When you first learned to ride a bike, you rode (in all likelihood) with sneakers and flat pedals. Using that set-up, the only power you could create was by pushing down on the pedals--so that's what ...

Toolbox: Even from a distance, pro riders have a unique and graceful style that clearly distinguishes them from amateurs and recreational cyclists. Is this difference something to do with their pedal ...

Think of some of the classic stars of the sport, and what often springs to mind is the ease with which they seem to pedal. Think Coppi or Anquetil and what comes to mind are the elegance and lightness ...

A good cyclist looks like poetry in motion. Legs circling in perfect rhythm, a position of power with relaxed high-speed propulsion. Just think Bradley Wiggins. By contrast many beginners or ...

A cycling instructor explains why your pedal pulling and pushing technique in a spin class affect your entire workout. Here's what to know. When you’re clipped into a bike for a spinning class, you’re ...

Hey kids, how’s it going with those new Christmas bikes? For some of us, it takes a while to get pedaling — my younger brother started riding without training wheels long before I was able to. But ...

Cycling has long enjoyed a reputation for being one of the most-efficient ways for humans to move—and new data suggests that nothing has changed. More than five decades after Scientific American first ...