This Article discusses how to align your cleats on you cycling shoes. From experience, you should always make small, single adjustments at a time. This way you can tell if your change worked and know if it is more uncomfortable how to reverse back to your original configuration.
How do I position my cleats? It’s one of the questions we often get following the purchase of a pair of pedals or new cleats. Many customers want to know how they can ensure the best placement. Some customers admit they haven’t adjusted their cleat position in years and question if it could be wrong.
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Lance Armstrong has, in some regards, brought the sport of cycling to mainstream America by winning the Tour de France seven consecutive years in a row. It was not only his outstanding athletics that gave him the advantage to win, but also a team of specialized scientists, engineers, and technicians as dedicated as he was to win.
Cycling protein shakes are optimal to drink as a recovery drink after hard training, such as weight lifting, indoor- and outdoor cycling, running etc.
Protein is the building block of your body, which maintains cells and tissue, but works also as backup energy, e.g. in the case of undernourishment. Cycling protein shakes can help you to obtain sufficient proteins but should be adjusted to your level of workout and needs. Read the rest of this entry »
Many people love bike rides. Many more people love using the bike at the gym more than going for a ride outside because they can track mileage very easily. What many people don’t realize is that Google provides everyone a tool to track their mileage on a bike, a walk, or a run. The solution: Google Maps.
Google, as everyone knows, is an awesome search engine that dominates the world of searches. Google Maps is Google’s map application. What many people don’t realize is that with a Gmail account, a person can create their own map. Whether this is for restaurants, landmarks, or dog parks it does not matter. The point is that Google Maps lets people create their own map.
The cycling events at the Olympics are always exciting with both men’s and women’s road races and time trials. The men’s road race consisted of a 49 mile one way segment followed by 7 laps on a 15 mile circuit for a total of 152 miles, or 245 km. The route went through Beijing, by the forbidden city, and outside the city limits to the nearby mountains. Included was a respectable climb that allowed breakaways to form and keep away from the main pack; giving the riders a challenge as they raced for nearly six and a half hours. The women had a similar route, but rather than 7 laps, they completed 2 for a total of 78.3 miles, or 126 km.
Samuel Sanchez of Spain won the men’s road race in a fantastic final sprint to the finish. In the women’s race, Great Britain’s Nicole Cooke won after long day of heavy rainfall.
Kristin Armstrong from the United States won the the women’s time trial with a time of 34:51.72 over a 23.5 km course. Where Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland won the 47.3 km time trial with a time of 1:02:11.43, for an average speed of around 28.3 mph.
