By George Undermeyer
Over the past few years there has been a huge increase in traffic and road vehicles. This has caused a drastic increase in road accidents as well as an increase in pollution. A lot of people are now looking to bicycles to beat the traffic and get to places quickly. It saves time and also keeps you in shape.
On Saturday last week, I rode fifty or so miles (small part of one leg) with a group that are riding from Blackpool tower to The Eiffel Tower to fundraise for an extremely worthy cause, please visit their fundraising website and track their progress here.
Whilst riding with them, I was able to pass on some hints and tips of things I’ve learned over the past year or so, here are some of them (in no particular order).
I’m looking for maps and decent guidebooks or websites that can help me plan my trip to Italy.
I’ll be flying to Palermo on May 8th. From Palermo I intend to make my way up north to Venice, stopping in Florence and Rome on the way.
I’ll be travelling with tent, sleeping bag, cooking stove and a bicycle. For longer distances I intend to take the train, but for my way to and from the camping sites I intend to use my bike.
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I’m sixteen and I haven’t ridden a bicycle in 11 years. I tried my new bike (which is fit for someone my age), but I can’t seem to pedal right, and I keep losing my balance. I’m too embarrassed to ask for trainer wheels & trainer help b/c, obviously, I don’t want to feel embarrassed. Tips on how to maintain balance and pedal properly?
Today’s ride was wet and windy. More windy than wet. After a decent dousing on the way out from Stretton, the wind really whipped up on the last ten miles of the ride following the cafe stop at Dunham Massey tea room. My ride home from Strettton was a teeth gritting affair, with me struggling to get above 14mph, the gusts were really coming thick and fast.
Today was a decent reminder of what’s to come with winter fast approaching, I know, I know, what am I doing talking about winter when it’s still offically summer. A grey morning, rainclouds and the prospect of downpours meant we all turned up with our best winter wear on, waterproofs, overshoes, big gloves and hats. Happy days, here comes the suffering.
By Larry E Deane
While we all can’t be Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France, we can enjoy riding through the great outdoors on a road bike. Road biking is a fast growing sport that not only gets you outside, but gets you physically fit as well. Road bikes are designed for speed. They have light weight frames and thin high pressure tires for gliding over hard road services.
By Alan D Davis
So, how much tire pressure should you run? An obvious place to start is the manufacturer’s recommended pressure, which you’ll find printed on the tire sidewall (it’s often on a small label but it might be molded into the casing, too, so look closely). If the recommended pressure is a wide range, for example 40 to 60 psi, experiment to find which pressure works and feels best. Following are some more guidelines:
