Choosing between a Trek and a Specialized road bike depends on your riding style and fit requirements. Learn how to adjust your seat for maximum comfort, troubleshoot a clicking chain, and understand the impact of long-distance cycling on male fertility and joint health.
Cyclocross racing was developed to help keep road riders in shape during the off-season. It is an intense event that requires both cross-country and road-riding skills, and helps to hone your riding technique.
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Cycling instructor certification allows you to teach indoor cycling courses. In an indoor cycling course, the instructor leads participants in a visual journey, often imitating valleys, hills, straight-aways and finish lines. Indoor cycling is an aerobic-type workout.
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People have ridden two-wheeled self-powered vehicles for transport, recreation and sport since the early 17th century. The materials used in bicycle manufacture have changed significantly and modern bicycles are almost unrecognizable from the wood and iron bikes of old.
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No matter what kind of bike you ride, you have a choice between platform pedals, toe clips or clipless pedals. Basic platform pedals are wide and flat and can accommodate most shoes. Toe clips are metal or plastic cages that bolt to platform pedals and keep your foot in place with adjustable nylon straps.
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The seat, or saddle, position on a road bike is an important factor for a comfortable ride. The longer and farther the ride, the more important it is to have a properly adjusted seat. Saddle height also affects your riding efficiency.
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Bicycling is a sport that individuals of all ages can enjoy, but also comes with risks. According to the journal "American Family Physician," bicycle injuries account for more than 1.2 million doctor visits a year in the United States.
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Recumbent bikes and recumbent trikes are both good choices for people who need the back support that an upright bike doesnβt offer. Recumbent trikes outsell recumbent bikes, especially with the older crowd.
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Trek and Specialized, along with Giant, comprise the so-called "Big Three" of companies serving independent bike dealers based on estimated unit market share, notes the National Bicycle Dealers Association.
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Shimano, Inc. is a Japanese company that specializes in bicycle components and accessories as well as fishing and rowing gear. Shimano components are standard on many well-known mountain, hybrid and road bike brands.
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Trek makes both road bicycles in a range of frame and wheel sizes to accommodate cyclists from under 5 foot 2 inches, up to 6 foot 4 inches tall. Child sizes are also available.
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If you have experienced a sharp, shooting pain in the lower back and down the back or side of the leg, you may have had sciatica. Certain activities and postures can trigger or aggravate sciatica. Cycling is a sport that often requires intense activity while hunched over and seated for long periods of time.
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Tire inflation is the easiest, yet perhaps most neglected maintenance task that bicycle riders can do themselves. Narrower road bike tires will require higher pressures than their wider counterparts.
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A hybrid bike contains features of both a mountain and comfort bike allowing the rider to ride on almost any terrain comfortably. A key feature of a hybrid is that handlebars are straight. Due to this style, the handlebars can only be adjust up and down in height.
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