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 Col finderClimb by Bike is a website listing all the major European climbs, all 7672 of them! There are links to Google Earth and Google maps, too, so you can ride the climbs on your computer... |
| Lance Armstrong's bike...it talks This is a blog with a difference: it's written by Lance Armstring's Trek Madonne. Really. |
| Lower your PSIs! You don't have to ride with your tyres at 120psi, argues the US mechanic at this roadbike website. This link is an archive of FAQs and the pro mechanic expounds on many other roadie topics. |
| Climb better A point-by-point how-to list from the League of American Bicyclists. |
| Does your bike perform? Dr Michele Ferrari may be discredited in some people's eyes but he's still a performance guru with exceptional credentials. This article will give you the basics on bike weight, rigidity and comfort. You need to subscribe to Dr Ferrari's site to get fuller articles. |
| Weight Weenies An enthusiast powered site where contributors upload weights of bike parts (mainly road bike parts);, which are averaged out for others to see. |
| Peleton positioning Chris Carmichael - Lance Armstrong's former trainer - talks about riding in a pack. |
| Roadie training for women This is a chapter from Rodale's 'Cycling for Women' book and is an account of a women's road racing camp. |
| Peleton position tactics Racing in a group is nerve-wracking for the beginner. Let Lance Armstrong's coach give you a few pointers... |
| Tour de France Plenty will disagree, but this THE road race of the year. it's a three week test of muscles versus topography. For many people, the Tour de France is the only stage race they'll follow in any given year. The race - the world's biggest annual sporting event - is front page news and daily TV fodder almost everywhere except the UK. But the internet has enabled those interested in following every twist and turn, every wheel change and feed station transit, to keep bang up to date. Via this, the official site, there are links to OLNtv.com, the cable channe; that broadcasts the Tour de France in the US. Snippets of sound and video can be accessed at the end of each day's stage but real results junkies read the minute-by-minute progress reports filed by journalists watching the live TV coverage available only on continental Europe. |
