Fitness: 33 reasons to cycle
Fri 13 Nov, 1:00 pm UTC
Improve your brainpower, relationships, health and happiness
You
might ride to save the planet but you’re also saving your brain cells,
improving family relations while expanding lung capacity, and
increasing your ‘happy hormones’ as you pile on the miles. Ain’t
cycling great! Just some of the 33 reasons why, says Matthew Barbour,
everyone should get on their bike…
1 You’ll get there faster
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Training: Cyclo-cross can make you a better rider
Get 'cross!
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Technique: How to improve your sprinting
Take some tips from Cav and Hoy
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Fitness: Increase your power with a hop, a skip and a jump
You’re bound to improve
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Health: How to deal with road rash
Helping you get back on the bike after you’ve been burned
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Health: Does cycling make you infertile?
How saddles affect your sperm
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Nutrition: Boost your recovery
Try these body-boosting recipes
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Q&A: Speed wobble
What's causing my bike to wobble at high speed?
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Q&A: It’s a set-up
Having always been riding the ruff stuff, what’s the ideal ride...
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Q&A - Heart of the matter
Q. Is my high blood pressure medication affecting my rides?
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Nutrition: Lose weight the Tour de France way
Pick up some tips from the pro peloton
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Nutrition: Is beetroot the route to success?
Research suggests juice boosts endurance
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Nutrition: How to recover from hard rides
Feed your body the right thing at the right time
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How to get the best out of your bike for less
20 steps to beat the credit crunch
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Beginner technique: Five common cycling mistakes
Fix these simple faults and you'll save seconds
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Beginner technique: Hill climbing made easy
The pros and cons of sitting or standing
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