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Riding Long In the Heat? How to Recover More Efficiently

Summer time brings good weather and often a more relaxed schedule to enjoy long rides. It is also the season for races and peak training, which means more hours spent on the bike for most of us. However, the fun of the cycling season is counterbalanced by the additional demands the heat and the higher mileage […]

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What it takes to fuel an endurance ride

How much refueling, in terms of calories, does it take to complete an endurance ride without bonking? While there are rough rules of thumb, answering this question no longer needs to be based on guessing. Power meters make it easy to figure this out: one simple multiplication is all it takes. However, it also requires knowing a very […]

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