Does anyone have any tips on biking?
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there's a cool catalog from COLORADO CYCLIST ( www.coloradocyclist.com) for bike maintenance and repair, and for cool DVDs there are available titles on DVDs ( www.ebay.com--under Sporting Goods category then you'll see titles for both roadies and hammerheads )---also , www.bicycling.com.---keep pedaling dude......
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I really need to know also! I won a surfboard at a local raffle, and I want to learn how to use it. If I were you, I would ask some people surfing on the beaches what questions you have. They are probably the best people to ask because they've been through it already. \n\nOf course you can still learn! Is there a maximum age to ride a bike. No, but older people may get hurt as they become older (I'm talking 60+) So, as long as you're up for the soreness and risk of it all, go for it!\n\nIf I find out any info, I'll edit this.\n\nOh, and good luck! I Wish I could be of more assistance.
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Always ALWAYS head for the smoother path (obviously). Stay low, and keep your butt about two inches off the seat instead of more. Keep pedaling if you aren't in danger's way, and brake lightly when you are. Coordinate every move 10 seconds before you get there - it's hard not to get wrapped up in the "Oh damn! That's gonna slow me down!" attitude. Let it flow, but make sure the faucet's on full blast. When I rode, I had a knack for downhill, because I didn't worry at all about busting my butt or breaking any bones...I know that can be bad, but it will hinder you to a certain degree. Good luck!
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i think you should start off and biking twice the many miles you used to run. Then, slowly add like 1 mile per two days or something
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Cycling is a fantastic sport. It keeps you fit without overstressing any part of your body, it gives you a cheap and effective form of transport and its a companionable way of seeing the World with your friends.\n\nSO: Don't be put off right at the beginning by making the wrong choice of bike!!!\n\nAlways buy the best bike you can afford. Go for a well known make - Cannondale, Trek, Specialised, Bianchi, Giant, Raleigh, Dawes etc.\n\nGo to a good bike shop and take their advice. They'll also fit the bike to you and give you the chance to try several different types until you find the one for you.\n\nAlso, go for good componentry (gears, pedals, saddle etc) - these make all the difference between a great riding experience and an irritating one that will put you off cycling forever.\n\nThink carefully about what you want - are you going to be cycling mainly on road or hurtling down forest tracks? Is it for town or for country, communting or long distance?\n\nYou should discuss your requirements with a good dealer.\n\nIn short: Don't buy online - find the best local dealer and buy from there.
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Get thee to your local bike shop.  Ask for leg warmers.  Otherwise, check performance.com, velowear.com, velogear.com, etc...
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I was you when I was 10, and what I did was watch other people who can ride, got training wheels (which is optional, but helps to learn balance) also it is important to know how to stop, and that is back peddling on a regular bike, and squeezing the handle bars on a mountain bike. Then you try to balance, and if you can do that half decent know how to turn and try to pedal. It is always important to use a helmet when starting.Don't get angry if the first time it is not easy, just keep going, and don't be afraid to ask some one to show you how to do it physically. GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!
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Sounds like you've got a poorly designed or badly set up saddle. If you and the saddle are properly matched there should be very little movement at all the contact surfaces. This is important to prevent soreness and chafing. \n\nTry adjusting the position of your saddle, not so much to reduce wear and tear on your clothes - more importantly, to improve ride comfort and the wear factor on you!\n\nThere are some simple rules that usually work: \n\n1 Saddle height: Get someone to hold the bike upright while you sit on it. Position the lower pedal crank so it is parallel with your down tube (seat tube). Now put your HEEL on the pedal. Your knee should be comfortably straight, not bent and you should not feel like you're stretching to reach the pedal. When you have this right, place the ball of your foot on the pedal (normal placement) and you'll find your knee is slightly bent. This is the optimal ride height and makes a BIG difference to overall ride comfort.\n\n2 Saddle - handlebars reach: This is difficult to be precise about, but for most road and mountain bikes a good starting point is to set the nose of the saddle so that when you put your elbow on the front of the saddle's nose your finger tips can touch the top of the steerer post.\n\n3 Saddle angle: Start with the saddle top surface parallel to the floor. Now, having made the two adjustments above, ride the bike and concentrate on where you can 'feel' the saddle. If you can feel the nose you need to tip it down just a fraction (this is commonly the case). \n\n4 Lateral angle: This one may seem silly, but check that your saddle is aligned laterally to your top tube. Start with this perfect. Ride around and check if you can feel any pressure points on one side rather than the other. This will be because of the idiosyncracies of your own sitting position. If so, make tiny adjustments of the saddle to left or right away from the point of pressure.\n\nDo all the above subtly and carefully and you should end up with a very comfy (non-clothes wrecking) ride. If none of the above work you need to change your saddle.\n\nA tip from long experience: Don't use a gel saddle. Surprisingly a hard leather saddle usually works best long term (I strongly recommend Brookes). These saddles are painful for about a hundred miles after you've got them properly fitted as above, then increasingly they become lovely to ride and over many years they just get ever more comfy - why? The hard leather remoulds itself to your anatomy and has just the right amount of give to adjust for your movements. They look cool too!\n\nFinally: Wear dedicated cycling gear. It makes a big difference too.
