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For beginners and pros alike, the most important decision to make is what bike to buy. Although there are “hybrid” bikes that claim to be able to handle limited off-road use as well as remaining comfortable on tarmac roads, a genuine mountain bike is required for anyone who is serious about doing more than occasionally riding on the verge.
The last time I bought a bicycle it cost £30. It was sold to me by a fellow student, and I ended up getting a boyfriend into the bargain. They both turned out to be a liability: unreliable, high maintenance and hard to handle. I upgraded to a better one shortly afterwards – boyfriend, that is. Now it’s time to get a better bicycle.
Cyclists lie to one another. They say they haven’t been training when they have. And if they can be forced to admit to a bit of riding, it’s never more than a few miles and, by the way, it hurt so much they had to stop to catch their breath. Practically chucked, in fact. And so it is with “les Ecrins”, the name given to …
I bought a racing bike for just under £1,000 last year. It has a Shimano 105 groupset and I am thinking of replacing this with Ultegra gears. What do you think? BJ, Appleby, Westmoreland
You’re onto a different level of cycle obsession when you start studying the type of cassette you might want, especially when the main players offer perfectly adequate options for relatively reasonable sums. But as with anything that costs more, if you do choose to widen the scope of your cassette choices you might be in for a pleasant surprise.
Jerrick
February 29, 2016
Life
Keeping fit, being active and eating healthy are all great ways of ensuring our fitness is maintained, however, the vast majority of those who work out are unaware of how important rest days are to your fitness regime. Anyone who’s into keeping fit will understand just how vital correct nutrition is to our wellbeing; selecting the right pre and post workout foods can really help …