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"The Art of the Group Ride" and all written content therein by Matt Bond is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at artofthegroupride.com.
suffering Archive
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Tour of California: Chris Horner Tells It Like It Is
Posted on May 16, 2011 | 1 CommentBluffing. The longer you ride, the better you get at it. Cycling is a physically tough sport and many of us are competitive people (even if you’re just competitive with... -
Tour of California and the Giro: Snow and Volcanoes
Posted on May 13, 2011 | 1 CommentAmerica’s largest bike race, the Tour of California, is set to start in South Lake Tahoe on Sunday with an epic stage that includes 2 laps of the Lake, a... -
Think You’ve Battled a Headwind?
Posted on May 12, 2011 | 4 CommentsI saw this video posted over at Bianchista and just had to share. I’ve been talking to my brother, Adam, who lives and rides in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Wind is... -
4 Reasons Why You Need an Anchor Ride
Posted on May 10, 2011 | 4 CommentsMaybe you’ve never thought of it this way, but you need an Anchor. If you’re a bike racer or aspire to be then you need that one ride each week... -
The Power of the Mind
Posted on May 7, 2011 | No CommentsWhether you’re racing or going for a long training ride this weekend, you’ll most likely test your physical limits. That’s the beauty of this thing we do. But there comes... -
Philippe Gilbert Can’t Be Stopped at Liege-Bastogne-Liege
Posted on April 27, 2011 | No CommentsPhilippe Gilbert is simply brilliant. He’s now won the past 4 major races in a row: Brabantse Pijl, Amstel Gold, Fleche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. And he’s done it in a... -
The Queen of the Classics
Posted on April 8, 2011 | No CommentsParis-Roubaix. The Hell of the North. The Queen of the Classics. The greatest one-day race of the year. The biggest of the 5 monuments. Whatever you want to call it,... -
The Bulldozer Attack
Posted on March 30, 2011 | 2 CommentsHere’s a companion video to my previous post The Subtle, Devastating Attack. In the previous post, we see Fabian Cancellara simply riding away from heavy hitter Tom Boonen on the... -
Track Cyclist Gets Skewered and Still Finishes Third
Posted on February 25, 2011 | No CommentsHere’s an incredible story that’s circulating the web: Azizulhasni Awang suffered an untimely crash in the final corner of the Keirin, picked up a souvenir from the Siberian pine wooden... -
Tough as Nails: Through the Eyes of the Newly Converted
Posted on February 4, 2011 | 4 CommentsRecently, I learned more about suffering, toughness, and perseverance than I have in a long time from a dude who just started riding. The bros over at Velominati (one of...
