CYCLING AND THE CURIOUS PROBLEM OF THE PROSTATE

Few things completely change everything in a person’s life in one moment. This happened to me during a recent doctors visit. I went in for my yearly physical and also for some minor urinary problems. I suspected a medication was causing me urinary retention. The...

CYCLING AND THE CURIOUS PROBLEM OF THE PROSTATE

Few things completely change everything in a person’s life in one moment. This happened to me during a recent doctors visit. I went in for my yearly physical and also for some minor urinary problems. I suspected a medication was causing me urinary retention. The...

GRAVEL RIDING AND LOWER BACK PAIN – PART ONE

Gravel riding is now a bonafide industry market segment in the cycling world. The mainstream momentum for gravel riding has been building for several years. During a recent discussion with my editor Zapata Espinoza about preparing the Dirty Kanza (a 200-mile gravel...

GRAVEL RIDING AND LOWER BACK PAIN – PART TWO

Incorrect Spine Setup It’s odd to think of your spine as a bike frame that needs to be setup, but it is not far from the truth. A bit simplistic, but our spines are a complex frame of bones, nerves, muscles, tendons, and ligaments that function much like cables and...