Strava is Great when you’re Traveling
- Post By: Craig Kennedy
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- Category: cycling, mainblog, Things I've Learned
I learned this in riding in Austin, TX for the first time. A lot of traffic and intimidating roads. Okay, where do you go for 50 miles of cycling? Pull out Strava, do a local search for local athletes and […]
Read MoreFTP Is not a Badge
- Post By: Craig Kennedy
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- Category: cycling, mainblog, Things I've Learned
Its just a measurement. It can and will change over time and while its a good relative indicator of how well you can perform over time, its not a goal itself. FTP is a process measure, not an outcome measure. […]
Read MoreSituational Awareness Matters
- Post By: Craig Kennedy
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- Category: cycling, mainblog, Things I've Learned
Key Lesson: Be aware for anything. Pop Quiz: Heading down a narrow causeway at 20MPH and a hawk, carrying a still writhing snake heads straight at your helmet. What do you do? What do you do? Brake. Swerve and Curse. […]
Read MoreDistracted Driving – Please think of Cyclists
- Post By: Craig Kennedy
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- Category: cycling, distracted driving, mainblog
Things you just don’t want to see from your CycliqIQ Fly 6 rear facing light/HD camera. When you pause and zoom in the video you can see the phone in the drivers hand.
Read MoreEgg Muffin Breakfast or Cycling Portable
These have become my favorite breakfast and a very useful portable for cycling wrapped in Skratch Labs Paper and shoved in your Jersey pocket. For Breakfast I gulp down one of these and put another one on a whole wheat […]
Read MoreMy Favorite Cycling Gear
- Post By: Craig Kennedy
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- Category: cycling, gear
I’m still a new cyclist. I’m also a cyclist (like many) with enough disposable income to waste on gadgets and gear. Stuff that won’t make me go one bit faster or longer but that I can’t live without anyway. Like […]
Read More3 Things this weekend That Made Me Love Life
Number 1 – Time at my Bike Store Strangely enough a failure turned into an opportunity. One of our cars which we don’t drive often had its battery fail last week in front of my bike store! I ended up having […]
Read MoreFocus Bikes Izalco Max Disc First Ride
- Post By: Craig Kennedy
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- Category: cycling, izalco max
I’ve been looking for a road bike. My friend J. at Halters Cycles has been great at making sure I wait to get what I want. His strong recommendation to me was the 2016 Focus Bikes Izalco Max Disc. It […]
Read MoreGran Fondo NY 2016
- Post By: Craig Kennedy
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- Category: bestbikesplit, cycling, gfny16, izalco max, peaksware, power meter, trainerroad, trainingpeaks, zwift
The most important fitness goal I have right now is to finish the 2016 Gran Fondo NY in under 5.5hrs moving time and under 6.5hrs total time. The 2016 Event is 161km (100mi) in length. That means I have to be […]
Read MoreIsolated Leg Training, Left Only Power Meters and Trainerroad
- Post By: Craig Kennedy
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- Category: cycling, mainblog, power meter, trainerroad
The post below is a year or two old now. It’s still relevant but if you’ve landed here, there’s a chance your also still working out cycling software. This site that I was made aware of has good information that […]
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