My goal is to keep riding my bicycle, to get and stay in shape.
Being in shape has many benefits, plus riding a bicycle is fun.
Ride often, ride safe... enjoy life
Mechanic's Tip:
#messengerbags
#backpacks
Get yourself a good backpack or messenger bag to to ride with, so that you can put various things in that bag:
1. Repair tools you may need to fix a flat tire.
2. Carry a rain gear (rain jacket and rain pants), and anything else you might need while riding to work, riding to run errands, or just while out on a long ride.
3. You water bottle, incase your bicycle frame doesn't have a water bottle cage on it.
4. Riding gloves to keep your hands warm, incase the weather changes on you.
5. A beanie hat, incase the weather changes on you.
Having a messenger bag, or a backpack allows you carry the gear that you may need, and to take along the stuff you want to bring with you, think of it as your bicycle's trunk per say.
I prefer to use a messenger bag to haul things I am bringing to a friend's house, transport groceries home, etc., it keeps your back cooler than a backpack. My favorite messenger bag brand is my Timbuk2 bag.
But there are sometime where I will trade out my messenger bag and ride with a backpack, it really depends on what you are carrying, and where you are riding.
(I find that board games travel better in a backpack than a messenger, as do some foods.)
Mechanic's Tip:
With lots of small businesses going out of business, and even some bigger businesses closing some stores and "restructuring"... I'm strongly advising everyone to get their bicycles in order, all tuned-up, and parts that your bicycles need to get those parts replaced within the next month or so.
You just never know if your local bicycle shop will be closing, and perhaps that will leave your area without a local bicycle shop. I've seen many local bicycle shops close in the past 4 years and I'm seeing others struggling.
Your bicycles are an important resource/tool to have; they are your way to get to local places without driving... so that saves you money at the gas pump.
Your bicycles offer a way to exercise as you enjoy riding your bicycle on local adventures on off-road or paved trails, or as your just hop on your bicycle and ride.
If you see a free bicycle posting on a social platform that someone is giving away because they no longer want it, and you are handy with fixing up bicycles... get it and fix it up. Then you can donate that fixed up bicycle to a family member, a friend, or a local person who doesn't have a bicycle, but would like one... or to someone who needs one. By doing that, and helping out someone, you will see how much a simple kind gesture helps out someone who is in need of a bicycle, but can not afford one. You know much a bicycle can help a person get around especially if they do not have a vehicle to drive. A bicycle can make a huge difference in someone's life. Maybe fix it up and give it to a local teenager so that teen can ride the bicycle to school to rather than walking, or they can use it to ride to a Summer job.
If you are handy with fixing bicycles, and you know a few senior citizens who ride bicycles, check over their bicycles for them and make sure their bicycles are safe for them to ride, and lube their chain a little bit so their bicycles are in good shape as they ride.
In today's world... we as cyclists have to stick together and help each other out if we can.
We all ride bicycles because we share our passion of riding, so be kind and help out a fellow cyclists if you can. Paying donated bicycles forward is a great way to increase cyclists and help others both at the same time.
Our area has had some created extreme winds for two days in a row now.
I managed to get in a 7 mile ride despite the extreme wind, my riding time was so much longer than it normally was because of this wind.
But I still rode my bicycle because I enjoy riding my bike, and I'm glad I still rode this morning.
Sometimes you just gotta put your head down, keep pedaling, and still ride, even on windy days.
Ride often, ride safe... and enjoy life.
6 Transformative Benefits of Bike Riding
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About
Bicycles are a wonderful and amazing invention.
Once you ride a bicycle, you fall in love with riding.
Cycling is a life style rather than just a sport.
Ride often, ride safe... and enjoy life.
Note: I do work on bicycles, I can perform basic bicycle tune-ups, install parts, and do bicycle adjustments. I only charge for labor and you must supply your own parts.
I do accept donated bicycles and bicycle trailers, some of them I refurbish and donate them to local people in need of a bicycle, and some of the donated bicycles I sell so I may purchase parts to fix other bicycles.
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