Hello all,
I am hoping to gain some advice on how to "start up" cycling so to speak.
At this point in time, the only bike i have is an old mountain bike i got when i was 12. I'm 23, and it feels very small and I'm assuming training with it will more likely lead to injury than anything else? If I'm wrong let me know.
It's going to be a good 3-4 months before i can afford to buy myself a decent road bike that will not only do well for training, but hopefully to compete in later next year. I've set a range of £600 - £800 for this purchase, does that sound right?
In the meantime my thoughts are to get into my uni gym as much as possible and spend hours on the cv bikes they have there, and also do any other exercises that will directly improve my cycling so to speak.
Can anyone recommend a training programme as such or even a few exercises that can aid in my improvement? (after all, it's been several years since i've cycled regularly and need all of the help i can get! My fitness is ok having played football since forever, can run a 10k in 45 minutes). Also how useful are the CV bikes in gyms? As in the rising position is very upright and would that be a hinderance in anyway?
Any and every help would be most welcome .
I am hoping to gain some advice on how to "start up" cycling so to speak.
At this point in time, the only bike i have is an old mountain bike i got when i was 12. I'm 23, and it feels very small and I'm assuming training with it will more likely lead to injury than anything else? If I'm wrong let me know.
It's going to be a good 3-4 months before i can afford to buy myself a decent road bike that will not only do well for training, but hopefully to compete in later next year. I've set a range of £600 - £800 for this purchase, does that sound right?
In the meantime my thoughts are to get into my uni gym as much as possible and spend hours on the cv bikes they have there, and also do any other exercises that will directly improve my cycling so to speak.
Can anyone recommend a training programme as such or even a few exercises that can aid in my improvement? (after all, it's been several years since i've cycled regularly and need all of the help i can get! My fitness is ok having played football since forever, can run a 10k in 45 minutes). Also how useful are the CV bikes in gyms? As in the rising position is very upright and would that be a hinderance in anyway?
Any and every help would be most welcome .