Now, not even winter can be an excuse to stay indoors, sipping hot chocolate next to the fireplace. The fat bike is here to stay and silently mock sedentary Yuletide habits. For people who want to get out into the snow, but have a loathing for skis and snowshoes, the fat bike may well be the steed of choice.
Winter cycling opens up a whole new world of challenges and benefits for those who participate. Whether you decide to commute to work, ride hard-packed trails or outfit your existing rig to put on some winter miles, there are all sorts of benefits to discover. In order to get you better prepared, here are a few things to consider before you get started.
You may treasure that bike that you find good for winter cycling. Perhaps its your trusty mountain bike with 2.25” inch tires, or that trusty hybrid with mean knobby tires. Maybe you have invested a bit of green to experience the canvas of white that Alberta is famous for and bought a “Fat Bike”. What…
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It was one of those days when I had everyone’s attention. Three people all stood over me eagerly wanting my story about how my desire for an electric bicycle brought us all together. So I started to tell them….
“Cycling Alberta’s Badlands is probably one of the best experiences anybody can enjoy.”
Long distance riding is not always the privy of the experienced. Case in point, Alberta boys Coltan Schell and Corey Ennis, young men, musicians, students and good friends. They met while taking the music program at Red Deer College. With the love of music between good bros, Coltan and Corey would embark of an adventure that saw them pulling single axle trailers, loaded with gear and guitars, from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic.
(CCN) Prognostication is in the eye of the beholder, or at least is how one author saw the future of cycling history in 1893. Recently I came across an issue of “Bicycle” written by W.N. Robertson on Archive.org. A curious booklet published in 1894, containing all sorts of cycling primers, tips on riding and the latest gear.…
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