News & Gear Trends

We've discovered a great product that many of our OYM athletes are calling "the best stuff they've ever used." Meet EnergyLab Nutrition.  This small Texas company caters to endurance athletes of all skill levels. They offer a four-part "Endurance Series" of products which we're having great success with here at OYM. Ignyte is essentially derived from natural green coffee bean extract. Most folks like to take it just before their event to help improve mental focus and to jump-start their muscle endurance. Execute is taken during the race to increase electrolytes and amino acids with less sugar than other products....

As most of you know, we're fresh off an awesome tour of Europe. If you came to our EuroParty last month, you likely heard all about it. It was that incredible experience got us thinking about bike tours in general. How many of our OYM friends have taken them? Where are some of the best places to go? Things like that.   (Photo by Steve Chaney of Chuck Chaney in Italy. Thanks, guys!) So, we'd love to hear about your experiences. We're compiling a list of interesting cycle tour sites from the web, but we really need you to help...

This week Florida Governor Rick Scott traveled to South Florida to ceremonially sign the Aaron Cohen Life Protection Act which officially went into law on July 1st. This is a victory for the more than 70,000 cyclists, pedestrians and motorists struck annually by hit and run motorists. Previously, the penalty for fleeing the scene of an accident involving death could be as little as just one year in jail. That's less than the time the motorist who struck and killed 36 year old married father of two, Aaron Cohen had to spend behind bars.Cohen was killed by Michele Traverso who was headed home...

Shout out to our friends at the Treasure Coast Cycling Association for sharing an excellent article called "10 Rules to Group Ride Like a Pro" in their recent newsletter. It really got us thinking this week.  The article which was written by Simeon Green of PezCycling News. It breaks some of the biggest group cycling issues down like this: It's Not a Race Bar-to-Bar Peeling Off Pulling Through Too Tired to Go to the Front Gaps Moving About in a Group Obstacles and Hand Signals Yelling Slowing and Adjusting Speed We figured that it might be good to address the topics of cycling...