The Cast Iron Park Bench

January 19, 2010

On Bike Helmets and Cycling Safety

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 8:05 pm

Cycling is a superb method to improve your health, save fuel costs, while helping in keeping the environment clean and unpolluted at the same time. Cycling does not damage your muscles that jogging and using gym equipment can. It’s also practical in that one can get exercise by riding to work, or doing the shopping, so you don’t have to to set time aside for working out as nearly all other kinds of exercise enforce on your schedule.

But what variety of bike to buy? One that is comfy for you as you’re biking, and has plenty of gears to enable you to tackle slopes with comparative comfort – after all, not everyone lives in East Anglia! You should also be able to lift your bicycle with relative ease as you’ll discover this is necessary occasionally, for example over a low hurdle.

In addition, ensure you have the appropriate add-ons for your bike : bike helmet, front and back light, a pump, reflector lights, reflective jacket, mudguards, and strong lock. Such bike accessories aid you in staying secure in bad light, and the bike safe from thieves. Make sure you lockup your bike in a reasonably public area.

And finally, it’s a good move to invest a bit of time into how to fix your cycle. You don’t need to be an expert, but it’s useful if you can discover how to set your brake pads and brake cables as these often require calibrating following use. Also ensure you keep the bike well oiled and the tyres pumped hard to make it that much easier to actually bike.. And of course, take great care on the streets – use your arms to indicate while turning, and keep to the left on all roads.

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