By Dawn Dais
Get off your butt, get into a few spandex . . . and come back in your butt back! sunrise Dais, writer of The Nonrunner’s Marathon advisor for girls, is again and able to take new cyclists from the motorbike shop flooring to the end line. sunrise covers every little thing that beginner racers want to know: deciding upon the race that’s good for you, making a choice on a motorbike that provides either functionality and luxury, making a education time table (and sticking to it), discovering the biking neighborhood and truly engaging within the tremendous occasion, plus info on making plans biking holidays and extra. With hilarious, true-life bills of cross-training and crotch rashes, The Noncyclist's advisor to the Century and different highway Races is a enjoyable and informative consultant that’s excellent for either athletes and non-athletes drawn to getting their butts into equipment.
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40 ON THE N CYCLIST’S GUIDE TO THE CENTURY AND OTHER ROAD RACES It’s kinda like MapQuest, except you look up ways to be active, instead of getting directions to the closest Mexican restaurant. Some people can’t get enough of computers and numbers and specifics. These people are tech geeks and will absolutely flip over the exciting things a cycling computer can do. Overall, computers are a great way to monitor your progress and get hard data on your cycling abilities. The hard data on my cycling abilities is what always deterred me from getting a computer.
I think I used a bike lock twice in the duration of my training, which isn’t a great return on investment for the $50 lock I bought. If you are doing 34 ON THE N CYCLIST’S GUIDE TO THE CENTURY AND OTHER ROAD RACES most of your rides on bike trails and don’t leave your bike unattended during your training, then a lock might not even be necessary. But at the very least you’ll probably want to get a cable lock that wraps easily around the frame of your bike and will go pretty much unnoticed until you need it.
While accessories for the bike itself can be expensive, you typically don’t need to buy more than one of each item. However, with body accessories it is very easy to convince yourself that you not only need a certain item, but also need it in several colors. This is where things start to get out of hand. On your first trip to the cycle shop, you must be strong and not buy every single cute thing you see. Yes, I know the color variations make the accessories look different, make them completely different products, but for the sake of your financial stability, please try to control yourself.