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yeah , but make sure that u know how to ride it, its hard to control at greater speed, but u know the bike is coooooooool \n\ngo for it man
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A quick way to go faster is to add aero bars, you're more aerodynamic and will be faster.\nOther ways:\nlighten up your bike or yourself, pedal in circles, 85-90 rpm cadence.\nThe best way to get fast is to ride fast.  This takes time, but if you break it onto intervals you can ride for a minute or two, rest for the same amount of time, then ride fast again.  Eventually you'll be able to sustain higher speeds for longer durations.  You can do this twice a week and do a longer slower ride once a week for endurance.
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First off brake before you get to the turn and coast or pedal through it... You never want to brake in a turn... Things can get heck a ugly at high speeds if you do... I have the road rash to prove it...\n\nWhen braking, my advice is to use both your brakes... Focus on using the front one the most tho. Your braking power should be applied about 80% in the front and 20% in the back. Lean back as you brake to allow your front tire to get better grip and prevent yourself from flying over the handlebars...\n\nIt takes time to get comfortable using your front brake... Your first instinct is to lock up your back brake and go into a skid, but doing this actually makes you go faster and you loose a lot of control which can cause you to crash... 80% of your braking power is in your front brake so use it! \n\nI think it is a good idea to practice if you are not used to using your front brake... On a flat stretch of pavement make a chalk mark... Then get up to speed (15-20 mph) and when you get to the mark see how fast you can stop without skidding... Its a good exercise... Sooner or later the moving your body back as you brake with your front brake will become natural and when you get in a pinch you won't even think twice...\n\nI hope this helps... Have fun biking!
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practice practice practice. my fiance is big into trials. if you want shoot me an email and i know he'll be more than happy to help you get started. the kid was practically born on a bike.\n\njust found a site worth looking into...\n\nhttp://biketrials.com/
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absolutely wear a helmet...and gloves which protect your hands from getting all scraped up in a fall-they are the first thing you put down, reflex action.\n\nin general on descents it's really important to keep your weight back...the opposite of on climbs where your weight needs to go forward. lots of mtn bikers actually lower their seat on descents to help sit back and to get even more weight down and back. but you have to stay balanced of course.\n\nas for bike brands, there are tons of good ones. you need to have a budget in mind and what type of riding you will be doing and we can help from there.\n\nin any case it's a fantastic sport!
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How did you learn to ride a bike?  I'm sure that you can get some heavy duty training wheels from somewhere.
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Ignore the idiot above.\n\nHang 5s are the devil's trick, they are so difficult it is untrue.\n\nI don;t know what your problem is, you didn;t give nay info so I'll just try to go through them.\n\nYou can learn the balance point without having to ride into them by standing on a curb and just gettin gthe bike in the right position to balance over the front with your foot on whichever peg you want it to be on.\n\nOK, so if you have a basic idea of where the balance point is likely to be (it wil change when you start to move in the position) you can start to ride in to it.\n\nYou want to be riding slowly about walking pace when you learn, so that you don;t die when you flip over the front... it iwll happen... alot.  In fact, people tell you that you need to fip over to learn the balance point, just like you do for manuals.\n\nI am going to go through brakeless hang 5s, but you can just add in your brakes whenever you think you need them if you run them.\n\nSO, walking pace, feet on pedals.  In one movement, shift your weight forward, put whichever foot you want on the peg to the peg, with your weight over it and kick the back of the bike up with your other foot by pulling back on the pedal. That should all mean that the back has lifted and you are in the hang 5 position, except your foot is on the pedal.  SO take it off and use it as a counter-balance.\n\nYou want your seat to be wedged in your butt crack.  Try to keep relatively upright, rather than crouched over the front, as you will be able to move and balance more easily.\n\nComing out is easy, just shift your non-peg foot to the pedal and lean back.  Put your peg foot to pedal and ride off.\n\nHope that helps.\n\nhttp://www.westernveil.com/
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you shold try walk on a balance beam and do anything to practice keeping your balance like walk on the curb before you get the bike. then you just think of something nice, like a giant cookie and that should calm you down. Then after every try, so as not to get discouraged, give your self a reward, and then once you accomplish riding a bike, give yourself a big reward.
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I agree with you and used to (before baby) get around by bicycling, running myself. \n\nWhat I would suggest is try putting together a club. Create some local events for different age groups.  For example, middle school to high school would probably enjoy trick cyclists, if you can find some who would be willing to perform for schools kids, it'd be a good way of getting them interested.  College students might like short cycling contests or group cycling through a scenic area.  Go around to local businesses for sponsors for the events.  Advertise at schools,gyms, college campuses, churches, YMCA, boys and girls clubs, local publications, radio, sporting goods stores, martial arts schools, etc. . . .   Would be a lot of hard work.   Good luck.