Some Pointers on How to Keep You and Your Bike Safe
Friday, January 29th, 2010Biking is a fantastic means to improve your health, save money, while assisting in keeping the air clean and unpolluted. Biking doesn’t injure your joints in ways that jogging and working out in the gym can. It’s also practical as one can get exercise by riding to the shops, or to the workplace, so you don’t have to to set time aside for working out as almost all other varieties of work out impose on your schedule.
But what variety of cycle to buy? One that’s comfortable for you as you’re biking, and has a good number of gears to enable you to take on inclines with relative comfort – after all, not everyone lives in Cambridge! One should also be able to pick up your bike with comparative comfort as you’ll find yourself needing to do so from time to time, for example up a few stairs. Claud Butler urban bikes are a good range of bikes to start looking at.
In addition, ensure you have enough add-ons for your bike : front and back light, a pump, reflector lights, reflective jacket, mudguards, helmet and strong lock. Such bike accessories assist you in keeping safe in bad light, and your bicycle out of reach from robbery. Make sure you lockup the bicycle in a reasonably open area.
And finally, it’s a useful idea to invest a bit of time into how to fix your bicycle. You don’t need to be an expert, but it’s handy if you can learn how to set the brake pads and brake cables as these frequently need fine-tuning after use. And make sure you keep the bicycle well lubricated with oil and the tyres pumped up to a reasonable pressure to make it that much easier to actually ride.. And it almost goes without saying, have good road sense – use your arms to indicate while turning, and keep to the left-handside at all times.