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Healing Road Rash After a Crash; with Saran Wrap

Posted in Cycling Information, Great Areas of Greatness, tagged , , , on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I was part of an unfortunate incident this past weekend. You know, one of those incidents when you’re no longer riding your bike upright; starts with a ‘c’ and ends with a ‘rash.’ You got it. Nothing major, just annoying road rash down the left side of my body. So what’s the most effective way to heal road rash? Everyone has their own method of treating and/or healing it. Personally, I use Saran Wrap.

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Cycling Apparel Jargon and Vocabulary

Posted in Cycling Apparel Info., Cycling Information, tagged , on February 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »

ycling apparel has it’s own set of vocabulary.  Within the industry we throw around phrases like, ‘zipper garage’ or ‘raglan sleeve’ like it’s going out of style.  The problem is that we use these words and phrases with customers — and they think we’re speaking a different language.  To bring meaning and clarification to what we’re trying to say, here’s a list of cycling apparel buzz words that you might hear:

Leg gripper: band of elastic or compressive fabric at the hem of shorts to keep them in one place when cycling
Moisture wicking: fabric made to pull sweat away from your skin and push to the surface of the fabric

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How Cycling Apparel is Supposed to Fit

Posted in Cycling Apparel Info., Cycling Information, tagged , , on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Cycling apparel is designed to fit correctly when you’re riding your bike. There aren’t many sports, or even activities for that matter, that have specialized clothing designed to fit properly when you’re participating in that sport. Think about baseball — the uniform consists of a pair of pants, a button up jersey, and a hat; all need to be a accommodating for a few different positions that a player may be in while playing baseball. Positions you may see baseball players in while playing baseball: standing in the field, sitting in the dugout, swinging a bat, running on occasions, and spitting sunflower seeds.

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Did I speak too soon?

Posted in Grumblings, tagged , on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I know I just got done saying how cyclists, on the whole, are a dedicated and considerate bunch. However, I also mentioned that there are exceptions and I just happened to witness one of them in action this weekend. As I sat in my car waiting to turn at one of our city’s busiest and [...]

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Deep Thoughts. Well…thoughts, anyway.

Posted in Grumblings, tagged , on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I don’t know how road bikers got the reputation of all being pompous jerks. I mean, I certainly know a few members of the peleton that fit that description, but in my experience the proportion is no more than what can be found in the general population. I think a lot of that reputation is [...]

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