Today I want to take some time away from our normal talks about training and racing and look into something that could seriously derail your training if it happens to you. This danger has nothing to do with your bike. It’s not your diet or nutrition habits,
Continue reading →If you’re out bike riding, trail running, or rock climbing, and you’re carrying a smartphone, you want to protect it. In those situations, it’s a matter of when – not if – the phone will take a tumble! That’s why when a case was being hyped up
Continue reading →Previously, I was never a huge fan of activity trackers. They simply weren’t good enough for athletes. Sure, they were high-tech devices. But as far as information provided, they were very basic, beginner devices. (I’ll take a Garmin Forerunner thank you very much!) Finally, one of these
Continue reading →Camping is not what it used to be. I remember taking a flashlight and spare batteries. Otherwise, if you wanted light, you built a fire. If you wanted directions, you looked at a map. If you wanted music, you listened to the sounds of flowing water, tree
Continue reading →What do you do if you want to enjoy some tunes while you’re out riding, but you don’t want to interfere with your hearing by using earbuds? Mount a Bluetooth speaker on your handlebar! Lots of these portable Bluetooth speakers are out there already (with more popping
Continue reading →If you’ve ever had your bike stolen, you know that gut-wrenching feeling you get when your bike isn’t where you left it. You also know the lengths to which you’ll go to track it down (not only to get the bike back but to exact revenge on
Continue reading →Is it just me or does everyone have some sort of gadget on their wrist or waist nowadays? Back in my day, it was only the elite racers who had serious computing power on their wrists (or handlebars) and straps around their chest. Now, it seems that
Continue reading →Before smartphones became so prevalent in our daily lives, there was only one reason to carry a phone along on your adventures. For emergency phone calls, obviously. Today, people are carrying their phones to help them navigate, to record their rides and runs on Strava, and to
Continue reading →Carrying a smartphone while riding is not something I usually recommend, especially if you have an expensive phone that’s going to cost you a lot of money out-of-pocket to replace. But there are times it makes sense to carry a smartphone with you. Perhaps you need navigation
Continue reading →I’m no audiophile. When it comes to headphones, just give me something comfortable that doesn’t sound like total garbage! I don’t need a dramatic listening experience during my workouts – just an earbud that stays in my ear. With that in mind, I set out to find
Continue reading →Last time I bought a cell phone, there weren’t many good choices – the too-trendy iPhone, some weird new things they called “droids,” and a cool new BlackBerry. Obviously I got the BlackBerry, and it has served me well, but it’s apparent that BlackBerries have now been
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