Bottle Launching Solved

I've ridden with a bottle behind my saddle for a while now, and have always struggled with bottles launching on rough roads.  It wasn't until a recent ride that I realized how the bottles were being ejected.  Once I knew that, I knew exactly how to fix it... straight ghetto style.

How to Make Your Own Chamois Lube

An important but often neglected (or at least rarely discussed) aspect to cycling a lot is the need to lube up the old grundle to keep from getting saddle sores.  There are lots of off-the-shelf solutions out there on the market, but I think it's a bit overpriced for something that I'm just going to rub up against my man parts and sphincter.  Can't live without it, though, so I make my own.  Here's how:

Which Race to Do - Part 3 (The Bike)

This is part 3 of a yet-to-be-determined number of parts detailing race selection for my 2015 "ultra" distance triathlon debut.  In case you missed it, here are the intro, part 1, and part 2.

In part 2 I talked about the differences among the swim courses, so here in part 3 let's talk about the bike.  "Full" or "ultra" distance bike courses are the longest of the three events by distance - 112 miles, and should take the most time of the three events as well.  It's fairly common for folks to overcook the bike segment and end up walking, crawling, shuffling, or otherwise working their way back to the finish line during what's supposed to be the run.  


The bike for me is a difficult event.  I want to be the strongest at it. It's my favorite event to do.  But I often find myself a better runner than cyclist.  I won't dive into all the potential reasons, but suffice to say when I'm looking at bike courses nothing scares me, and that's probably not a good thing.  

With that, lets dive in, shall we?