During the 2006 cycling season, when the Liberty Seguros-Wurth team fell prey to the Operacion Puerto doping case, Astana stepped in to sponsor the team, a team that included leading Kazakh rider Alexander Vinokourov. During the second half of the 2006 season, Vinokourov went on to win the Vuelta a Espana as part of the […]
Any day spent in one of Americas cities will be a day spent in the presence of countless cyclists. Curriers ride bicycles, as do college students and police officers and even the occasional postal worker. Some taxis are pedicabs, seats attached to bicycles and powered by the feet of young men and women.
Even tourist attractions, […]
Its always a good idea to take proper safety measures when you are out on your bicycle. There are lots of hazards which could potentially cause you to take a spill, and learning to be careful and wear the right protective equipment all goes a long way towards making sure you stay safe whenever […]
In the sport of cycling, knee injuries are some of the most common injuries. Cycling knee pain is often caused by iliotibial band syndrome. The IT band is a fibrous band of tissue that runs along the outside of the leg from the knee to the hip. When the band tightens and rubs across the […]
The bicycle is mankind’s favorite vehicle. It’s used universally across the world with nearly 1.4 billion bicycles in active use. Developed in Europe during the nineteenth century, it has been the most popular vehicle for travel for over a hundred years. It doesn’t require gasoline or other fuel, and it has far superior maneuvering capabilities […]