Cycling Blog

With cycling becoming more and more popular, the components of a bicycle are also newer and newer as well as more and more stylish. The handle bars do also so. Handlebar to a bike is as the steering wheel to a car. Besides controlling direction, handlebars often support a portion of the rider’s weight, depending on their riding position. Therefore, whether the cycling is new to you or you have been riding for a while, learning the fundamental of the bike is an important key to be safe and comfortable on your bike.Different from a common handlebar, a drop handlebar...

Group riding is one of the best and most enjoyable aspects of road cycling, whether heading out for a group ride on your road bike, or joining a club ride. Group road rides are brilliant for improving your speed, fitness and stamina. Road cycling in a group also requires its own set of skills, techniques and signals. To warn the group of the hazards cyclists are exposed to with various hand signals and calls, it’s vital you know the meaning for each one, and when you’re the rider on the front, being able and confident to make a call.Slowing[Optional call:...

In today’s world, more and more citizens are realizing the benefits of cycling so cycling in the cities makes sense. At the same time, the city government is taking measures to perfect the infrastructure to serve people and keep them safe. This boom to increase the cycling facilities proves a great achievement in the urbanization. From my perspectives, I think investment in bicycle infrastructure is a wise move because it can solve efficiently not only the traffic problems but also the health problems of the citizens. Of course, many cities are ahead, some are between but some are lag behind....

Some cyclists are likely to ride longer and harder to improve their fitness rapidly. They are eager to train to get faster and stronger without enough rest and recovery. However, when you are training up for a ride, it’s difficult to imagine there is such a bad thing as too much training. keep in mind that cycling over-training can backfire which is worse for your performance than under-training.To put it simply, cycling over-training occurs in riders who train well beyond their body’s ability level to recover. Most of us feel it difficult to keep balance family commitments, a job, training...

Riding safely in traffic is a common case about the bicycle safety that the cyclists would worry about in daily life. The fact you can't deny is that the cyclists need to share the roads with cars, trucks and other vehicles. Cyclists are often regarded as the second-class citizens of the roads, but legally, the cyclists enjoy the same rights and obligations that the vehicles owners have.Another fact is that biking through a city road sounds terrifying to many people, because the cyclists need to ride close to vehicles on the roads. But riding in traffic is not as terrifying...