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HOW TO RIDE A BICYCLE

Riding a bicycle is easy, and cycling is very convenient. A lot of people start riding bicycles to exercise or to save money on transportation. According to the medical researches, 30 mins exercises is needed for each person in one day. Therefore, not only can cycling be healthy, and it’s also eco-friendly.

However, many people now still don’t know how to ride a bicycle or don’t know how to cycle in a safe way. For example, when cyclists are turning their bikes, they put their knee toward the direction they are turning at to increase the efficience and also to prevent falling.



Equipment Needed

To learn how to ride a bicycle, you need to prepare: - A bicycle. (with proper brakes, pedals , and wheels …etc on it) - A helmet - Gloves if needed - Flashlights if you are learning at night. - Suitable clothes (don’t wear jeans or skirts to ride a bicycle. Clothes that are too lose are not suitable) - Water bottle

* Always have a person with you when you are learning, this can help you to prevent any accidents from happening. * Find a good sunny day as the day to begin. * Don’t forget to bring your determination with you, **NEVER GIVE UP**!



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">After all the equipment are prepared, you can get started.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Procedure:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1) Wear all your safety equipments, make sure that the helmet is not too tight or too lose. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2) Check the bicycle if it is working properly. Make sure the brakes are working otherwise it can cause accidents. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3) Adjust the bicycle to fit you. The seat should be around your waist and your knee should be slightly bent when you are stepping on the pedal when it’s at its lowest point. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4) Sit on the seat comfortably and put you right leg on the right pedal. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">5) Slowly add force to the pedal and make it move downward. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">6) Keep the handle bar straight and slightly hold the breaks but not press it. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">7) Quickly put you left foot on the left pedal and follow the circuit. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">8) Try to balance on the bicycle when it’s moving.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Important things

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Balancing :**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The most important and also the most difficult thing of riding a bicycle is to know how to keep your balance. Learners can start this from a higher portion of the slight incline. Let the gravity to bring you down so you can pay your attention on balancing. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When you start to wobble, put you weight to the other side to get your balance back. When you feel you are falling, put your feet on the ground, and try the practice again!

When you are going downhill, move your body backward so that you can prevent topping over the front of the bike. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Pedaling :**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">DON'T FORGET TO PEDAL WHEN THE BICYCLE IS MOVING!!!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Pedaling is always an important part of cycling. It's hard to balance yourself without any speed. Therefore, always pedal when you are riding to keep you as a constant speed so you can balance easily.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Turning :**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When you get your balance, and can easily ride in a straight line, it's time to learn how to turn the bicycle. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Firstly, slightly turn the handlebars to the direction you want, and lean a bit toward it. Don't turn too much at one time, otherwise you will lose your balance.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">As I said before, put your knee toward the direction you are turning at to increase the efficience and also to prevent falling.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Braking :**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When you are good at riding bicycles, you need to know how to brake. Braking is usually done by squeezing the levers on the handle bars. When you want to slow done or stop moving, slowly squeeze the lever which stop the back wheel.

<span style="color: #f63c3c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ALWAYS STOP THE BACK WHEEL FIRST!!!

<span style="color: #f63c3c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Conslusion <span style="color: #f63c3c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: #f63c3c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cycling can be really fun and a good way to exercise if you know the proper way to do it. Many competitions of bicycle is holding all over the world and it's becoming a popular sport as well.