Cycle and Style

One of my riding partners has been a little more timid on the descent than I am and it turns out that she is uncomfortable with the speed because she can’t reach her brakes very well when she is in the drop position on her handle bars. She has small hands and isn’t comfortable in [...]

I am really excited to be hoping across the pond from London to the USA for the San Francisco Bike Expo on Sat November 6th. The Bicycle Muse will have a stall showcasing and selling all our lovely products  and look forward to mingling with the other bikey people and companies that will be there [...]

  I love making soups this time of year. This is a quick and easy soup to make, inspired by my two favorite Italian soups: Pasta E Fagioli and Italian Wedding Soup, and it has such great nutrition for cyclists, I named it “Zuppa di Ciclista” (Cyclist’s soup–sounds better in Italian, though!). Serve with a [...]

In Heat Okay, call me a skeptic. Keep my legs warm for hours by rubbing them with magic lotion? I love to ride as much as I can, but I do have to admit that when the weather starts to turn cold and I have to dig out my leg and arm warmers, long fingered [...]

I had a chance to interview  Rebecca Rusch  again after her second victory in the Leadville 100 Race. In last year’s Leadville 100  she won the women’s division and shared the podium with the men’s winner, Lance Armstrong (read more about the 2009 race) and it was dramatically documented in the film Race Across the Sky.  This year, although racers [...]

The Trek 7300 is a fun hybrid bike for cruising along the bike path, riding around town, and cycling along a packed dirt rail trail with the kids. It’s a little bit country (er, mountain bike) and a little bit road bike. This versatile hybrid has some of the best of both worlds: light, sleek wheels [...]