Cycling guests
top cycling tips
In order to address the cake vs cycling bias I had been accused of I attempted to redress the balance by the introduction of my cycling guest top cycling tip feature to many of my posts. This allows my cycling guests to use their cycling wisdom and share their many years of experience. Here are the first 23 such tips which I'm sure you will find useful and will add to your enjoyment when out on your own cafe cycle rides.
1.
For a smoother and more
efficient ride, make sure your tyres are pumped up to the correct pressure.
2 To avoid punctures and
skidding on your winter rides it is worth fitting some heavy duty 700c-25
winter tyres on your road bike.
3. To look fashionable whilst
staying safe in the winter make sure you wear your high viz overshoe booties.
4.
In summer, to make yourself
visible when signalling to other road users, wear fluorescent yellow
or orange cycling mits
5.
To keep your cycling fitness
and enthusiasm in the winter it is better to go riding little
and often rather than wait for a nice day to go a long way.
6.
Get more from your core.
Shorten your stem, relax your shoulders and engage your core for a more
efficient riding position.
7.
Don't unnecessarily cycle
through puddles as it gets your bike cold, wet, muddy and very unhappy.
9.
When you set off on a ride
you should start off feeling cold or you will get too hot later on.
10. To avoid spraying mud up
your back or over your cycling guest make sure your temporary back mudguard is
correctly aligned over the wheel.
11. To avoid an even frostier
cafe cycle ride try to remember the date of your 25th
wedding anniversary and act on it accordingly.
12. If you are boiling hot when
you arrive at your cafe destination make sure you de-layer when inside or you
won't appreciate your cycling jacket when you leave.
13. To avoid people crying off
from your 50th Birthday cycling sportive try being born in the summer.
14. When out on a cycle ride
don't waste your's and everyone else's time by photographing every
thing you see for a pointless blog, unless the blog is about
fried breakfast.
15. Lumberjacks
beware. Doing an hour of log chopping every day for a week is not a good
way of preparing for a cycle ride.
16. To avoid the need for a
comfort break within a few miles of starting your cafe cycle ride then don't
drink a pint of water just before you set off.
17. If you want to avoid getting
soaking wet and freezing cold on a bike ride then don't
ignore the weather forecast when it includes words like
heavy, persistent, down pour with the word rain.
18. Before riding along a narrow
muddy track with river on one side and barred wire fence on the other
make sure you decide if you would rather get cut or wet as you won't have
time to weigh up the choices when you fall off.
19. To avoid
adding unnecessary miles and time to your ride don't
just blindly follow your navigators cycling sat nav when you clearly
know it is taking you in completely the wrong direction.
20. To avoid being cold and wet
when you arrive at your cafe stop remember to put your waterproof on when it
first starts raining and not just after it stops.
21. If you go out on a ride with
clearly worn tyres make sure you bring with you more than one spare inner tube.
22. To guarantee having
lots of rests and view breaks on your cycle ride make sure you can't
remember the so called planned route so you have to keep stopping every 5
minutes to check your tatty photocopied coloured in home-made map.
There will be more useful cycling guest cycling top tips in most posts and another summary when they reach the 50 tip milestone. If you have a top tip you wish to share please contact me with it via Email link at bottom of blog or cakecrusader@cafecycletour on twitter
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