by Steve Bale | Sep 23, 2021 | Cycle Racing, Tactics
Everyone has had experiences that turned out totally different to how you imagined it. Cross is not one of those things – it is exactly as fun as everyone says it is. Don’t be me – don’t say “I’ll do it next season”. Get a bike, any bike, and get thee to the park....
by Steve Bale | May 15, 2019 | Cycle Training, Recovery
Autumn is often a time when you have finished your high priority summer events, and are thinking about what events and goals you might have for the coming few months. It’s also a time when you might feel like you need a break from structured training, and so inserting...
by Steve Bale | Mar 7, 2019 | Cycle Training
Most athletes with a structured training plan are familiar with the idea of ‘tapering’ for an event. Tapering is where you reduce training stress prior to an event, timed right so that you maintain all of your fitness, but arrive at your event as fresh as possible,...
by Steve Bale | Jan 16, 2019 | Cycle Training, Cycling Sports Science, Indoor Cycling, Uncategorized
Anyone who has used an indoor trainer and compared power numbers to what they make outdoors, will notice a weird difference. Almost everyone notices that the power levels they can achieve on the road, are better than the indoor trainer. Mysteriously, there never seems...
by Steve Bale | Nov 16, 2018 | Cycle Racing, Tactics
If you have a close look at bikes of the pros at race events, you’ll notice most have some notes on their stem or top tube. Sometimes these notes are clear, organised concise computer printed, and sometimes they take the form of weird vague sharpie scribbles on tape...
