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Crossing Texas by bicycle is not an easy feat at all and certainly I am not suggesting that anyone try to cross from El Paso to Beaumont; that would indeed be a nightmare. As big as Texas is there are only a few really good routes to take which go fairly straight thru. And we need to start where it makes sense, so lets start in Hobbs, NM. You see Hobbs, NM is only 3 miles from the border and Hwy 180 is straight shot into Texas.

We will ride from Hobbs on Hwy 180 thru; Seminole, Lamesa and into Snyder about 115 miles, where we will take a short break and then go to Roby and Anason also on the Hwy 180 about another 46 miles. At Anason we will go South East on the 277/83 thru Abilene, TX then South to Hwy 84 another 20 miles. Once on Hwy 84 we will Lawn, Novice, Coleman, Santa Ana, Bangs, Brownwood, Mullin, Goldthwaite to round out another 80 miles or total of 260 miles in an ultra-long distance ride.

The next day we will take it a little easier Starting from Goldthwaite we will set our sites on Waco, TX and travel thru the towns of Evant, Gateville, South Mountain, McGregor and Woodway; about 80 miles in the first leg. After a good rest and eat, we will head off to Mexia and Teague a little over 45 miles. Then up to Fairfield on the I-45, which is only about 10 more miles yet. At 135 miles for the day we will take another quick rest and then trek off to Palestine about 30 more miles bringing us to 165 for the day.

Then we move off the Hwy 84 to the Hwy 79 and ride up to Jacksonville and Henderson, TX another fifty miles or 215 for the day. Next we rest for 4.5 hours and finish crossing Texas by riding into Carthage and Panola another 45 miles and Texas ends five miles from their on our way to Shreveport, LA. A job well done indeed, and every one can rest. As the soon we being our trek through00000DB7 Louisiana on our Journey Across America.

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If you want to lose weight, then cycling can help. You can’t expect cycling to instantly make you thinner, but nevertheless it can definitely make a contribution to weight control: one hour of cycling at a good pace will burn 450 to 550 calories. Of course not everybody, especially when starting out, can maintain a steady fast pace when cycling - but whatever pace you do cycle at, it’s definitely better for you than sitting in a car! Another thing to bear in mind is that cycling can be an easy way to get the kind of regular exercise that is recommended by most diet programmes (and by most doctors for that matter).

Governments and medical professional general recommend that you should aim to get 30 minutes exercise about five times per week. If you were to cycle to and from work each day (or to the train station), would that reach the target for you? This target doesn’t seem so unattainable when you think of it this way: 15 minutes each time you go to and from work every day.

Of course no matter how keen you are to start exercising, it’s never a good idea to overdo it: if your fitness level is not very high to start with, you will need to build up gradually. For example, you can start out by cycling just once a week, or perhaps cycle to work one day, and cycle back from work the next day, and then, over time, gradually increase the amount of cycling that you do.

By S. Tanna. First published at http://www.guide2cycling.com/p1_articles_bike_fitness.php

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Deciding which full suspension mountain bike to buy can be time consuming and stressful. So in an effort to make the process more enjoyable I put together some tips to consider before purchasing a new bike.

Tip # 1 - Determine your riding terrain. It is important for you to know your typical riding conditions. Will you be riding cross country, down hill or a combination of both? This question is very important to answer and will have a big impact on the type of bike that you purchase because some bikes are designed to accommodate specific riding conditions.

Tip # 2 - Determine your budget and stick to it. Buying a new full suspension mountain bike can be very expensive. Bikes, parts, and accessories vary in price and when added together can be costly.

Tip # 3 - Buy the best bike that you can afford within your budget. After you determine your budget buy a bike that meets your needs and has the best components that you can afford. Buying a base bike and upgrading later might sound like a good alternative but it will be more costly in the end.

Tip # 4 - Decide on what type of full suspension bike you want to buy. There are different types of full suspension bikes and each has their pros and cons. I am not going into detail about each suspension type so just know there are differences and be sure to ask about them when you visit the bike shop.

Tip # 5 - Buy your 00001475bike from a specialty bike shop. The people that work in specialty bike shops are knowledgeable and can explain to you the differences between bikes, components, etc. Do not feel intimidated when asking for assistance. They will help you find a bike that fits your budget and also setup the bike to your specifications. The bike store will also have many bikes for sale for you to choose from.

Tip # 6 - If you know exactly what you are looking for you can get a great deal on a bike and/or parts online via a store or a mountain bike classified website.

