow a tradition no one really cares about. So, regardless of whether it was about weight loss, looking…
There comes a point in every winter cyclist’s life when you stop believing in layering and start believing in battery packs. The promise is simple: heated gloves, heated insoles, maybe even a heated base layer — gear so technologically advanced it feels like you’re cosplaying…
Every year, as the temperatures dip and the roads freeze over, cyclists everywhere face the same internal debate: Should I push through winter or take a proper break? Social feeds filled with icy rides and indoor trainer screenshots can make it feel like everyone else…
For someone who has never fully committed to indoor cycling, I spend a good amount of time thinking about it. Every winter, I return to the same question: why does this whole world of trainers, virtual routes and structured plans seem so appealing? And, is…
