Matthew Butterman

Buckle your helmet and pump up those tires; cycling is having a major moment right now. According to NPD Group, in April 2020, sales for bicycles and equipment grew by 75%, surpassing $1 billion in a single month. Americans are looking to biking as an enjoyable way to exercise or get from point A to point B in lieu of crowded public transport. Whether you’re aiming to stretch your legs along the Cape Cod Rail Trail, training for the Pan-Mass Challenge, or just biking around the city, here are

• One woman spent $4,000 to get her husband a used 2018 bike and traveled four hours to find her toddler a bicycle amid the pandemic shortage. • Khanh Ngo, who owns Khanh Sports, in East Hampton, New York, said people are offering him cash on the side to find bikes for them. • A private-equity executive opened a bike-repair shop out of his home garage after learning that local shops had weeks-long waiting lists for repairs. Last month Krista Olsen, a mother of two in California, tried to go on...

What are the Best Cycling Shorts to Buy As biking has become more popular over recent months, we spoke with experts about what the best cycling shorts to buy are in 2020. Rather than focusing on the best men’s cycling shorts or the best women’s cycling shorts, we decided to look at both for this article. Many companies have offerings for either gender so we recommend looking at all the companies below. Our recommenders are either bloggers or owners of the products which makes them well-equipped

With bicycles and electric scooters taking over many city streets, neurologists and emergency room physicians are seeing a rise in bike and scooter-related injuries. The most recent data sourced from the United States Department of Transportation revealed that 45,000 bicyclists were injured in traffic and 818 bicyclists died on U.S. roads in 2015. Helmets can help protect you: “A quick way to determine a helmet’s level of protection is to look at its safety certifications. Most helmets indicate

Gary Hall Jr., 10-time Olympic swimmer from 1996-2004 was at the peak of his career when he found out he had Type 1 diabetes. At the time of his diagnosis he was told by doctors that his swimming career was over. Like any Olympic-level athlete, Hall trained up to eight hours a day and ignored the symptoms he was having. Hall explained his symptoms to Men’s Journal. He said he had blurry vision, extreme thirst, ate PowerBars to boost his blood sugar and burned an excessive amount of calories t