Cycle and Style

By Tara R. McKee Maggie Sullivan has been called the “Grande Dame of Women’s Triathlons”. She has been at the forefront of women-only triathlons since the very start when she took on and built the Danskin Triathlon series beginning in 1990. Now at the helm of  the aptly named “Xxtra-Mile,” she produces both the Danskin Triathlon Series and [...]

Kids and their bicycles should go together like peanut butter and jelly, like popsicles and summer afternoons.  Do you remember your childhood bicycle and the places it took you? It may not be that simple for our children as it was for us. Too many of them are more attracted to playing computer games than [...]

It’s Earth Day, the day to take stock of what we can do to in protecting the environment around us. It’s so easy to think that one person won’t make a difference, but little things can make a difference. Take plastic shopping bags for instance. We Americans throw away 100 billion of these polyethylene bags [...]

“Aging is a physiological process, not a disease.” Max Testa, M.D. The aging process is very similar to the de-training process some athletes go through after they “retire” and stop working out: the strength of the heart goes down, as does the volume of their plasma, their arteries harden, etc. If the athlete starts to [...]

  A healthy breakfast before your long ride can give you the energy needed for the day. The alternative is low blood sugar levels and the possibility of feeling lightheaded. If you are heading out on your ride soon after breakfast, you want something that will not upset your stomach and will give you a [...]

This is an article sent from one of our readers living in beautiful Como, Italy. It is at once a universal cycling story and yet unique to that area of the world. We would love to hear from more of  our readers  around the country  &  around the world. What is your story and what is cycling like [...]