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20 March 2011 ~ 0 Comments

The Three Body Contact Points In Cycle Training: And The Essential PCP’s That Go Hand In Hand – Part I: PROTECTION

Unless a rider is engaged in competition, he or she is cycle training. Whether it may be some activity as innocuous as “noodling” down the boardwalk on a cruiser, or powering heavy wattage down the road over a three hour stretch — perhaps an intense two hours on a compu-trainer or even a forty-five minute […]

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The Three Body Contact Points In Cycle Training: And The Essential PCP’s That Go Hand In Hand – Part II: COMFORT

COMFORT Next in line is Comfort, not only in the physical sense but psychologically as well. What’s readily obvious to the outdoor cyclist is sometimes lost on the indoor enthusiast. Undercarriage How often do you attend an indoor cycle class and see the vast majority of the students and far too often the instructor wearing […]

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The Three Body Contact Points In Cycle Training: And The Essential PCP’s That Go Hand In Hand – Part III: PERFORMANCE

PERFORMANCE The last of the PCP’s of cycling apparel is Performance, and the indoor cyclist often misunderstands this aspect. While the benefits of aerodynamics and compression are readily apparent to the road cyclist – they play an important role for indoor training as well. Undercarriage Wearing loose fitting bottoms on the road or during an […]

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