Saturdays are a rest day in general for the Spanish so they spend all of the day racing around dressed in Lycra, helmets on, in a colourful display of resistance designed to get the legs pumping and the countryside seen.
I took a few videos yesterday and placed them into a longer video about Torres Torres, a small town outside Valencia. You can see the video at the link. It has more stuff about living in Spain and buying property but you get an idea about what a Saturday ride means for the average Spanish person there.
Road bikes are the main use in this type of cycling although there are many who go off road with mountain bikes or hybrids as the area around lends itself to some spectacular scenery and varied terrain
Every year of sustained bicycle use adds about 10.6 days to the average person’s lifespan, “The Environmental Paradox of Bicycling,” Karl Ulrich, University of Pennsylvania.
Did you know…
About 70% of all car trips are less than 5 miles; the ideal distance for a bike ride and if the weather is set fair even better!
Cycling exercises the heart better than most exercises that don’t involve getting wet. It is better than walking without the pounding of jogging.
One can ride a bicycle almost anywhere, at any time of the year, and at low cost, just buy the right equipment to accompany your bike to keep your hands warm or conversely to slap on the suncream.
Little or no time has to be lost, as bike travel can be used to get to work, perform errands, or enjoy the outdoor, or even all three at the same time.
Commuting by bike reduces pollution that causes asthma and bronchitis. It also increases your lung capacity helping you to breathe more easily even if you have these problems already.
Anything else you would like to add to this list of benefits of cycling.
If you cannot get out onto your bike for any reason but need to keep in shape then the best way to do this with similar exercise is with a static exercise bike. These come in many shapes and sizes for many different types of fitness levels from the basic pedals that you sit down while watching tv to fully blown training rigs for professional cyclists. The video presents and overview so choose the best exercise bike for yourself from the selection and get riding and get fit.
First real day of summer so time to get out and show some places where we have ridden our bikes before. Get your equipment from our cycling bikes store and get yourself over to Spain for the best cycling in the World, (Lance Armstrong has a place here near Girona)
How do you think Spain produces some of the greatest riders in the World from Delgado, Indurain, Contador, Sastre et al? Well they get to practice in places like this in beautiful weather.
I have just sold my Scott road bike as I broke my collarbone playing soccer and now need to be extremely careful as collarbones are the dangerous ones for cyclists. Therefore, I thought of how I could still indulge my passion for bikes whilst I am off the road and this little site was born.
Some Scott Bikes
The aim of the site is to give more information about good bikes to buy, have product reviews and other areas that everyone can contribute to. Hopefully we will be able to give you a ton more information in the blog entries that will help you to decide what bikes to buy, what accessories you may want and where to get those things.
