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By: Gregg Hall Like all mechanical contraptions, your bicycle is vulnerable to wear and tear caused by regular use and exposure to the elements. Routine preventive maintenance will keep your bicycle in peak condition and safe for riding throughout the year. Although some bicycle repair and maintenance is best performed by a qualified bike mechanic, you [...]
By: Gray Rollins The world of professional snowboarders is one where youth is often more of an asset than a disadvantage. In many sports, years of experience are necessary before it is possible to compete against the top tier of athletes; but the youthful spring of teen snowboarders often gives them enough of a leg up [...]
By Rob Poulton How do I position my cleats? It’s one of the questions we often get following the purchase of a pair of pedals or new cleats. Many customers want to know how they can ensure the best placement. Some customers admit they haven’t adjusted their cleat position in years and question if it could [...]
By Robert Renfro The best gear to have for snowboarding: As a beginner to snowboarding what should you look for when buying new gear? Maybe also you have been snowboarding for a very long time but are not sure exactly how to look for gear that is right for you! Let’s first start with what are some [...]
By Don Alexander It’s been on my heart to write this article for some time now. This article is written to serve parents everywhere when shopping for their boy or girl’s first BMX bike! For over 7 years I operated my own bike shop out of my parents home in Mesa, Arizona, Donnie’s Bicycle Shop, and it [...]
By Luca Rossi Despite what you might think, there is a vibrant road racing scene in the Big Apple. The season starts in late February and runs through the end of September. Most weeks you can race two or three times without having to leave the five boroughs. Racing in New York was always an underground [...]
GT BMX Stunt Team Sea Otter Classic Monterey, Caifornia Photo By Knarl StuartBy: Robert Sheehan BMX bike riding is a very popular game due to the thrill and excitement it involves. However, some experts simply relate the popularity of this game to the high cost of gasoline. This exciting sport requires a lot of practice on the part [...]
By Robbie L Chapman The Chicagoland area is known for great bike trails and you’ve just found a summary of the best bike trails in the Chicagoland area (north and northwest). With so many great bike trails to choose from, there will, of course, be different opinions, depending on your personal riding style and preferences and what [...]
By Wendy Pan Hiking camping tips can be helpful to even the most experienced adventurer but they are especially important for less experienced hikers. The basic checklist for hiking and camping, or the ten essentials every hiker and camper should have, is as follows:map; compass; water or way to purify water; multipurpose tools; rain gear; extra clothing; food; flashlight; first aid kid; matches, lighter, fire [...]
By Jakob Jelling Wheelies are an old trick that goes back at least as far as roller skating does and most likely much further. It seems that any time any body has a vehicle with four wheels they need to find a way to make it run on just two wheels for a while. [...]
By Ken Zalot Perhaps you secretly admire owners of excellent road bikes, and you yearn to get one which is also in fine condition for yourself. However, laying your hands on a topnotch bike is easier said than done. In order for you to get one that will stand the test of time while living up [...]
By Scott C Lewis BMX Bike Racing can be a very exciting and adventurous sport. Getting started into BMX Bike Racing is simple and rather inexpensive. First you start out by joining a BMX bike association since they are the groups that typically provide the guidance and rules for BMX bike racing. There is the American [...]
By: Richard Mitchell Every bodybuilder and weight trainer will have his or her favorite exercises for each body part. That’s how it should be – as you progress through the various stages of learning you’ll understand what works best for you. It is useful, however, to take stock of your progress every so often and carry [...]
By Mary Blomquist When I first started mountain biking, I used my mountain bike brakes way more often than necessary. I thought I would feel safer when I was braking all the time because I was going slower, but in reality, I was making my ride more unsafe because my tires were skidding and I was [...]
By Greg Witt For hikers, the Appalachian Trail at 2175 miles or the Pacific Crest Trail at 2650 miles are both epic journeys. For a musher, crossing the finish line of the Iditarod sled dog race at milepost 1150 is a monumental achievement. Now mountain bikers have their own holy grail-The Freedom Trail-a 1450-mile mountain bike [...]
By: Alastair Hamilton Even if there are no mountains where you live, it can make sense to buy a mountain bike, just because of the security [...]
By Alastair Hamilton There’s a lot of terminology to learn if you’re a mountain biking enthusiast. These enthusiasts have a language all their own, what with [...]
Other articles in this series looked at a number of exercises, mainly from the perspective of developing a comprehensive muscle building program. Sometimes we take things for granted, especially when it comes to performing the basic exercises that constitute the core of most bodybuilders’ training regimes. It is useful, therefore, to describe in detail the processes [...]
By: Richard Mitchell Repetitions are the basic building blocks of any strength or muscle building program but it is something that many lifters take for granted. How often do you see people at the gym speed through their reps, breathe haphazardly or fail to complete each rep correctly from a technical perspective? There is much more [...]
For many beginners, learning to turn on a snowboard can be rather challenging and unnerving. The reason for this is that turning on a snowboard requires you to twist and turn is such a way that you feel like you are going to fall. Of course turning is absolutely essential to riding a snowboard and [...]
