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973 articles across 20 pagesGETTING STARTED IN TIME TRIALLING: THE NO-NONSENSE BEGINNER'S GUIDE
Time trialling is the most honest discipline in cycling. No drafting, no tactics, no excuses. Just you, the road, and the clock. And you don't need a TT bike to start.
TIME TRIAL PACING STRATEGY: HOW TO RIDE YOUR FASTEST AGAINST THE CLOCK
The fastest time triallists in the world are not the ones who push the biggest watts. They are the ones who distribute their effort so precisely that there is nothing left at the finish line. And that is a skill you can learn.
TRACK CYCLING FOR ROAD RIDERS: WHY THE VELODROME MAKES YOU FASTER ON THE ROAD
Cavendish, Wiggins, Thomas, Hayter — the common thread is not genetics or geography. They all came through the track. And the skills they built there show up every time they pin on a road number.
TRAINING BY FEEL: HOW TO RIDE WITHOUT DATA AND STILL GET FASTER
Your head unit tells you how hard you are working. Your body already knows. The riders who get the most from their training are the ones who can read both — and know when to trust their legs over the screen.
CYCLING TRAINING CAMP NUTRITION: FUEL BACK-TO-BACK DAYS
Build each camp day's food and fluid plan from the route, environment, tested tolerance and time until the next demanding ride.
CYCLING TRAINING CAMP WEEK PLAN: STRUCTURE, FUEL AND RECOVERY
A camp week needs objectives and daily adjustment, not seven compulsory hard rides. Use this framework to structure the load and decide when to recover.
WHY CONSISTENCY BEATS INTENSITY: THE CASE FOR SHOWING UP
You have not missed fitness because you did not go hard enough. You have missed fitness because you did not go often enough. The compound effect of showing up — even when the session is not spectacular — is the single most underrated variable in amateur cycling.
WHAT TO RECORD IN A TRAINING DIARY — AND HOW TO ACTUALLY USE IT
Most training diaries are graveyards of unused data. The difference between a diary that sits there and one that makes you faster is not what you record — it is what you do with it afterwards.
HOW TO KEEP A TRAINING LOG THAT ACTUALLY MAKES YOU FASTER
Your head unit records every watt, every heartbeat, every metre of elevation. TrainingPeaks draws the charts. Strava gives you the kudos. But none of them capture the one thing that explains why Tuesday's intervals felt awful and Thursday's felt brilliant.
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TRAINING PLATEAUS IN CYCLING: A SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK FOR FINDING WHAT'S ACTUALLY STUCK
You're doing the work. The numbers aren't moving. Before you add more intervals, find out what's actually stuck.
USING TSB TO TIME YOUR BEST PERFORMANCE — A PRACTICAL GUIDE
You know what TSB is. You have watched the line on TrainingPeaks wiggle up and down for months. But you still do not know what number you are looking for on race morning, or how to get there without losing the fitness you built. This is that guide.
TRAINING WHEN YOU ARE SICK: THE NECK CHECK, THE RED LINES, AND WHEN TO GET OFF THE BIKE
You woke up with a scratchy throat. Your training plan says intervals. Your brain says you will lose fitness if you skip it. And somewhere on a cycling forum, someone is about to tell you to harden up. Here is the problem: that advice gets people hospitalised.
TRAINING EFFECTIVELY WITH HEART RATE ONLY: THE NO-POWER-METER GUIDE FOR CYCLISTS
A power meter is useful. It is not essential. Millions of riders got fast before power meters existed, and the heart rate monitor on your wrist is more capable than you think.
CYCLING TRAINING WITH KIDS: THE REALISTIC GUIDE NOBODY WRITES
The cycling internet is full of 15-hour training weeks and weekend five-hour rides. Nobody mentions the 6am alarm, the school run, the partner who hasn't had a break since Tuesday, or the guilt you feel riding past the playground. Here's how to train properly when you've got small humans who need you more than your FTP does.
TRAVEL INSURANCE FOR CYCLING HOLIDAYS: WHAT YOUR POLICY PROBABLY DOES NOT COVER
You have booked the flights, packed the bike bag, and planned every climb. The one thing most riders forget to check is whether their insurance actually covers what they are about to do.
10 TURBO TRAINER SESSIONS THAT ACTUALLY WORK — NO ZWIFT REQUIRED
You do not need a subscription, a virtual world, or a screen full of avatars. You need a timer, your FTP, and ten sessions that cover every training stimulus a cyclist needs.
TURBO TRAINER SETUP AND OPTIMISATION: THE DETAILS THAT PROTECT YOUR TRAINING QUALITY
Your pain cave is set up. Trainer bolted down, fan plugged in, screen mounted. But there is a layer of detail between a functional indoor setup and one that actually protects session quality — and most of it lives in the gaps between the obvious. Bike fit changes you did not know you needed. Power discrepancies you are training around without realising. Noise that is slowly making indoor training unsustainable.
TYRE SELECTION FOR EVERY CONDITION: WIDTH, COMPOUND, AND TREAD DEMYSTIFIED
You can have the best legs in the field and the lightest frame money can buy, and a poor tyre choice will throw it all away on the first wet corner. Tyre selection is the highest-impact equipment decision most cyclists get wrong — because they buy on brand loyalty instead of matching rubber to road.
