Bicycle Maintenance
A bicycle’s left pedal tightens in the opposite direction
Identify the left and right bicycle pedals before removal or installation, and avoid turning a reverse-threaded pedal the wrong way.
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Cycling Equipment
A bicycle computer’s wheel setting can change the distance you record
Understand how wheel circumference affects a bicycle speed sensor’s distance calculation, and check the calibration method before comparing ride records.
Running Kit
A Running Shoe’s Tongue Can Tell You Where the Laces Are Pressing
Use the tongue, seams and lace pressure to describe a running-shoe fit problem before tightening everything again.
Cycling Skills
A Bicycle Quick-Release Lever Is Not a Wing Nut
Understand the cam action of a bicycle quick release and why wheel seating, the correct manual and a final check matter before riding.
Bicycle Setup
Mark Your Current Saddle Position Before Adjusting the Bicycle
Record saddle height, fore-aft position and tilt before making a bicycle adjustment, and keep changes within the component maker’s limits.
Running Practice
Running on a Cambered Road: Notice the Surface Beneath Your Pace
Notice cross-slopes on a running route, record how they affect the session and avoid unsafe lane changes in pursuit of a flatter surface.
Triathlon Preparation
Drafting Rules Can Change the Cycling Leg of a Triathlon
Check whether your triathlon permits drafting and read the event’s passing rules before practising the cycling leg like a group ride.
Race Preparation
Chip Time and Gun Time Start a Race Result at Different Moments
Understand gun time, chip time and wave starts so your race log and award expectations use the timing definition set by the event.
Cycling Skills
Wet Brakes Change How Early a Cyclist Should Plan to Slow Down
Allow more time and space to slow a bicycle in wet conditions, and distinguish brake performance from the tyre’s grip on the road.