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A good friend of mine has moved recently and is now 12km's from his
place of work. He lives in Upwey and works in Scoresby; apparently
there's a pretty good cycle path he can use.
He's pretty much a couch potato and keen to do something about it.
Naturally I want to do as much as I can to make the transition to car
bound couch potato to freedom machine enjoying cyclist as painless as
possible. What follows is a working draft on what I think he should
sort out. If I've left anything glaring out, please comment
Bike, not been used much since he's got it so get it serviced
professionally.
Equipment needed, just to get started:
High visibility vest or similar
Sun block
Sunnies
Water bottle
Wash kit and towel to leave at work
Puncture kit
Tire levers
Spare tubes
Lights
Equipment if he gets in to it:
SPD pedals and shoes
Panniers
Skills:
Ensure you know how to change your inner tube before you need to do it
in anger, practice practice practice.
Cadence, fast light pedaling.
Read cycling related road rules available from
http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/vrne...6EC900144F1A-DE5F0BE6035DEB4ACA256BB900267CF8
Stretch after ride, examples:
http://www.velogirls.com/stretching_photos.html
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Cheers
Euan
place of work. He lives in Upwey and works in Scoresby; apparently
there's a pretty good cycle path he can use.
He's pretty much a couch potato and keen to do something about it.
Naturally I want to do as much as I can to make the transition to car
bound couch potato to freedom machine enjoying cyclist as painless as
possible. What follows is a working draft on what I think he should
sort out. If I've left anything glaring out, please comment
Bike, not been used much since he's got it so get it serviced
professionally.
Equipment needed, just to get started:
High visibility vest or similar
Sun block
Sunnies
Water bottle
Wash kit and towel to leave at work
Puncture kit
Tire levers
Spare tubes
Lights
Equipment if he gets in to it:
SPD pedals and shoes
Panniers
Skills:
Ensure you know how to change your inner tube before you need to do it
in anger, practice practice practice.
Cadence, fast light pedaling.
Read cycling related road rules available from
http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/vrne...6EC900144F1A-DE5F0BE6035DEB4ACA256BB900267CF8
Stretch after ride, examples:
http://www.velogirls.com/stretching_photos.html
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Cheers
Euan