Road Cycling Tips

This is probably one of those questions that many new cyclists ask, “Should I get a road bike or a mountain bike?” There are pros and cons to each and it is important to get the one that suits your riding style. So first, you got to ask yourself, are you going to cycle only [...]

Unlike slick tires, knobby tires have a lot of tread pattern, with knobs or bumps of various shapes, designed to dig into soft surfaces for better traction. Knobby tires get better traction on soft surfaces such as mud, gravel, snow, and dirt, compared with smooth treaded tires. Knobby tires perform extremely bad on paved surfaces. The [...]

Slick tires have no or little tread pattern, and they provide the best performance for bicycles which are used on pavement. Slick tires are smooth and silent running, and have excellent traction. They have the lowest rolling resistance of all tire styles. The common misconception is they are slippery, because look slippery. But in practice, [...]

The lower curved parts of a dropbar, the area below the brake levers.

The stationary rubber body of a brake lever, the part that attaches to the handlebars.

The part of a road bicycle’s handlebar that is above the brake levers.

Rolling resistance, sometimes called rolling friction or rolling drag, is the resistance that occurs when a round object such as a bicycle tire rolls on a surface. Factors affecting rolling resistance includes tire pressure, tire diameter, tire material, tire tread and tire width. The higher the tire pressure, the lesser the rolling resistance. The bigger the tire [...]