Suffolk Bicycle Riders Association

06/08/2026

06/08/2026

"Just twenty minutes" is cycling's version of "just one more episode"

06/04/2026

The first time you build cycling fitness, you don't have a reference point. Every ride is a personal best. Every hill you clear feels like a victory because you've never been fitter than you are right now.

Take three months off and try again. Your body will respond. It knows the work. But your head is a different story. It remembers what 250 watts felt like. It remembers the group ride where you barely had to think. Now you're grinding up the same climb you used to fly up, and the only thing your brain can do is measure the distance between then and now.

05/30/2026

Not every ride needs a personal best. Some of the greatest rides you'll ever have won't show up as a PR on Strava. They'll show up as the ride you still think about months later.

The one where you just rode. No data. No pressure. Just road.

05/30/2026

Reminder: knee high compression socks treated with permethrin or a natural cedar oil spray will minimize your tick exposure. Check frequently, use a lint roller when you get back to the car then check again in the shower and check again the day after.

05/27/2026

Some rides hurt. Some rides bore you. Some rides you spend the whole time wondering why you bother. Then you finish. And you remember exactly why.

05/23/2026

https://www.roadbikerider.com/flat-tire-approach/ -277107

By Lars Hundley I got a flat last week, and it did not go well. It was my rear wheel, and I was only two or three miles from home at the end of a 30-plus mile ride. I pulled over, got off the bike,…