Quentin Muhlert | Online Marketing Professional

Upgrades

As a cyclist, I’m constantly bombarded with messaging about cool new gear, fresh out of the carbon fibre molds from Taiwan and China. More gears, stiffer frames, lighter wheels, cooler jerseys – its all a never ending parade of lighter, better, and of course pricier.

Its very easy to lose sight of the fact that for most amateur riders, the 10lbs we could easily lose in flab would do us a lot more good in races that the 100 grams we would lose in a $1000 gear upgrade.

While I lose the battle against the upgrade urge from time to time, this winter Ive been working on upgrading my legs and seeing a much better return on my investment. I’d recommend it.

So now I’m writing about cycling

I’m a 28 year old newbie road cycling enthusiast. I’m also an online marketing guy but this blog isn’t about that – I spend enough time talking about that stuff. This is all about cycling, and my quest to be a better cyclist. I only got seriously into cycling when I was 26, and only recently started putting on serious distances (100k+ / week).

This blog’s all about cool cycling crap, the rides I go on, and my goal of dropping 10 lbs and making it to Cat 3 next season.