Tip # 7 - Test ride as many bikes as you can. The bike shop will let you test ride their bikes to help you determine which one is right for you. Take advantage of this option and ride as many bikes as you can. Test riding will help you measure different bike specifications and help you pick the right bike.
Good luck

Experience with full suspension and hartail mountain bikes, bike parts and organizing race events for mountain biking.

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It goes without saying that you’ll need a helmet for such a journey, and there are many riders who decry this. In many states it is now a law, personally, I do not need a law to make me wear a helmet. Helmets are a must and as one Motorcycle Racing Gear company advertises; “How much is your head worth?” Precisely, and so, do not skimp on quality head gear.

There is something else you should know, once you crash your helmet is pretty much toast, so do not believe that you can go pick up a bicycle helmet at a thrift store or garage sale, if it’s got scratch marks on it, it may no longer have structural integrity. Your helmet must fit properly or you will have problems with it, as it pulls down or back when going down hills at high speed or gives your head aches along your entire route. Do not be surprised to find a good helmet running you up over $100.

Likewise, do not be surprised to find good sunglasses, or protective eyewear costing in excess of $100 either, and believe me the first sunny day you are without them, you’ll become a true believer in their value. One dust storm can cost you a lost day and three bottles of eye drops for the next week. If at all po000010D1ssible buy the helmet first then eye glasses that work with it and fit as one. The straps of your helmet will hold your sunglasses or protective eyewear in place, but an improper fit can cause your glasses to push into your head and cause migraines or move around as you ride, causing an unsafe condition.

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As bicycles gain appeal, you may be noticing more and more the things people have with their bikes. Sometimes it’s a trailer for carrying children or cargo. Sometimes it’s just a really nice water bottle.

What’s necessary? What’s just extra stuff?

Mostly this depends on your own needs. You aren’t going to need a trailer if you won’t be hauling kids or stuff around on your bike. Odds are good, on the other hand, that you will want a way to carry a water bottle. You don’t have to be riding extreme distances for the water bottle to just make sense, especially on warm days.

The most important accessory, of course, is the bicycle helmet. It’s the law most places that you wear one. A good quality bike helmet can also save your life in an accident. It doesn’t take much of an accident for a bike rider to have serious head injuries without a helmet.

If you’re going to be riding at night, or even dawn or dusk, lights will be another worthwhile investment. You’re hard enough to see on a bike in bright sunlight. You don’t want to be harder to see when it’s a little or a lot dark out. Go for quality. You aren’t investing in a bike part, after all. You’re investing in your safety.

Comfort is not a bad thing to think about either, especially if you’re going to be riding your bicycle a lot. That’s where things like water bottles come in. A water bottle holder seems like such a small thing, but it can mean a lot. And if you enjoy mountain biking, an easy way to carry water can be an issue of safety, although for a serious ride you may need more than just what one small water bottle can carry.

Check out your pedals too. Good pedals are metal with teeth to help your shoes grip to them. I remember hating these as a teen, because I wouldn’t pay attention and sometimes get whacked on the leg by one. But as an adult I understand the advantages. A good grip between your pedals and your shoes is a good way to keep your feet from slipping, which can distract you and result in an accident.

You’ll probably want a good quality lock too. If you know you’re going to ride out and bring your bike back home, storing it in a locked garage, maybe you’ll do well enough without one. But if you want to leave your bike alone for even a few minutes anywhere, you need a lock. Bicycles are all too easily stolen.

Whether you’re looking for a b00004000ike to ride in your leisure time or something for a commute to work, you need more than just the bike to make the most of the experience. The right accessories can make your life simpler, make bike riding more pleasant or even help protect you from injury.

Stephanie Foster runs http://www.findbicyclesonline.com/ for people who are looking for quality bicycles. Find bicycles and bike helmets on her site.

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The world can be a very expensive place to live and not everyone can afford to run cars and motorbikes everyday, a lot of the world population travel by bicycle, it is free from petrol costs, environmentally friendly and faster than walking. But a bicycle does not have many protections from theft or from harsh weather conditions. Bikes can rust in log exposure to rain and if left on the floor can be easily taken by someone else.

Bicycle shelters are used in many different places, one of the most common places would be in school. With a school being full of unpredictable children, you would not want to cycle your bike into school lean it against a fence or lay it on the floor and hope it is still there when you go home, it is highly unlikely it will be.

The shelters offer a place for all bikes to be stored in one place, it saves a lot of space and keeps the premises tidier. They are also sheltered, this keeps them free from rain, one of the real advantages is that inside they contain small stands that are often bolted to the floor, these allow your bike to lean against them and have a space for bicycle chains to be looped through, the chain goes through the stand and around your bike, the ends are padlocked together and your bike remains safe and secure.

