GUIDE – Ride For Longer
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Biking for longer is a fantastic goal to have and is an important step to growing your riding. Regardless of how long you can comfortably ride for, wanting to ride for longer will provide you with a lot of benefits. It will help you simply spend more time biking and open up what you could achieve on a bike . It will help improve both your physical & mental wellbeing, improving your fitness, your strength and your mind. So let’s get you started with some steps to help you enjoy riding for longer on a bike.
Steps to Riding for Longer
- Progressively/slowly increase your time on the bike
- Improve your comfort on the bike
- Ride Well
- Be prepared. Identify what you might need if you are biking further from your home or your car
Ride for longer on the bike so you can ride more and open up the options of what you could achieve.
Slowly increase your time on the bike
Increasing the time you spend on the bike puts a strain/load on your body. To be comfortable as you ride more you need to give your body the time to adapt and cope with this increased strain. We need you to manage this increasing load. You need to gradually increase the time on your bike and listen to your body to know when it is ready for more riding. Learn some strategies on how to gradually spend more time riding your bike.
Read our story more time on the bike & your body
Improve your comfort on the bike
Improving your comfort on the bike is an important part of you enjoying spending more time riding your bike. One of the most common challenges is your comfort on your bike seat. Many riders can suffer on their saddle and it can limit their biking. To ride for longer you must find comfort on the bike seat and we suggest that you tackle this early as you start to work towards riding for longer. There is a lot you can do!
Read our guide on being comfortable on your bike seat.
Often forgotten, though an important part to you enjoying your riding, is your comfort through your upper back, arms, hands and their connection with the handlebars. There is a lot you can do!
Read our guide on upper body & handlebar comfort on the bike.
Ride Well
How you ride plays an important part in your comfort on the bike. Riding well will help support your comfort on your seat and your handlebars. It is important in helping you load the right parts of your body. The parts of the body that are better designed to take the loads associated with riding a bike. Riding well can be challenging initially but it is about choosing to make some small changes and gradually working at the changes over time.
Read our guide on how to ride well on the bike.
Be more prepared
Riding for longer will mean you are out on the bike for longer periods and often riding further away from home or your car. Therefore you simply need to be more prepared… such as prepared for changes in the weather, or if something goes wrong with your bike or you. Are you carrying the water and snacks that you may require?
Use our resources & support for riding in the rain, riding in cooler temperatures and goRides ‘Am I Safe to Ride?’ series that considers what you need to be safe in different riding environments. Make sure you feel confident out riding and can successfully ride for longer.
What are the successful Improving Your Riding solutions for you?  Your success is different to others… use our stories and support, get the right solutions.
Improve Your Riding
Stories & support. Improve your riding stories all on one easy to navigate page.
Improve Your Riding - Balance
A great story about improving your balance on the bike by doing simple things either on or off the bike.
Improve Your Riding - Confidence
Tips & tricks for improving confidence when you ride. Safety, support, goal setting… learn ways to help you ride more often.
Starting & Stopping
Can you get up out of your seat to start & stop when riding your bike? A story for beginners.
More Time on the Bike & Your Body
When choosing to ride more we must give our bodies time to adjust. This simple story discusses increasing your riding.
E-Bikes & Grandkids
Could you ride with your kids or grandkids attached to your E-Bike? What a great way to share family time. This story is an overview of the options.
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