Cycling
General posts on riding life, training realities, and the everyday grind of amateur and pro cycling alike.
Recent Cycling Posts
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Daylight Savings Revelations
How much do you care about cycling? Each winter, the shift in daylight hours forces working cyclists to answer that question for themselves.
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Introducing LetsRide.co
A note on a new companion project, LetsRide.co, launched in October 2014 alongside the blog's regular cycling coverage.
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Can You Imagine?
A lighter look at the sport, mixing personal reflection with the kind of scenarios only cyclists would find funny.
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The Pros and Cons of College on Your Cycling Training
Thoughts on balancing coursework with structured training, drawn from experience riding while studying full time.
Cycling culture thrives on the shared rhythm of training, racing, and recovery, where every rider learns to balance ambition with the realities of time and daylight. From winter base miles to summer stage races, the sport rewards consistency as much as it rewards talent, and the data that surrounds performance offers endless fascination for those willing to dig into power figures, heart rate trends, and the everyday distribution of effort across a season. The peloton, whether professional or amateur, remains a community of people who feel the same pull toward speed, endurance, and the simple joy of the ride.
What's Covered Here
This category holds the general-interest side of Velo Quips: training notes, personal reflections, and commentary that doesn't fit neatly into humor, product reviews, or race reports. Posts here come from Steven Francisco along with contributors Andrew Baker and Eran Preble, spanning both amateur riding and observations on the professional peloton.
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