It is not just schools and children that use these, adults also use these around the workplace, they can also be found in town centers and supermarkets.

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Remember when we were kids and we rode our bikes everywhere? The sphere of our world was defined by how far we could ride and a new bike was the ultimate badge of honor. If you wanted to go someplace, you got on your bike and went and if you couldn’t reach it by bike, then it probably wasn’t really necessary. Now, try climbing on a bike and see how far you can get today.

As a man born in 1951, my bike was my first, best and only form of transportation until I was a college sophomore. Once I acquired an automobile, the bicycle was soon forgotten. Lately, with the high cost of fuel and maintenance of a car, not to mention stratospheric purchase prices, I have begun to once again look to a bicycle for short -range transportation.

I purchased a ten-speed bike at a garage sale for $35 dollars a thought that I would soon be on my way zooming about the way I remembered. Dream on buddy. At 58, despite having always been physically active and going swimming several times a week. I found that I was just not up to it. Basically, I lacked the stamina, muscle strength, flexibility, and just about everything else needed to ride a bike for transportation. By the time I arrived at my destination I was hot, sweaty, sore and stiff. P000008F5erhaps eventually I would be able to get past this point but it was going to be a struggle.

Fortunately, I had a brainstorm and recalled reading about something called electric bicycles. A little googleing and viola! a dozen websites popup containing information about electric bicycles, more than I ever wanted to know. 

Apparently the most common type of electric bike uses what is called a “hub motor.” This is a motor that is actually part of one of the wheels and uses opposing magnets to cause the wheel to spin. An electric bike consists of what is basically an ordinary bicycle with a hub motor, a battery pack, a controller box and a throttle. These bikes come in a large variety of sizes, styles and prices. There is also a variety of battery options available ranging from ordinary lead acid to high tech lithium. Still another option is to build your own bike from a kit. This is the option I chose.

I purchased a 350 watt 36 volt motor kit from Worldwide Electric Bikes. I chose this company for a number of reasons including price, options, and the all-inclusive nature of their kit. This kit came with a lithium ferric phosphate battery(LiFePO4), special brakes that cutoff the motor while braking and recharge the battery and a three speed internally geared front wheel motor. I chose a front wheel motor for it’s extreme ease of installation. When it arrived, everything was in one box including wire ties, nuts and bolts and a battery rack. The only thing I ended up needing to add was one bolt for the battery rack.

I installed this kit on my $35 garage sale 10-speed bicycle in one afternoon. The most difficult aspect of the installation was making sure everything seated the way I wanted it to. I followed the directions on Worldwide Electric Bikes website and with minor adjustments (which the website indicated would be necessary) everything went together the way it was supposed to. By using a kit I saved several hundred dollars and wound up with a great bike.

I began riding my newly reconstituted vehicle that same afternoon and the diffe0000283Frence was extraordinary. I continued to pedal and get my exercise and the motor is almost as quiet as an ordinary bike. However, now I can take hills with ease, travel ten or more miles without breaking a sweat and using the bike for short-range travel is a pleasure not a pain. In fact, I have to fight my wife and daughter over it. The fact that being electric, it gives off no emissions, doesn’t use imported oil, is inexpensive and easy to use is of course a big plus but personally, I just think it’s really, really cool.

These vehicles could go a long way towards relieving traffic congestion and air pollution in our cities and reducing our dependence on foreign oil. Long a transportation staple in Asia and Europe it’s only a matter of time before they become commonplace in the United States.

Steve Bodenstein designs, imports and sells electric bikes and electric bike conversion kits He is a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in nine start up companies. He is also a strong advocate for energy independence, sustainable growth and the environment http://www.worldwideelectricbikes.com

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As a sport and a pastime cycling is growing on popularity at a fantastic rate. We’re in the midst of the cycling track season which is getting a fantastic amount of television coverage. As well as that there is the Olympics coming up in August in which cycling will feature heavily. Cycling is a great sport to get into; you’ve got so many options open to you with where you go and what distance you cover as well as choosing a style of bike that suits your needs.

Road racing bicycles are designed for use on normal highway roads and are ideally suited for covering greater distances than other types of bicycles. Because the tyres on a road bike are thinner than those on different bicycles it is easier to ride over distance, the bikes are also made of lighter material and the components that go to make up the bike are less weighty. All these things add up to making a very light racing bike. The gearing on a road bike is also different and usually comprises of twelve to fourteen gears. It is possible to get road bikes designed for riding on different road surfaces depending on the road surfaces where you live; it is possible to even get a road bike specifically designed for riding on paved roads. Road bikes all come with the capacity to fit bike lights to the front for safety.

