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January 3, 2017Jake LawrenceNews0

Reasons to ride outside by Singletracks.com

These are all valid reasons, especially when talking about riding at night. I’m talking primarily about fatbike riding which keeps you off the roads and away from cars that aren’t expecting you in the winter. Riding in the woods also keeps you out of the wind. The trails take on a completely different look. We ride with studded tires for safety and more confidence. http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-training/8-reasons-to-ditch-the-trainer-and-ride-outside-this-winter/

December 9, 2016Jake LawrenceNews0

Toughest Mountain Bike Race Ever?

This 3 day mountain bike race goes from the Pacific to the Caribbean in Costa Rica. Read this article first, then check out the web site. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/sports/la-ruta-de-los-conquistadores-costa-rica-cycling.html http://www.adventurerace.com/?lang=en

November 28, 2016Jake LawrenceNews0

Custom Helmet Colors

Here is a cool idea. Custom helmet colors from the Spanish company Catlike. They supply at least one tour team and the cost is an upcharge of about $38 on top of the helmet cost but the downside is you need 34 helmets to make it happen. https://catlike.es/us/en/

September 20, 2016Jake LawrenceNews0

Bicycling Magazine Core Exercises

This year I’ve been working on my core and it has been helpful in relieving lower back pain, helping balance, and I assume helping my cycling. An exercise they didn’t include was sidestepping with a training “runner band” to strenthen your hips. Since we just go back and forth with our legs, the side muscles are often weaker than we know (at least for me). I do many of these...

August 16, 2016Jake LawrenceNews0

Leadville 100 pics

Thanks to Cycling Tips for these cool images from thie year’s Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race. Be sure to scroll down the page to see the images. http://cyclingtips.com/2016/08/photo-gallery-2016-leadville-trail-100-mtb-race/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cyclingtipsblog%2FTJog+%28Cycling+Tips%29&mc_cid=e046b30f4e&mc_eid=58dfd32bbe