mooleur

Cycling – Beginners 101 So, you want to ride a bike? This is it! Your first step, the bit where you actually buy yourself a steed, figure out how to ride it and begin your embarkation on your new wonderful velo-journey. So, where to begin? I've found, it's quite easy to gather lots of different angles of advice, information and sometimes it can just become a little overwhelming and overcomplicated. Experienced cyclists will tell you all about their knowledge of bottom brackets, top tubes, carbon stems and the benefits of having less spokes, non experienced cyclists will tell you you don't need anything more than a hybrid and some MTB shorts. However, I've found there's not a great balance between those very first bits of info and the confusing world you enter into after riding for a little while. So here's my attempt to gather the important stuff, the stuff that everyone will forget to tell you – which is actually quite important! Hope this helps......

Right. I've had a good hard think about what this week's post should be about and, perhaps out of the blue and perhaps a little controversially, I am going to have a little bit of a rant. Specifically a rant about peoples' (and I say people, I will focus on the female of the species, as I am one of those) attitudes. Are you sitting comfortably?   Now, one of the most brilliant things I have gotten out of cycling is that the community that surrounds it is huge. Thus it is full to the brim of support, inspiration, advice and camaraderie. These ethics are something I would personally like to exude as I take part in this glorious sport. Getting more people involved, active and inspired and having the ability to do so is a gift not to be squandered. So what's my gripe?  "Look at how skinny you are, what's your secret?"  "Cycling. It's not a secret really. I eat loads." "You're mad, I've been on all sorts of diets and I...