By Will Murray and research from CU Boulder

An often-repeated statistic tells most of the story: at 20 miles per hour on flat ground, 90% of the cyclist’s energy goes into overcoming wind resistance. The other 10% is in rolling resistance of the tires, friction in the drive train of the bike and such.

SCOTTS VALLEY, CA (BRAIN) — Bell Helmets and the International Mountain Bicycling Association announced the first recipients of its Bell Built Grants, which are awarding a total of $100,000 in trail building assistance to fund new mountain bike trail projects across the country.

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Everyman Triathlon

Sometimes life isn't all roses and some great things can come out of adversity and local hand biker Trish Downing has done that. She has been nominated as a local hero in the National Mobility Awareness Contest. Trish was a former cyclists when tragedy struck and left her paralyzed.