Archive | July, 2011
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Cross-Training: The Barefoot R-Evolution

We here at Cycle and Style are always interested in personal experiences and stories about different cross training methods. By now I’m sure you have heard a lot about the newest and oldest way of running: barefoot. So many people are talking about this subject including the pros and cons and it seems like anybody [...]

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Summer Fruit Smoothie – Just for YOU!!

After spending a week in the Caribbean, I defiantly have fresh fruit smoothies on the mind.  I took those sweet fresh fruit drinks right from my beach vacation to my after workout treat.  I hit the trail with my husband in Park City on Saturday morning and by the late afternoon we were both enjoying [...]

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Carrying It With You & Detours Giveaway!

Sometimes you just need your bike to help you carry it with you and you don’t want the weight on your back in a pack. Okay, I guess it could be worse: you could be trying to carry a bag in one hand and steer with your other hand on the handlebar. Not a pretty [...]

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Perfect for Après-Ride: CycleSkirts (+ Give-away!)

Perfect for Après-Ride: CycleSkirts (+ Give-away!)

Let’s be frank, wearing shorts, especially cycling shorts has some women feeling very self conscious. It’s one thing to be wearing cycling shorts on the ride, or when you are surrounded by about ten other similarly clad cyclists. It’s quite another to be walking through the grocery store, carrying a shopping basket to pick up [...]

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REVIEW: Craft Sport Specific Women’s Bike Bra

REVIEW: Craft Sport Specific Women’s Bike Bra

It’s a great concept: a bra that is ergonomically designed for cyclists. Craft Performance designed a bra “for those who spend most of their training time leaning aerodynamically forward onto the handlebars.” Leaning over the drops, a woman with a jersey zipped down a bit for cooling purposes can be showing off more cleavage than she might normally [...]

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Preventing Saddles Sores + Bliss Review & Giveaway!

Preventing Saddles Sores + Bliss Review & Giveaway!

Over the last several decades, bike saddles and cycling clothing have been changing to make cyclists not only faster, but more comfortable. Cycling shorts evolved from wool shorts with real leather chamois crotches to tight fitting LYCRA®  shorts with a synthetic chamois. (Even better, cycling clothing companies designed women’s shorts with the chamois anatomically designed [...]

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