This post was written by one of our latest additions to the team, Bradley Wiggs. Enjoy! – Phil With an entire season of racing quickly approaching, the Voler Factory team camp was the first chance for me to meet my teammates for the coming year.…
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‘Tis the Season
by Sam Boardman January 24, 2017There is always uncertainty going in a new season. Truly, I don’t think I’m going out on a limb by saying that, as I think every competitive cyclist can relate. UnitedHealthcare’s Tayler Wiles recently wrote in a piece for Cyclingtips about the start to the…
Ryan Moore successful Vegan athlete
by Ryan Moore March 9, 2016Ryan Moore, Category 1 racer is interviewed between races at the 2016 Madera Stage Race by The Vegan Cyclist on how to be a successful racer while maintaining a 100% plant-based, vegan diet.
The Chase: Justin Rossi
by Justin Rossi February 5, 2016“Why do I put myself through all this pain?” for Justin Rossi, the amateur time trialist who lost first place by a mere nine seconds at the 2014 National Time Trial Championships, it would be a fair question to ask. But he doesn’t. Rossi doesn’t…
Segment efforts… it's back!
by Matt McKinzie August 27, 2014Analyzing your segment effort is back, and it is better than ever. Thanks to some stellar work by The Doctor, as well as many other Strava engineers, it is now easy to compare your recent effort to a personal best or the KOM/QOM. To access…
#MPSCAMP2014
by Art Rand March 5, 2014Team camp on Marc Pro – Strava has become somewhat of a thing. Our first year we headed to Marin and stayed in a nice big house with a view of the city, then we headed to Santa Cruz, and we’ve done Napa. All pretty…
2013 Chileno Valley Grasshopper
by Jonathan Teeter February 18, 2013Saturday was one of the more roadie friendly editions of the Grasshopper adventures series. The route took us from occidental over coleman valley rd to hwy 1, then south to marshal and chileno valley before turning back north for a steep finish atop joy rd.…
Riding with people — did I hear a Chickadee?
by Andy Scott June 18, 2012Great views great company great time. My schedule makes it hard for me to hook up with others for riding, but that changed this weekend with a couple of fantastic SOCIAL rides — one on the road around the lake and one epic dirt Chickedee…
WRIAD: Crash Course in Heat Acclimation
by Jamie McJunkin June 12, 2012Riding the White Rim Trail in Eastern Utah is an incredibly beautiful – even spiritual – mountain bike experience. Riding the full White Rim 100 mile loop in a single day (dubbed “WRIAD”) puts the ride in the epic category. Doing WRIAD unsupported in summer…
Marc Pro Device Pad Placement Video
by Justin Rossi April 13, 2012You can’t just slap the Marc Pro pads anywhere on your legs and expect it to work magic. Here’s a video demonstrating my favorite pad setup for optimal recovery between workouts and racing. It’s also a great demonstration of how the Marc Pro device works…