TYRE WIDTH AND PRESSURE: WHY WIDER ISN'T ALWAYS SLOWER AND HOW TO CHOOSE
The cycling industry spent decades telling you that skinny tyres were fast. The data says otherwise — but wider isn't a free pass either.
UPPER BODY TRAINING FOR CYCLISTS: NOT ABOUT MASS, ABOUT MILES
Nobody ever won a race because of their biceps. But plenty of riders have lost time because their shoulders gave out at hour four, their neck locked up on a descent, or their arms were too fatigued to control the bike on rough roads.
VITAMIN D FOR CYCLISTS: WHY MOST RIDERS ARE RUNNING ON EMPTY
You train outdoors more than most people on the planet. And there is a better-than-even chance your vitamin D levels are still inadequate. The fix is simple, but most riders get the details wrong.
THE CYCLIST'S WARM-UP AND COOL-DOWN: WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS AND WHAT'S A WASTE OF TIME
Most cyclists either skip the warm-up entirely or spend twenty minutes doing something that makes no measurable difference. The research is surprisingly clear on what actually moves the needle.
HOW TO WATCH A GRAND TOUR: THE FAN'S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING PROFESSIONAL ROAD RACING
You are watching a grand tour. Someone attacks. The peloton does nothing. The commentator says it does not matter. Twenty minutes later, it matters enormously. Here is how to read what is actually happening.
RAISING YOUR WATT FLOOR: WHY YOUR EASY PACE MATTERS MORE THAN YOUR FTP
Everyone obsesses over FTP. The number at the top of the range. But the riders who win races and survive sportives are the ones who raised the floor, not the ceiling. Here's why your easy pace might be the most important number on your bike computer.
WEEKLY MEAL PREP FOR CYCLISTS: THE SUNDAY SYSTEM THAT KEEPS YOU FUELLED ALL WEEK
You know exactly what watts you need to hold on a climb. You have a structured training plan. But open the fridge on a Tuesday evening and it is a wasteland. The training is dialled. The nutrition is not.
LOSING WEIGHT WITHOUT LOSING POWER: THE MASTERS CYCLIST'S GUIDE TO GETTING LEANER AFTER 40
Losing weight gets harder after 40. Losing weight while keeping your power on the bike gets harder still. But most of what makes it hard is not your metabolism. It is the advice you are following.
IN-SEASON WEIGHT TRAINING FOR CYCLISTS: MAINTAINING STRENGTH WITHOUT HURTING BIKE PERFORMANCE
You spent the winter building strength. Now the season is here and you are terrified of losing it. Good news — you can maintain those gains on two sessions a week if you programme them correctly.
WHAT PROFESSIONAL CYCLISTS DO DIFFERENTLY — AND WHAT ACTUALLY APPLIES TO YOU
You have watched the same training videos, read the same studies, and followed the same coaches on social media. The difference between a professional cyclist and you is not information. It is application.
WHEN TO UPGRADE YOUR CYCLING WHEELS (AND WHEN NOT TO)
The cycling industry wants you to believe that a new set of carbon wheels will transform your riding. Sometimes it will. More often, you are spending $2,000 to solve a problem that does not exist. Here is how to tell the difference.
WHEN TO GET A PROFESSIONAL BIKE FIT — AND WHEN DIY IS FINE
Most amateur cyclists either spend $300 on a fit they did not need or ride for years with a saddle two centimetres too high. Here is how to tell which camp you are in — and what to do about it.
WHY TRAINING ALONE STOPS WORKING: THE BLIND SPOTS EVERY SELF-COACHED CYCLIST DEVELOPS
You have done everything right. Structured plan, consistent hours, decent numbers. And yet the progress has quietly stopped. The problem is not effort. The problem is that you cannot see yourself clearly.
WINTER BASE TRAINING THAT ACTUALLY WORKS: YOUR 12-16 WEEK PROGRAMMING GUIDE
Most amateurs waste the winter doing random sessions with no progression. This is the week-by-week structure that builds a base worth racing on.
TRAINING CONSIDERATIONS FOR WOMEN CYCLISTS: WHAT THE SCIENCE ACTUALLY SAYS
Most cycling training advice was built on research done with men. That does not make it wrong — but it does make it incomplete. Here is what actually changes and what does not.
WORKING WITH A CYCLING COACH: HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM THE RELATIONSHIP
Hiring a coach is the easy part. The riders who get results are the ones who learn how to be coached — and that is a skill most people never think about.
WRIST AND HAND NUMBNESS IN CYCLING: ULNAR NERVE, CARPAL TUNNEL, AND WHAT ACTUALLY FIXES IT
Numb fingers at the end of a long ride are so common that most cyclists treat them as normal. They are not. They are nerve compression, and ignoring it risks damage that takes months to reverse.
YOGA FOR CYCLISTS: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO FLEXIBILITY, BREATHING, AND STAYING ON THE BIKE LONGER
You have spent years building an engine. But that engine is housed in a body that can barely touch its toes, cannot rotate its thoracic spine without cracking, and has hip flexors shorter than your stem. Yoga is not the answer to everything. But it is the answer to this.
