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Dean’s Letter: Make Yourself Do It

I gave my 1000th racing class this week on a typical rainy Seattle day. I taught a few new guys the ropes, told them about protecting their front wheel, riding straight and predictable, looking before...

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Ass-o-meter – finding your ideal bike fit

Bike fitting was once a service only racers sought out.  These days anyone riding a bike can make massive improvements in comfort and performance with even a basic fitting if done by a good fitter....

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Arch-o-meter, Foot comfort and performance to the pedals

When talking bike fitting, the place where the rubber really meets the road is where your foot pressures the pedals.  Before you put pressure on the pedals and make the crank go around, your foot must...

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Bar Phat – Fit your hands to your handlebars. New options and innovation

The place many of feel the bike the most is in the hands.  Depending on how forward you are, you might have 5-50% of your weight on your hands, and every bump, seam and pothole is felt in the hands....

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Why Lake Chelan is the best place to ride in Washington State

We just finished our annual pilgramage to the best riding in the state of Washington, Lake Chelan.  You could argue that the Mount Rainier area has the most epic climbs up beasts like Chinook and...

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BAM! how to shift your bike like a pro

One of the joys of riding a bicycle is using this machine to get exactly the most amount of speed from the energy you put into it.  When we teach our hill climbing bootcamps or private lessons, one of...

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The Art of the Pack

School of fish.  Pack of wolves.  Flock of birds.  Surfer on a wave.  When you decide to race your bike, you are assigning yourself to this kind of obedience and lack of control.  Group think,...

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Racing your bike Part #2 Middle of the Pack – now what?

Part 2:  OK, you now can survive a race, hopefully you learned to draft and conserve so you can see the finish line with the rest of the herd.  If you came into racing with a strong cycling background,...

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Beat the Heat – on your bike

I’m originally from Utah (this is Heather Neilson the new Coach and sales person at Cycle U) where the temperatures swing to more extremes than they do in either Northern California or the Pacific...

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Staying Cool on your bike #2

Skip the warm-up When the temperatures are at or above 80-90 degrees, there’s really no reason to put in much of a warm up. You’ll probably find that it won’t take long for your muscles to warm up so I...

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Coming back from injury

By: Heather Nielson I’ve been injured every season for the last four years of bike racing. I know I’m not alone but the older I get and the closer I get to being competitive at the national level, the...

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Incorporating training into your commute

By: Heather Nielson Since moving to Seattle in the fall of 2013, I’ve been incredibly impressed with the sheer number of cyclists,  mainly commuters, I see everyday. It’s just one of the many reasons I...

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August – ride hard and ride long!

August is the best month to ride your bike.  The weather is PEAKING! and that is saying something in the NW where I seriously don’t expect us to EVER have a summer this nice again, so put your excuses...

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Making changes: when, how, why and what NOT to do

By: Cycle U Coach Heather Nielson Making any kind of change to a routine is scary for anyone. There’s a level of comfort that goes with the predictability & expectation of the outcomes from...

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Recovery! It’s the most important part of training

By Cycle U coach Heather Nielson Recovery means a lot of things and probably includes more than you think. First of all, recovery is going on all the time. Everything you do affects your ability to...

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Should I get a coach?

By: Cycle University coach Heather Nielson A common question asked of a bike racer after they win a race is often times ‘Who’s your coach?!’ If you think about this question a little deeper and its’...

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Cycle U 2.0 – We do cycling classes, fitting and coaching, our partners do...

Welcome to the new Cycle U, where all we do is what we do best…Cycling Classes, Teams, Bike Fitting and Coaching.  Here is the scoop!  Cycle University (the shop under the West Seattle bridge on the...

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A short history of the bicycle

By: Heather Nielson Did you know that the first verifiable ‘bicycle machine’ was invented in 1817 by the German Baron Karl von Drais, commonly called a Velocipede. The era after the invention of the...

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Balancing your bicycle

By: Heather Nielson “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving” ~Albert Einstein This quote has become a large part of the bicycle culture memography and appears with...

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When should I take a break?

By: Heather Nielson Taking breaks is essential to growth. One of the most annoying things I read or hear is ‘I’ll sleep when I’m dead!’ Something always has to give. Always. Whether it’s a natural law...

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