Five Tips – Riding & Equipment… Riding in the wet can be a mixed experience. If you’ve got the right equipment and riding skill, it can (sometimes) be more fun than a dry ride. However, if you’re unprepared, under skilled, and a long way from home, it can soon turn to hell. You’ll wish you […]

How to “Hang in There” on Group Rides 9 TIPS TO GET YOU THERE A major activity of any cyclist, cycling club, racing, or touring, is the group ride. As a result, it’s important to know how to “hang in there” on a given ride and make yourself welcome on the next one. Success is […]

Adjust Your Position to Fine Tune that Sprint! Here are Five Important Body Positions for Proper Sprinting… 1. Hands in Drops Placing your hands on the drops instead of on the hoods will give you more traction and leverage to throw the bike during your sprint. 2. Out of Saddle Standing up and getting out […]

What’s the hardest thing about riding a bike? Talking about it! If you can’t tell a sprocket from a Schrader or refer to every random bike part as a whatchamacallit, then it’s time for a quick lesson in cycling lingo. Enjoy! The Ultimate A to Z Guide to Cycling Lingo aero – Short for aerodynamic, […]

Bike Riding in the Heat Consuming the right amount of water and electrolytes is one of the keys to healthy comfortable riding during hot weather. How much water should I drink when riding my bike? Follow these tips to stay hydrated: Drink fluids before, during and after your rides. Before, so you start properly hydrated. During, […]

Cycling Paceline Etiquette Pacelines are a great way to ride efficiently within a group of cyclists. Unfortunately, many cyclists do not know or understand the [unwritten] rules of riding in a paceline – speed, where to ride, signaling and distance to name a few. For most cyclists, a group ride is a fairly informal event […]

Too cold to ride?  No Way! HERE’S HOW… Dress to Ride Comfortably at 55 Degrees.  By: Mike Tomlinson, BikeSport Bicycles Forecast temperature for tonight’s ride was 55 degrees. Too cold to ride? No way! I ride COMFORTABLY at this temperature by dressing for it. For those of you who don’t ride when the thermometer dips, think about […]

Free Structured “On-the-Bike” workouts at BikeSport, every Tuesday and Thursday evening  (currently on hold…) We ride from BikeSport at 6 pm and ride back to BikeSport after the workout. Depending on workout, we train in East Lake Woodlands or on Lafayette Blvd. in Oldsmar. The workouts vary in length from one hour to an hour and […]