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Bicycling is a superb means to keep fit, save fuel costs, while assisting in keeping the environment clean and unpolluted. Cycling doesn’t impact your muscles that jogging and using gym equipment can. It’s also practical since one is able to keep fit by biking to the shops, or to the workplace, so you don’t have to to put time aside for exercise as virtually all other varieties of exercise enforce on you.

Nonetheless, there are numerous different sorts of bicycle - which one to purchase? One that’s comfy for you as you’re sitting in the saddle, and has plenty of gears to enable you to ride up hills with comparative ease - after all, we don’t all live in East Anglia! You should also be able to lift your cycle with comparative comfort as you’ll find yourself needing to do so sometimes, e.g over a low hurdle.

Also make sure you purchase decent accessories for your bicycle : a strong bike lock, front and back light, reflector lights, reflective jacket, a pump, mudguards, and helmet. These will aid you in staying secure in bad light, and your bike safe from thieves. Make sure you lockup the cycle in a moderately communal area.

Last of all, it’s a good idea to commit a bit of time into studying cycle repairs. There’s no requirement to be a bicycle repair guru, but it’s useful if you can find out how to adjust the brake pads and brake cables as these oftentimes need fine-tuning after heavy usage. And ensure you keep the bike well oiled and the tyres pumped up to a reasonable pressure to make cycling less difficult. And of course, have good road sense - indicate with your arms while turning, and stay on the left-handside on all roads.

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It was cold that night, but I did not care, I only cared about one thing staying focused and not quitting. Indeed I had already ridden thru Oregon and along the Northern California Coast and then the Russian River and thru San Francisco in 3 days and I was now on an extremely long ride trying to force two-days of riding into one trek.

I honestly believe and well I know for a fact now that indeed human intent and will, with proper strategy and a little planning ahead and that you are as good as Gold. In fact I forgot about time during that ride, as I put in one leg of 272 miles non-stop.

Riding thru the night listening to nature; coyotes, owls and critters in the bushes as the wind howled sometimes in my face other times at my back on the long slow “S-turn” road, it hit me, as I was beat and fatigued, but had absolutely no thoughts of quitting. I was riding thru Big Sur at Sunrise now to complete the trek on my way into Santa Ynez.

That morning I woke up figuratively still on the bike, knowing that there is nothing in life you cannot do and as I crested the hill of another cove on that two-lane highway, I felt like I was riding thru a "Successories" poster picture in someone’s office. But it was real life and there I was in the photo.

I now know now that victory and success go to those who perservere to go beyond what they said could not be done. I mention this to you my fellow cyclist and wish you well and if you believe that there is nothing you cannot do in this life then you are 110% correct and God’s Speed on your next race! Consider this in 2006.

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