Phil Cavell - The Midlife Cyclist

New Substack - The First Principles of The Midlife Cyclist - Looking back five years on - 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 - open.substack.com/pub/philcavell…

I am very excited to speak at my home town Cookham Festival / Spoken Word - title of my talk - Suffering, Speed & the Search for Meaning on Two Wheels. I would love to see you there - May 2nd - cookhamfestival.co.uk/midlife-cyclist @BloomsburySport @cookhamfestival @BloomsburyBooks

The Myth of Aero. Heart v’s Head. My new Substack - open.substack.com/pub/philcavell…

LANDRACE & Cyclefit press Ctrl-Alt-Del on a trend for new bikes to be sold without a bike-fit. The LANDRACE Academy is shout to bike-fitters & IBD's who want to do things properly & make their customers more functional & happier - youtu.be/XksCvC6NYM

@XSupport My account @CyclefitICS is incorrectly flagged as underage and is requesting parental consent. I am 63 years old and cannot access any appeal form. Please escalate for manual review.

Nothing personal, it was the robot what done it… open.substack.com/pub/philcavell…

Healing the Healer: Dr David Hulse on Cycling After Heart Surgery youtu.be/wVfuUVTnJx8?si… via @YouTube

The 1986 Tour de France was meant to fall to Greg LeMond. Whilst the big-hitters in the peloton sucked all the oxygen out of the caravan, the overlooked 7-Eleven team learnt to breathe in the tiny spaces. With dramatic results... open.substack.com/pub/philcavell

Some big names weigh into the race-radio debate. Including two Tour de France stage-winners - open.substack.com/pub/philcavell…

The Midlife Cyclist Bonus Articles on Substack - Finding The Line After Fifty - open.substack.com/pub/philcavell…

You can find me on Substack - Unedited. Unredacted. philcavell.substack.com/p/substack-gra…

The Cycling Addiction - Winter Talk Series at Rapha London Clubhouse - Supported by @rapha and @BloomsburyBooks @cyclefituk @BloomsburySport - cyclefit.co.uk/the-cycling-ad…

@vendorprisey @nntaleb Thank you Thomas, for the endorsement.

@nntaleb I suggest you get this book. a.co/d/gxMFRu9 by @PhilCavell It is to midlife cycling what FBR is to finance etc.

This cyclist friend of mine who usually asks me to post inquiries on X (he is shy) biked 800 hours w/little pain. A pro bike fit showed saddles were too low. Raising caused unbearable tightness on one side in the inner thigh, IT band, gracilis, & below the glutes. Wait & Adapt?

Currently riding a quieter trail - @midlifecyclist.bsky.social

Moving house - @midlifecyclist.bsky.social

@BudgieBotherer Thank you Alex.

@PhilCavell I’ve just started reading your book - at 39 maybe ever so slightly ahead of time. I just wanted to say how much I’m enjoying it and how beautifully written I’m finding it to be. Great analogies to explain concepts - I’d bet you’d make a fab teacher.

Hi @chilternrailway - @GWRHelp have asked me to ask you if you are accepting GWR tickets due to all the disruption on GWR trains? I am not sure why they don’t know.

@cyclefituk @CyclefitMCR Great top-tips on how to choose and then manage your tubeless tyre set-up

Cyclefit Spring (well, almost) News - Barna Tubeless Technology Top-Tips & Blue with Enve - email.theappleofmyi.com/t/r-57BF58074B…

@HackneyBikeFit @KatyCycles @gazza_d @CyclefitUK Very happy to help. Would be good to see you in conjunction with @velophysio @cyclefit

@KatyCycles @gazza_d I visited @PhilCavell @CyclefitUK a few times. He wrote the book The Midlife Cyclist and specialises in “broken people”. They also have velophysio work with them a couple of times a week I’d love to say I could work with you but scoliosis is beyond my scope of practice. For now

Massively overlooked part of bike set up Moving your saddle back and forth rolls your pelvis so changes your point of contact on the saddle and the shape of your lower back For every 6mm back, lower saddle 2mm to maintain leg length