Developing a healthy lifestyle through cycling
Juan Pelota VS El Pistolero: A fistful of words
Sounds like some kind of old school western showdown doesn’t it? With the 2009 Tour de France now over the war of words between Lance Armstrong (Juan Pelota) and Alberto Contador (El Pistolero) has already heated up. Juan PelotaEveryone who watched this years TdF knows that Team Astana wasn’t sitting around the campfire singing Kum Ba Ya everynight with both LA and AC fighting for control of the team. ...List of Tour de France Contests
With the Tour de France in full swing it seems like everyday I’m seeing where somebody is running a contest or giveaway ranging from trips to bicycles to gear. I thought I’d try and put them all in one spot. Here you go. CycleTo “Tour Socks” Daily Freebie RoadID Tour de France Challenge Cycling Plus Specialized Tarmac Pro SL Giveaway Cadillac Ride of Your Life Sweepstakes – 2010...Century Training Series: Day 2
Today would see me actually doing my first ride as part of the Century Training Series. It was nothing serious, just an hour at endurance pace. I consulted with @331miles regarding how to work in my warm up and we agreed that I ride my warm up of six miles then do an hour at my projected century pace which is 15 mph. The weather was pretty nice actually with it not being as hot or humid as it has been the last...Cycling Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: July 2009
With July comes the biggest professional bike race of the season. The Tour de France. How could I not design a desktop wallpaper that doesn’t pay tribute to this great race. Instead of profiling pics/names of individual cyclists I decided to go with the classic images from past tours which includes fields of sunflowers and El Diablo. The size of the image is 1024×768. 2009 Tour De France...Will politics ruin Astana’s Tour De France?
For those of you following professional cycling you know that teams are selecting their final nine-man rosters for next month’s Tour De France. The Cervelo Test Team and Team Milram released their squads on June 23 and Garmin-Slipstream released their team on June 24. Astana released their roster on June 25 but not without a little controversy. The final 2009 Tour de France roster for Astana includes Lance...
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The purpose of Biking To Live is to teach both new road cyclists and those looking to get healthy through road cycling the ins and outs of the sport. The cycling and how-to articles are written with the beginning cyclist in mind. You'll also see honest reviews of cycling gear to help you make decisions when investing in this great sport.