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Cycling Education and Advocacy
Beginners Guide to Enjoyable
Bicycling
If you're just beginning to find the joy of bicycling again, check out the great tips for bikes, riding positions, safety, comfort and other rider considerations at https://onlinenursing.regiscollege.edu/master-health-administration/a-healthy-hobby-beginners-guide-to-cycling/
Safe and Enjoyable Cycling
The BCP riders places an emphasis on safe, enjoyable cycling, on the peaceful coexistence of bicyclists and motorists on the roads, and on cooperation with land managers and other trail users off the road. We promote courteous, responsible and predictable bicycling, including obeying all traffic rules and off-road regulations. A helmet is required for all riders to be safe. A great link for learning safe riding with varried traffic is at http://bicyclesafe.com/ and Bicycle Safety 101 tips.
Health Benefits of Cycling
There are numerous helath benefits to bicycling. It is also a new social outlet for connecting with like minded people, where now some safe bicycling is the new golf. A great link for learning about its health benefits is at https://bobbinbikes.com/pages/health-benefits-of-regular-cycling and https://centralparkbikerental.nyc/rentals/the-health-benefits-of-cycling and 11 benefits.
Importance of Riding With a Helmet
New to riding or need to know why you should where a helmet?
Read: Read https://www.cyclingity.com/bike-helmet-safety/
Safe Paceline Etiquette
Learn to stay safe while in a paceline. Read http://www.pedalers.southport.org/paceline-etiquette.pdf
Bike Racing Terminology
Want to know the bicycle racing
jargon? Check out https://murfelectricbikes.com/pages/racing-terminology
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