Cycling is a great sport! It is also fun to do as a recreational
activity!
Chances
are good you got into road biking because of a friend. Are not friends
great?! They get us to do all kinds of things, some good and some not
so good.
Getting out in the outdoors and riding a bike is a good thing! You
could have started riding for a variety of reasons:
to spend time with friends
become healthier
enjoy to ride
stress reliever
want to be a professional racer
What ever your reasons might be you have joined a great group of
passionate people.
As
a group we support many charities in a variety of locations and raise
thousands to millions of dollars for these charities. The great part
is... we enjoy doing it.
Many of us will ride the same ride
year after year to support the same charities because we like riding
that much. Many of us spend our summer months going from riding event
to another just so we can ride with people we may or may not know.
Others enter races for an opportunity to test themselves and win a
prize of some kind, sometimes money.
To
ride in a cycling event where you win prizes you have to have a cycling
license. Some countries have an organization which provide licensing
requirements.
In the U.S., the organization is USA cycling and can be found at www.usacycling.org.
If
you become a professional cyclist and ride for a living like Lance
Armstrong, the Schleck Brothers and several others do. You might have
to become a part of UCI which is the International Cycling Union.
What
Can You Expect to Get
The purpose of
this site is to provide you a place where you can find information
about:
This is an informational site. There is not any products which are sold
from this site.
It
is more styled after a review type of site. You will learn what you can
expect from the products you purchase before you do so.
You
can also learn what I have found to be helpful during my time in the
bicycle seat.
You can also learn about building a bike yourself compared to having
one built for you, either custom or from a bicycle shop.
A
custom built bicycle are for those who are very much into racing and a
few ounces makes all the difference between 1st and 3rd place. It is
not fun when someone beats you because they have a few ounce advantage.
By that point you probably would have sponsors and other companies who
pay for you to race all the time!
It
is great to be able to do something you really enjoy and get paid for
it! If you have not experienced this you should, it will change how you
think of work!
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