Why I wear a Lumos Helmet

My last helmet, a Giro Atmos II, made the ultimate sacrifice in a high-speed crash last October. I replaced it with a Lumos helmet, a high tech alternative with lights and Apple Watch integration. But is it really a step up?
French Creek Iron Tour

My First Century For my first century ride, I chose the French Creek Iron Tour. Of the local events I know about, this was actually the hardest (over 6,000 feet of climb). I picked it for two reasons: one is that it was fairly close to home so I didn’t have to get up too…
Peloton Leaderboard – Numbers and Position

The Peloton leaderboard contains a great deal of information on how you’re performing, both against others who are taking / have taken your class as well as how you’ve performed in the past. It’s a fairly data-packed screen, so let’s get into it… Exhibit A (above) is my own line item on the leaderboard, taken…
Peloton’s Calibration Problem

If you’ve been a Peloton member for any length of time, you probably have been hearing about “calibration”. Not from Peloton, no. They hardly ever mention it. It is a topic in social media, though, and it seems that there is a widespread problem that Peloton may have no way of getting on top of.…
Peloton and METs

Following up on my post about the Peloton display numbers (and a little arithmetic regarding Output), a visitor to the site asked about METs, so I thought I’d post a follow-up…. Calculating METs is unfortunately considerably more difficult than calculating output in kilojoules. Well, it’s not that it’s so difficult, it’s that the level of…
Your Peloton Screen – Resistance, Cadence and Output

Understanding the various numbers on your Peloton bike display is key to understanding how well you’re doing.
Visit to Peloton

or…. My trip to the Mothership Next time you’re in Manhattan, you really need to try out the Peloton studio, located in Chelsea. I headed to the Mothership this summer for my first in-studio ride. If you are anywhere near NYC, I would definitely recommend you give it a try, and if not, well, here’s…
Pedalgate? Broken Peloton Pedals

For the last several years, some riders have complained about pedals breaking, causing injuries. Should pedals break?
A Visit to Punxsutawney

For the past 132 years, a groundhog in Punxsutawney has been predicting the weather. Based on whether or not he sees his shadow, we will have either six more weeks of winter or an early spring. It’s science. This year I decided to travel there to get the forecast straight from the woodchuck’s mouth. If…