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Who trains harder: male or female pro cyclists?
Say you had access to several years worth of training data from a bunch of male and female pro road cyclists. And say you went through an...

What does a world champion's training look like?
We've followed Kate Courtney's journey of an XC mountain biker from an aspiring U23 all the way to her Elite World Champion title in Swit...

Full frontal: How the Sufferfest's 4D power profile can make you faster
Honestly, we didn’t know what to expect. We just knew it would hurt. In this case, “it” was a fitness test called Full Frontal, so named ...

Rituals, not resolutions: Chasing those 1% improvements
Being an athlete is a constant exercise in optimization. For cyclists, the time to set new goals and establish better routines usually co...

Suit up: why you should brave the weather and ride outside
Most of us probably spend our days in an office somewhere indoors and in front of a computer screen. There's eight, nine, ten hours of th...

11 mistakes that self-trained cyclists make
Those of you that have followed CyclingTips since the early days will know that the site started as a way for Wade Wallace to share his d...

Terrain Dynamics AIRhub outdoor trainer review
Terrain Dynamics is an Australian company built around an invention called the AIRhub, a programmable front wheel hub that is designed to...

Finding your fight: The mental side of bike racing
American Kate Courtney graduated from Stanford University in June 2017 with a bachelor's degree in human biology. A month later, she won ...

Mick Rogers on how to prepare for an individual time trial: Part II: Warm-up and recovery
Mick Rogers is a three-time world time trial champion, multiple-time Giro and Tour de France stage winner, Olympic medalist and much more...

“Ah crap, I forgot to charge my sunglasses!" The Oakley Radar Pace reviewed
“Ah crap, I forgot to charge my sunglasses!” This is not a sentence I ever thought I’d be uttering but then I started training with Oakle...

Loren Rowney on depression: 'Maybe if I talk about it, other people will too'
For once I am not going to be the procrastinator I always am. The person that is always thinking, saying, and swearing they will do thing...

How to embrace riding in the rain
While summer is about to start in Australia, those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are digging out our warmest winter riding apparel. D...