As you become more comfortable with your new road bike and start to ride regularly, you will soon realise the need to buy appropriate bicycle clothing. The good news is that bicycle clothing is easy to find because there are many different brands available both on the internet and through bike shops, the bad news [...]
Are you keen to take your new bike on road cycling trips but are not sure what you need to take with you? Here is a quick rundown of how to prepare for road cycling trips in order to ensure you fully enjoy them.
If you love the open road, the wind in your hair and are keen to explore new places, you should look into bicycle touring. Put simply, bicycle touring is where you set off on a bike designed to cover long distances purely for the pleasure of riding or for the purposes of travel. Many people [...]
It is important that you are comfortable when riding your bike, and one of the most important steps in creating comfort is having the correct cycling pedals. You may not be aware of the fact that different types of bikes require different types of pedals. BMX bikes and most mountain bikes use flat pedals without [...]
One of the most enjoyable things a rider can do as he or she becomes more advanced is join a road cycling club. Road cycling clubs are organisations based around the shared love of riding, and are normally very well run with a professional emphasis on membership. This doesn’t mean that the clubs are not [...]
If you want to take your riding ability to a new level through road cycling training, you will have to devise a very good training schedule and make sure that you stick to it. Remember that a good training program will not just focus on one element (eg riding your bike), it will include cross [...]
Choosing road cycling shoes is not as easy as it looks at first glance, because you need to consider the pedals you will ride with, the type of riding you will be doing, and the comfort of your feet. First of all, you need to make a decision between the two premier pedal options for [...]
Learning to maintain your road bike is not only a fun and rewarding experience, it will save you a serious amount of money in the long run. Basic road bike maintenance means following a set plan on a fortnightly basis, in order to make sure everything is running smoothly on your bike and to correct [...]
When it comes to choosing road cycling bikes there are many factors you have to take into account. The first thing to consider is how you plan to use the new bike. Are you going to use it every day to commute to work, are you going to ride it for pleasure every weekend, or [...]