World Class Performance on a Real World Schedule

At Braun’s we don’t sit still. Rather than sit our laurels and coast on our history we are constantly finding ways to make your riding experience better. I always say you don’t own a bike to have a bike, you have a bike to ride so the focus should be on making riding better. Read More …

With the second 24 hour mountain bike race of the season this weekend, it’s timely to look at how you get ready for 24 hour solo mountain bike racing.  Like marathon running, you need to acclimatize your body to the pounding your body will experience during a 24 hour mountain bike race. Read More …

By Winston Endall

While any riding will help there are some workouts that are more effective than others.  Some rides are to get your ready to train.  Others are to help you recover.  But there are certain key workouts that require a lot of effort and payoff with big improvements. There is still a lot of riding season left so if you are like me and didn’t have the best fitness in the Spring, there is still time to build some killer fitness.  Here are the top 5 workouts that will improve your speed, endurance and help burn the pudge by spiking up your metabolism. Read More …

By Winston Endall

Cycling is fairly unique as far as endurance sports go in that it isn’t a steady effort but thousands of tiny hard effort that get you to the finish line. With the advent of power meters we are able to see that a graph of rides that seem to be steady look like the EKG reading of a speed junky. The following workouts improve your ability to put out steady power and increase the number of harder efforts you can do on a ride without fatiguing. Read More …

Hi, my name is Jason and I’m one of the buyers here at Braun’s. I have been working here in Braun’s Kitchener Store for about 8 months now, so I may have seen a few of you around the shop.  A little about myself: I’m 34 years old Read More …