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    How to get the most out of Cycling?

    Posts: 3 Member
    edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    Gonna start cycling. I have owned a Trek 1.2 for about a year and used it regularly last year before the winter. One think I wish I could do is get the most out of biking. What are some tips you all use to get the most out of the cycling?

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    • Posts: 2,975 Member
      Ride the bike. It's that simple.
    • Posts: 384 Member
      cowbellsandcoffee wrote: »
      Ride the bike. It's that simple.

      Yep.

      You could do intervals or hill repeats or similarly difficult workouts that competitive cyclists do, but I think the above advice is better.
      Put in the miles, explore, learn to love the bike. All I did for the first year I cycled was explore local bike trails and gradually go further and further. Trust me, you'll get a good workout.
    • Posts: 361 Member
      Ride it everywhere: work, errands, wherever. Find a friendly cycling club near you and join their group rides.
    • Posts: 227 Member
      ride it. always go faster, or farther than last time.
    • Posts: 1,441 Member
      go up hills and enjoy the ride down hills.
    • Posts: 25,981 Member
      cowbellsandcoffee wrote: »
      Ride the bike. It's that simple.

      Yep ... at least for the first few months.

    • Posts: 7,865 Member
      cowbellsandcoffee wrote: »
      Ride the bike. It's that simple.

      This. Build a solid base before trying anything else.
    • Posts: 3 Member
      Note taken. Thanks everyone!
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