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Crash test dummy flying over bicycle

Routes and Rides

What should you do in the event of a bike crash?

A tech gallery from Tour De Lunsar, Sierra Leone between April 26-30, 2023 Jack Duncan (L) and Nate Mesmer (R) from US team Mike’s Bikes lead a breakaway on Stage two. The two Mikes Bikes riders donated the Cannondale bikes to Lunsar Cycling Team after the race. The Mike Bike’s Foundation helps to facilitate bike donations from the US to Sierra Leone. They work with partner bike shops in Sierra Leone who pay for the shipping of the bikes. Mikes Bikes runs a strict policy for donations. The criteria the bikes need to meet before they are shipped involves having a market value of over $50. The partners in Sierra Leone sell the bikes and/or use the parts on the bikes and make profits from the sales that pay wages, help to run racing teams and fund new cycling related projects. There are other organisations running similar schemes. Working Bikes in Chicago, Village Bicycle Project in. Salt Lake City, Mikes Bikes in California and Re-Cycle in the UK.

Fitness and Training

How to ride your first century, double century or longer distance in 2023

Lidl - Trek's US rider Quinn Simmons receives medical assistance after crashing during the 5th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 163 km between Pau and Laruns, in the Pyrenees mountains in southwestern France, on July 5, 2023. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Fitness and Training

How to treat road rash after a cycling crash

Italian Andrea Vendrame of AG2R Citroen, Italian Mirco Maestri of Eolo-Kometa and Dutch David Dekker of Jumbo-Visma pictured after a crashing during stage five of the 2023 Giro D'Italia cycling race, from Atripalda to Salerno (171 km), in Italy, Wednesday 10 May 2023. The 2023 Giro takes place from 06 to 28 May 2023. BELGA PHOTO JASPER JACOBS (Photo by JASPER JACOBS / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP) (Photo by JASPER JACOBS/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Concussion and cycling: everything you need to know

Saddle sore

How to avoid and treat saddle sores

Carry on riding in to old age

Fitness and Training

How to keep cycling – and stay fit – through your 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond

Shot of a young woman blowing her nose with a tissue at home.

Cycling with a cold: when to stop, when to keep going and how to avoid illness

Female cyclist riding the Specialized Epic HT Comp through woodland

Fitness and Training

27 great benefits of cycling | How bike riding can boost your brain power, fitness and more

Bib straps of Castelli Free Aero RC shorts

Fitness and Training

Losing belly fat through cycling | Myths debunked and top tips

How to lose weight cycling

How to lose weight through cycling: 13 tips to help you shed the pounds

Lower back pain from cycling | What causes back pain cycling and how to prevent it

Fitness and Training

Lower-back pain from cycling | What causes cycling back pain and how to prevent it

Cyclist riding the Trek Checkpoint SL 6 eTap gravel bike

Fitness and Training

How to fix the 6 most common types of pain caused by cycling

Pregnant woman on trail bike in woods.

Fitness and Training

Cycling while pregnant: tips and advice

Team Canyon/SRAM at Giro d'Italia Donne

Fitness and Training

Why do my knees hurt? Cycling knee pain explained and how to manage it

Yoga stretches for cyclists.

Fitness and Training

8 stretches to improve your flexibility and cycling performance