Love Cycling

The inspiring story of Lance Armstrong's determinedIn an increasingly environmentally conscious world,
struggle against cancer and his triumphant return tomany people choose to commute by bicycle. A
professional cycling has touched hundreds ofhybrid bike, which marries features of a road and
thousands of people across the world. His sevenmountain bike, is ideal for this purpose.
straight wins in the world's greatest cycling race, theCycling is an excellent form of cardiovascular
Tour de France, has surely helped cycling's profile.exercise, meaning that you can improve your aerobic
But what is it about the sport of cycling that is sofitness and endurance by undertaking the activity.
attractive?Regular cycling can also help you to lose weight. The
In part, the partnership of man and machine has asport of cycling is essentially non weight-bearing,
distinct attraction. The modern-day bicycle, withmeaning that your joints are spared the repetitive
cranks and pedals, was invented in the 1860s withimpact of sports such as running. If you have
the first bicycle race thought to have beensustained a musculoskeletal injury cycling is an
conducted at the Parc de Saint-Cloud in Paris in 1868.excellent way of attaining a workout without causing
Man's desire to cross a variety of terrain and desirefurther damage.
to ride faster has driven the evolution of bicycles.Riding a bicycle does require a certain degree of
The predecessors of the sleek, light-weight carbonbalance and skill, much of which though many of us
bikes used in modern professional racing areacquire as children.
steel-framed, welded and by comparison unwieldyAside from the health benefits of cycling, many
machines.people find that it is a great social activity. Clubs and
For professional cyclists the difference betweengroups are regularly found in many areas promoting
winning and losing a race may be a matter of a splitthe sport for enjoyment and fitness and regularly
second and the cutting edge technology of cycoestopping off for a coffee and chat afterwards.
development demonstrates this.So if you have a desire to be the master of your
Of course, not everyone who takes up cycling wantsown machineand to get fit and with the aid of the
to compete at the elite level. Cycling is a sportincrease in promotion of cycling as a great
attractive to people in of walks of life and which iscontribution to the environment, cycling could be the
certainly not confined to road racing.sport for you.
Mountain bike riding is exceptionally popular, as isRob is a successful International Chartered Physical
cyclo-cross riding. Bikes with sturdy tyres, flat handleTherapist. He has been a lecturer, researcher and
bars and gearing appropriate to hilly terrain are usedtherapist for over two decades. His rich experience
for these forms of cycling. By contrast, road cyclistsof International and Premiership Football underpins his
use bikes with a more aggressive geometry thatspecialist knowledge of sports medicine and
permit attainment of greater speed.rehabilitation.