01 Crush cramp
ramping renders the most hardened cyclist defenceless. But it (potentially) needn’t be so thanks to new research. “Just one last effort out of the saddle and I’ll conquer Hardknott Pa… rrrghhh” Yes, cramp’s up there with standing on an electric plug and stubbing a little pinkie when it comes to unexpected searing pain. But what causes it? And how can you prevent it in the first place? Now a team led by Dr Kevin Miller of Michigan University, whose meta-analysis is published in the , suggests several factors can help prevent this performance-zapping
