What Is Rapid Cycling?

Riding is a healthy and natural way of sports tourism, which can fully enjoy the beauty of the travel process. A bicycle and a backpack can travel, simple and environmentally friendly. Experience challenges in the midst of ongoing difficulties and experience success at the end of the journey ^[1] .

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Improve memory

Whether for people with strong or weak memory, cycling has the effect of improving memory. This is because exercise helps increase the level of adrenaline in the body, and an increase in the level of the chemical in the brain improves memory. Has an important role.

Ready to work

First, choose the right activity according to your ability

Speed

Generally speaking, the regular mountain bike ride is 20-25, and the newcomer activity can be 3-5 lower than this speed. However, because there are many people around the urban area, the speed is often unstable, but the team leader will arrange for someone to wait. worry.

Intensity

Strength is mainly considered in terms of slope and distance.

For single-day cycling, for mountain bikes, within 50 kilometers should be low-intensity, and 50-100 are medium-intensity, and more than 150 kilometers need a certain amount of physical strength.

Second, fully prepare for the event

Mental preparation

When deciding to participate in an event, you must have confidence in yourself and encourage yourself to continue to complete the cycling task. After deciding to participate in the event, you must be fully prepared to ensure that you spend the most time during the event on cycling instead of dealing with individuals Question. Don't have any thought burden, everyone comes out to play, not too much attention. Cyclists, especially those who organize activities and lead the team must be very kind and easy to contact, tell them that you are pure New people may bring you a lot of convenience for this event and learn a lot at the same time. Communicating together is the best way to improve.

Item preparation

1) An exercise bike suitable for you and your activities.

The activity you want to participate in is a sport, so you should first have an exercise bike. For road activities that are all asphalt roads, a GIANT vehicle of hundreds of yuan will generally not be rejected, but for mountain cross-country, thousands of yuan The following mountain bikes may not meet the requirements. According to lower standards, for low- and medium-intensity activities, in terms of price, you should choose at least 1,000 yuan to participate in the vehicle. There are not many options around 1,000, mainly GIANT and MERIDA's entire vehicle. You can consider buying the entire vehicle for less than 3,000 yuan, and the above can be considered for assembly.

2) Protective gear

Cycling is dangerous, so I believe that every activity will require a helmet, otherwise it may be rejected. Newcomers can choose a helmet between 150-300. Second is goggles and gloves. Goggles can effectively prevent wind and sand As well as insects and other injuries to the eyes, gloves can prevent slipping when the handle is gripped, and it also has a certain protection in case of a fall. If you participate in primary off-road activities, you should also wear knee pads, elbow pads and other protective gear.

3) food and water

Bicycle exercise consumes a lot of energy and water. Therefore, bring a small amount of high-calorie, fast-absorbing food and water in case you need it. Foods that everyone usually carries include: chocolate, energy bars, bananas, etc.

4) Spare and repair tools.

Whether it's road or mountain activities, belt spare tires are beneficial and harmless. With spare tires, you can carry necessary tools such as tire levers, inflators, tire repair tools, hexagon wrenches, etc.

5) Cycling wear

When riding, the human body releases a lot of heat, especially when it is hot, it will sweat a lot. A sweat-drying and fast-drying clothes can ensure the riding comfort, plus a special riding pants seat cushion to protect your PP from Pain. The price of cycling clothing is similar to that of ordinary sports quick-drying clothing, and it is not expensive. However, different prices and grades have different effects, leading to different riding feelings.

6) RMB, ID card, etc.

It is estimated that no one will not take RMB. Suburbs can not be swiped or have cash machines everywhere. ID cards and insurance cards just in case.

7) other

A mobile phone is an essential communication tool.Be sure to have enough power or a backup battery.

Third, other preparations

1) Register in accordance with the requirements of the event post. Explain the meeting place and contact information. It is best to send a message to the contact person or confirm a ** copy to explain their situation and obtain the event information. Of course, record the event by the way Phone number of the contact.

2) Check the vehicle. Mainly check the brake system, transmission system, and all moving places. It is best to find a car shop for maintenance on the first trip, and learn about the daily maintenance and inspection of the vehicle by the way, so that you can do it yourself in the future.

3) Find a map and follow the route of the event, first familiarize yourself with the route of the event, the meeting place, and the location of the rest point. Make sure that you know how to find your way home if you break up!

4) You can learn common cycling sign language.

5) If the weather is cold or windy, you should prepare warm and windproof as appropriate.

If you do the above preparations, then you can have a breakfast and go directly to the meeting place.

· Must have breakfast

· Review what you prepared before going out

(Simply do warm-up activities before exercise) (Recall warm-up activities in physical education class)

At least 5 minutes before the designated meeting point

· Meet the leader and other riders

Ready to set off, stare at the leader, don't let others start, and you haven't put on helmet gloves

After departure, try to follow the front of the team, follow a person, keep the distance between half a wheel and a wheel, and inform the person in front that you are following him

When taking a break along the way, be active in shopping or going to the toilet and inform the person in charge of your whereabouts

Relax and stretch your muscles during breaks

Prepare in advance to start again

Tell the leader in time if there is any discomfort or abnormality in the body or the vehicle

· Curve must decelerate in advance

· Be sure to pull away when going downhill

Try not to:

Do not listen to MP3, etc.

Do not answer calls or send messages

· Don't chat

· Do not look around

Do not ride your head down (especially on mountain roads)

Do not slow down suddenly

· Don't do strange actions suddenly

· Do not take up the motorway

· Do not take photos during non-rest periods

When cornering, don't drive into the reverse lane

· Do not overtake the curve

Don't force yourself when you don't have time to gesture

When you find that the front car stops pedaling, don't brake, just slide the same (same type car)

Energy-saving cycling tips

Properly increase the cadence, and feel almost useless every time you pedal.

Accelerate before going uphill, using the speed to rush the slope is easier than going uphill.

After going uphill, the speed decreases, and you must reverse the gear in advance, otherwise the effect will be small.

Slightly exert force when going downhill, so you can use less energy on flat roads.

. When riding a team, it is best to find teammates with similar physical strength, otherwise it will be unhappy.

. Find reliable teammates when riding, otherwise some indeterminate teammates will leave first.

. Pay attention to safety on the road. It is best to have more people in remote areas to prevent robbers.