ZINC FOR CYCLISTS: THE MINERAL MOST ENDURANCE ATHLETES ARE MISSING
You track your carbohydrates, weigh your protein, and time your caffeine. But the mineral that keeps your immune system functioning after hard training blocks barely registers on most cyclists' radar.
CYCLING ZONE 5: POWER, HEART RATE AND VO2MAX EXPLAINED
Cycling Zone 5 is not one universal physiological state. It can mean 106–120% FTP in a seven-level power model, the highest band in a five-zone heart-rate model, or something different again in a three-zone research model. Name the system first, then interpret power, heart rate and effort together.
ZWIFT VS OUTDOOR TRAINING: A PRACTICAL COMPARISON FOR THE RIDER WHO RACES OUTSIDE
Your Zwift FTP says 280. Your outdoor FTP says 260. Both numbers are real. Only one of them matters on the start line.
CYCLOSPORTIVE DE L'ARDÉCHOISE TRAINING GUIDE: 260KM THROUGH FRANCE'S MOST BEAUTIFUL MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
260km through the volcanic hills and gorges of the Ardèche, 5,700m of climbing distributed across dozens of relentless cols, and June temperatures that can reach 35 degrees. L'Ardéchoise is not one big climb. It is fifty smaller ones that never stop coming.
CYCLOTOUR DU LÉMAN TRAINING GUIDE: 180KM AROUND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LAKE IN EUROPE
180 kilometres around Lake Geneva through Switzerland and France, with the Alps as a backdrop on one side and the Jura on the other. The Cyclotour du Léman is not about climbing. It is about distance, discipline, and the ability to keep turning the pedals over when the kilometres stop being scenic and start being honest.
DARTMOOR CLASSIC TRAINING GUIDE: 107 MILES OF DEVON'S MOST HONEST CYCLING
107 miles through Dartmoor with 2,400 metres of climbing distributed across dozens of short, savage Devon hills that never let you rest. The Dartmoor Classic does not have a signature climb. It has fifty of them, each one steeper and narrower than the internet prepared you for.
EROICA BRITANNIA TRAINING GUIDE: HOW TO PREPARE FOR VINTAGE CYCLING IN THE PEAK DISTRICT
100 miles of Peak District lanes and gravel tracks on a steel bike with downtube shifters. Eroica Britannia is the UK's answer to L'Eroica — and the Derbyshire hills are steeper than anything in Tuscany.
ETAPE DU DALES TRAINING GUIDE: ENGLAND'S HARDEST SPORTIVE THROUGH THE YORKSHIRE DALES
One hundred and eighty kilometres. Four thousand metres of climbing. Park Rash at 25 per cent. Fleet Moss at altitude. And not a single flat kilometre to recover on. The Etape du Dales is not a sportive that rewards steady-state fitness alone — it demands the ability to punch above threshold on short, vicious climbs and recover before the next one arrives.
GIRO DELLE DOLOMITI TRAINING GUIDE: HOW TO PREPARE FOR SIX STAGES THROUGH THE DOLOMITES
Six stages through the Dolomites in seven days. The Giro delle Dolomiti is not a single event — it is a week of accumulated climbing where the rider who recovers best between stages finishes strongest on the final day.
GRAN FONDO DES CANTONS-DE-L'EST TRAINING GUIDE: 135KM OF ROLLING QUEBEC COUNTRYSIDE THAT NEVER LETS YOU REST
One hundred and thirty-five kilometres through Quebec's Eastern Townships. No single climb that will break you — just two thousand metres of rolling terrain that never, ever flattens out.
GRAN FONDO GAVIA E MORTIROLO TRAINING GUIDE: HOW TO PREPARE FOR ITALY'S HARDEST SPORTIVE
176km, 4,000m of climbing, the Mortirolo at 10.5% average, and the Gavia at 2,621m — this is arguably the hardest single-day sportive in Italy and here is how to train for it properly.
GRAN FONDO IL LOMBARDIA TRAINING GUIDE: HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE RACE OF THE FALLING LEAVES
160km through the hills above Lake Como with 4,000m of climbing, the Civiglio at 15%, and an October date that puts autumn weather against tired legs. The Gran Fondo Il Lombardia is the sportive version of cycling's most beautiful Monument — and the course does not care about the scenery.
GRANFONDO FELICE GIMONDI TRAINING GUIDE: 162KM THROUGH THE BERGAMASQUE ALPS
162km through the Bergamasque Pre-Alps with 2,700m of climbing, starting and finishing in one of northern Italy's most beautiful cities. The Gimondi is the Italian gran fondo experience distilled — punchy climbs, fast descents, and a finish line that rolls you back into Bergamo's Citta Bassa.
GRANFONDO PROSECCO TRAINING GUIDE: HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE VALDOBBIADENE HILLS
130-165km through the Prosecco hills of Valdobbiadene — a gran fondo that looks gentle on paper until the repeated 8-15 per cent kickers in the vineyards start stacking up in the heat.