General Cycling Archives - The Steve Hogg Bike Fitting Team

COMPLEX ASYMMETRIES – Neill Stanbury’s take on the matter.

Team member Neill Stanbury, has recently moved biz and family from Melbourne 1800 kms north to Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Neill now works from Cam's Cycling Collective in Brisbane run by ex pro, Cameron Hughes. The…

The Wu Wei of Colby Pearce

Team member Colby Pearce has an informative and enlightening take on 'wu wei' as it applies to training, coaching and bike fitting. Recommended. https://www.buzzsprout.com/557458/1619140-the-woo-way-with-colby-pearce

INTRODUCING FREDERICK MARTIN ILAGAN

Martin Ilagan has a degree in Economics and spent the first 10 years of his working life as an elected City Councillor in city of half a million people at home in the Phillippines. At the same time he was…

VISIT TO SEVEN: September 2015

Steve recently traveled to the United States, and during his visit he toured Seven Cycles and met with several of its staff members. In this post, take a virtual tour with Steve and learn more about the people behind Seven.

A rare moment... Four Passoni in one place at the same time.

“Mr. Passoni” visits Hogg HQ

In March, Matteo Cassina, the principal of Passoni visited Sydney. He invited me for a ride with him and two of his friends. The friends turned out to be Kim Fournais, CEO of Saxo Bank, and Anthony Griffin, CEO of Saxo…

FUNCTION AND PERFORMANCE – AN OBJECT LESSON

Steve is in the midst of working on some long and detailed posts; however, he is back with a short but important one that is an object lesson on the link between function and performance.

IMPROVING PERFORMANCE: Some obvious and not so obvious methods

In this post, Steve takes a look at improving performance within five different catorgories: Breathing, Nutrition, Function, Equipment and Training. He highlights the Breathing section with a review of an invention from friend to the site, Gotz Heine, called Nasal Suffocating Aid (NaSA). It's a simple, inexpensive solution for those seeking to simulate altitude training. Along with NaSA, you'll find several methods every serious or not-so-serious rider can benefit from...

RANT NO. 4: Di2 shifter ergonomics / cable guides / carbon revisited / beer

In Steve's fourth Rant, he discusses his mixed feelings towards today's offerings of electronic shifting, the difficulty of installing internal cables, why metal sometimes outperforms carbon and beer offerings in restaurants.

POSTURE – Why it is important for cycling performance

Is everyday posture important for performance on the bike? Most riders know improving core strength is essential to riding well, and Steve believes good posture and reasonable core strength are one and the same. In this post, he explains why and offers some tips to better posture.

RANT NO. 3: The Same Old Stuff and various other whinges

In Steve's third Rant, he discusses the fragility of carbon frames, the state of the bike fitting industry, Campagnolo's EPS, Ridley and Giant frames, Fizik shoes, inspiration and the best product of the year.