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Keeping Your Cool in a Bike Crash
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Safety and Etiquette Tips for Group Rides
Read more →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...
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Cycle the Globe (Without Leaving Florida) With Our OYM CompuTrainer Special
Read more →We've touted the many amazing training benefits of our CompuTrainer system on our blog here before: In the last couple of weeks, we've added new scenic courses to our existing library. We currently have rides that take you through the streets of the Spanish island of Mallorca, the pristine French Valleys, the Adirondack mountains, the Canadian countrysides, and the hills of Virginia. Check out these fall colors: So through the end of December 2013, we're offering all our OYM athletes a RacerMate CompuTrainer $5 per session special (up to one hour) to try these new courses. As always, your first...
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Cycle Back to Sleep
Read more →We're happy to announce our new monthly column in the Healthy Living Magazine section of Florida Weekly! This week's full version is now available online and free in local area stores. Our first topic concerns sleep disorders and the positive effect of cycling. Take a look: You can click through to the full PDF of the article right HERE. Let us know what you think! Love, Peace and Bicycle Grease, Matt & Julie
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Hydrate and Ride Great
Read more →Summer in South Florida is never the time to take chances with hydration - especially when cycling. Keeping your body healthy and hydrated on a daily basis will go a longer way toward setting you up for a successful ride than anything else. Sipping 12-16 ounces of water about four hours before climbing onto your bike for a moderate-paced ride is a good plan. Then, around two hours before you start, slowly drink another 12 ounces. There's no need to over-hydrate as your body can only absorb so much fluid. Having water available during your ride is necessary, however, so...
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Seeing Pink (and Having Some Fun)
Read more →A while back, we shared with you some hard-earned wisdom in our "Common Training Mistakes to Avoid" post on the Coach Matt Goforth website. In case you missed it, our number one piece of advice was - and still is - this: Don't Forget to Have Fun! So on Saturday, January 26, we did just that at the 22nd Annual Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure. We love supporting local causes, especially when we can do it with plenty of our very own OYM Team friends and family on a gorgeous, sunny South Florida morning... Just start wherever you...
