Words: The Elixir of Motivation
Today, while riding the elevator up to the 9th floor in the building I work in, I got into a conversation with a lady who works on the same floor as I do. It went...
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What Not To Do When The Weight Scale Doesn’t Move
Those of us who are cycling for weight loss have to deal with the weight scale. I hate it and have a real phobia with it. Why? Because it always tells me what I...
How To Start Road Cycling [Again] Ebook
As I told you all several weeks ago, I was going to write an Ebook to help new cyclists, or those returning to road cycling after a long layoff, get started in...
Finding Measurable Improvement In Your Cycling
Do you find yourself struggling to get better on the bike? Ever wonder if you’re making any progress at all? I do and I bet others do as well. That’s...
The Most Interesting Cyclist In The World, Part 1
When he rides his bike, the earth spins faster. Or slower, depending on which direction he’s going. When he crashes, it can be measured on the Richter scale....
The Ride for Semper Fi
Yesterday I received some information about an awesome ride called The Ride for Semper Fi. I don’t think I could sum up the purpose of the ride any better...
In For Review: Diadora Speedracer Carbon R Cycling Shoes
I’ve needed a new pair of cycling shoes for a while. My old pair was several years old and had seen better days. They were truly a ‘beginners’...
Site Outage, New Comments, and the Cycling Ebook
Just a short post to let you know that I appreciate everyone being patient with the site yesterday. You all know that I’m always tweaking the site, trying...
Do You Have A Training Mindset?
If you’re like me, when you think of ‘training’, as it relates to sports, or cycling, you immediately conjure images of athletes training for...
Cycling Takes Dedication
Each morning after my ride I log my stats into Dailymile. Once I click on ‘share’ my ride stats and comments are transmitted to the Biking To Live Facebook...
Final Review: Cateye HL-EL450 Headlight
A couple of weeks ago I announced that I had a Cateye HL-EL450 Bicycle Headlight in for review. I’ve ridden with it for two weeks during my pre-dawn rides...
Seven Reasons Why The Morning Is Best Time For Road Cycling
Last week I asked you to vote in a poll about when you prefer to ride. 18 of you responded and Early Morning beat out Mid-Morning by a vote of 7-6. Evening came...
Starting Road Cycling After Watching The Tour de France
The test of endurance that is the Tour de France (TdF) captivates the entirety of the cycling world every July. As road cyclists, it inspires us to want to do better....
Biking To Live Weekly Recap July 19-23
I’ve got several topics I wanted to cover so I thought it best to do a recap, or summary, instead of a dedicated post today. Here goes. Yes, I changed the...
When Do You Prefer To Ride? [Poll]
I’m preparing an article and would like you to vote in the poll below so I can get a feel for when my readers like to ride their bikes. I believe I’ve...
Starting The Morning Out Right
The Bike Is Fixed My crank problems were finally resolved on Friday and I picked up my bike that afternoon. The shop never heard back from Sugino (the maker’s...
The Biking To Live Logo
I’ve wanted to design a logo for Biking To Live for a long time now. I just hadn’t gotten around to brainstorming designs and making one. That all ended...
The Crank Problem Is Far From Over
Yesterday I explained in length how I was missing the compression nut (actually called an ‘External Crank Arm Fixing Bolt) on my cranks and that’s what...
Cranks, Nuts, and a Tshirt
This mornings ride was very low key because I can’t ride my road bike right now (see below) and because I’m taking it easy until my body readjusts to...
The Early Morning Sweat
As promised, I returned to riding this morning with my trusty new headlight. Waiting until 6 AM to get up made for a pretty good nights sleep. It wasn’t pitch...
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