Track cycling is very popular, if you have a track near you and you like cycling it is well worth a trip to the velodrome to give it a go. A track bicycle is a totally different beast to a road bike. In looks they are very similar but the track bike is totally stripped of components, no gears and no brakes. The only things that go to make up a track bike is wheels, frame and pedals, that is it. A track bicycle runs on a fixed wheel which means that as you pedal the wheels and pedal cranks go around, as with a standard road bike but you cannot free wheel with a track bike as the chain is directly linked to the rear wheel. This takes a little bit of time to get used to but is easy enough to come to grips with after a while. You can usually hire a track session for one hour which will include the use of a track bike. As track bikes are always ridden indoors there is no need for bike lights to be fitted.

The popularity in mountain bikes has grown overwhelmingly in the past few years. In reality if you are looking to start cycling in earnest then a mountain bicycle may be your best option to start with. You tend to ride a mountain bike in a more sit up right position which many people find more comfortable to start off with. I would always recommend fitting bike lights to a mountain bike, especially if you go off road. Mountain bikes are generally heavier than road bikes but come with much lower gearing for getting up steep hills. Mountain bikes are generally not used for riding as many miles as road bicycles as their weight tends to make them harder to propel.

If you intend riding more miles than you would maybe do with a mountain bike but do not want the position that a road bike gives you then a hybrid bike may be the one for you. A hybrid bike is exactly that, a hybrid of a road bike and a mountain bike, so it gives you a slightly heavier frame than a road bike but lighter than a mountain bike, a nicer riding position than a road bike but the same gearing as a mountain bike. In exactly the same way as a road or mountain bike, you can fit bike lights to a hybrid bike. These bikes are growing in popularity all the time as they offer more things to more people.

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Folding bikes have been around for many years but always seemed to be the poor relation of the full-size bicycle. Probably because they were as heavy and clunky as ordinary bikes used to be, plus the added task of the folding process.

These days it’s a different story. Bicycle technology has advanced so the folding bike today is light, strong and agile. Patent hinges and custom fittings make them safe and fun to ride, and the folding process is quick and easy.

Here are eight good reasons why a folding bike makes sense today:

1: They’re easy to use - everyone can ride a bike. No license is necessary and there’s usually a minimum of regulations. But even if you don’t have to, ALWAYS wear a helmet. Most cyclist fatalities are the result of head injuries.

2: They’re convenient - you can put a folding bike in the trunk of your car or take it on public transport with you. If you use your folder to commute to work, you can store it under your desk or tuck it in a corner. No more having to lock it up on the street and hope it’s still there when you get back.

3: They’re economical - no expensive fuel to buy and no special parking or garaging needed. You don’t need to pay license fees or vehicle registration - they’re great in traffic and you don’t have to pay for parking space or garaging.

4: They’re good for the environment - no fossil fuels are burned to pollute the atmosphere, they’re good for relieving traffic and parking congestion - one person on a bike takes up a lot less space on the road, and parking, than one person in a car.

5: They’re good for commuting - public transport is okay but there’s usually a lot of waiting involved and you’ve often got a walk at either end. With a folding bike you can be on your way, and if the weather turns bad you can take your folder on public transport.

6: They’re good for short trips, too - no need to fire up the SUV just to go to the library or the corner store. Plus it’s amazing what you can carry on a bike!

7: They’re good for your health - riding a bike is a gentle workout, unlike jogging, but still good cardio-vascular exercise. And you get to breathe some fresh air.

8: They’re low maintenance - keep the tires pumped up and make sure the0000065C batteries in your lights are charged and that’s about it. A regular service by a bike mechanic costs a lot less than the same thing for a car.

And if you need yet another reason - they’re fun!

There’s a range of folding bikes to choose from, from the standard steel folder with a modest range of gears to some very sophisticated folding bikes made of ultra-light alloys and with remarkable gearing specs.

Which folding bike’s right for you? It depends on the level of your interest in cycling, and the depth of your pocket. The enthusiast who can afford it will go for the top of the range. If you’re new to the idea of riding a bike regularly, buy an entry-level folder and see how you like it. If the bike bug bites, you can upgrade to something more exotic; if it doesn’t, you’re not a lot out of pocket.

So, with eight good reasons to buy, what are you waiting for? On your bike!

Peter Strudwick rides a folding bike and also writes for FoldingBikeSale.com where you’ll find good cheap folding bikes. If you’re in the market for a cheap folding bike visit FoldingBikeSale.com today

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