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Healthy Oatmeal Breakfast
in Blog Post, Bloggers, Health, Health and Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Nadezhda Lifestyle, Nadezhda PavlovaHere’s the first of a series of healthy recipes from our Health & Fitness editor Nadezhda. It’ll get you firing on all cylinders and performing at your best all day long. Nutrition is a key element of any training plan, and these recipes from Nadezhda will help you to create your own nutrition routine.
Richmond Park to Chichester Cycle Route
in Bike Routes, Bikecation, Bikecation Locations, Blog Post, Bloggers, Cycle Tourism, European Bikecation Locations, European Cycling Routes, Health and Lifestyle, Lifestyle, London and South East, Robert Thorpe, Robert Thorpe Bikecation, UK Road Cycling RoutesHow about a cycling route that takes you from London, through the Surrey and Sussex hills, with the South Downs waiting for you,as you approach historic Chichester.
This is an excellent route for a two day trip into the hills, using Chichester as an overnight halt.
DS Pro Floral Bliss Skinsuit
in Blog Post, Bloggers, Cycle Clothing, Health, Health and Lifestyle, Kit Reviews, Ladies Bib Shorts, Ladies Cycling, Ladies Cycling Jerseys, Ladies Skinsuit, Lifestyle, Nadezhda Kit Reviews, Nadezhda Lifestyle, Nadezhda Pavlova, Triathlon KitIt’s time to look at skinsuits, with the new Floral Bliss design by ladies only brand, DS Pro. This high end performance brand from Florida design kit that makes you look as good as you feel. Read Nadezhda’s thoughts on this body hugging cycling suit.
Achieving Your Best Time Trail Race
in Blog Post, Bloggers, Fitness, Health, Health and Lifestyle, Ladies Cycling, Lifestyle, Nadezhda Lifestyle, Nadezhda Pavlova, Nadezhda Triathlon and Training, Training, TriathlonA time trial is racing at its most basic level, with just you, your bike, and the time to contend with. It tests the cyclist’s and machine’s ability against the clock.
A time trial bicycle (TT bike) has a shorter wheelbase, more aerodynamic, places the rider nearer towards the front of the bike in aero position. Besides, it can have solid disk wheels. It comes with some complexity and you need to know the tricks to ride a faster time trial.
How to increase your FTP on the bike
in Blog Post, Bloggers, Fitness, Health, Health and Lifestyle, Ladies Cycling, Lifestyle, Nadezhda Lifestyle, Nadezhda Pavlova, Nadezhda Triathlon and Training, Training, TriathlonI want to talk with you about performance – how to increase power and performance. Cycling performance depends on increasing the Functional Threshold Power, also known as FTP. If you are wondering what is FTP and how to increase it, read on to learn more. Nadezhda 🙂
Around Fertainu Peak – Romania
in Bike Routes, Bikecation Locations, Blog Post, Bloggers, Cycle Tourism, European Bikecation Locations, European MTB Routes, Larisa Chinces, Larisa Lifestyle, Lifestyle, MTB Routes, Romania Cycling Tours, Romania MTB Routes, UncategorizedTake a trip with Larisa Chinces, into the beautiful forested hills and mountains in the west of Romania and Transylvania. Romania is Europe’s last great wilderness and has the best mtb trails in Europe to explore. You can find your own adventure in Transylvania – with Triada MTB
Elite Bottle Cages
in Blog Post, Bloggers, Elite Cycle Trainers, Fitness, Health and Lifestyle, Kit Facts, Kit Reviews, Nutrition, Robert Thorpe, Robert Thorpe Kit ReviewsThere are some key areas that we all need to focus on when buying new bottle cages: Lightness & Performance, Great Grip and Access, and finally, Fitting & Aesthetic. In order to get the highest possible results in each of these areas, Elite put their considerable knowledge and expertise to good use, resulting in cages that the top riders in the world rely on.
Mont Ventoux with Diane Vilarem
in Bike Routes, Bikecation, Bikecation Locations, Blog Post, Bloggers, Cycle Tourism, Diane Vilarem, Diane Vilarem Cycling, Diane Vilarem Lifestyle, European Bikecation Locations, European Cycling Routes, France Road Cycling, Great Road Climbs, Road Cycling RoutesMt Ventoux? The legendary climb. For whatever reason everyone kept talking about it. “Have you ridden Mt Ventoux yet? It’s awesome” If you google famous Col’s in France this one always pops up high up on the list. I had to find out why! Could it be even harder than the holy grail of the French Riviera – Col de la Bonette?
Tour des Combins
in Bike Routes, Bikecation, Bikecation Locations, Bikepacking, Blog Post, Bloggers, Cycle Tourism, European Bikecation Locations, European Cycling Routes, European MTB Routes, Health and Lifestyle, Italy MTB Routes, Lifestyle, MTB Routes, Robert Thorpe, Robert Thorpe Bikecation, Swiss MTB Routes, Switzerland & Austria MTB RoutesTake on this classic bike packing tour in the Alps. If you’re after a real adventure, then this could be for you. There’s some bike hike along the way, but the rewards are epic.
Walmer – Wide Drop Bars
in Blog Post, Bloggers, Handlebars and Steering, Kit Facts, Kit Reviews, Scott Cornish, Technical KitFinding the correct size drop bar for a road bike has always been straightforward. Measure the distance between the acromial arches (the bony protrusions on the anterior shoulder) and that is your centre to centre bar width. Following the evolution of gravel and adventure bike geometry, the choice of bar shape and width is expanding with width and degree of flare being the most significant differences.