Essentials for biking safety 18 Articles

by Tiffany Belle

Riding a bike is a great exercise that the whole family can do. It also saves on air pollution and saves you money on gas. For whatever reason you choose to ride a bike, be it exercise or pleasure, there are certain safety...read more

by Celia Craske

Before you set off on a bike ride you should first ensure that the bike is in a roadworthy condition. This means ensuring that the brakes are working properly, with no worn brake pads, that the tyres are correctly inflate...read more

by Ray Marr

When you consider biking safety, there are two distinct ideas, either cycling as a vehicle, vehicular cycling, or riding like a pedestrian, against traffic on the sidewalk at higher risk due to the inability to predict wha...read more

by Rose Mary

Tandem bicycles provide more excitement and fun to cycling. With two persons pedaling the bicycle, more power is created and the bicycle can travel further and faster than a lone-rider bicycle. Even if the two riders on ...read more

by Jed Eane

Most cycling safety is a matter of common sense. You wouldn't drive a car if you thought that it wasn't road worthy, so firstly consider the bike you're going to be using. Before checking the mechanics of the bike, make ...read more

by Meaghan Louise Aitchison

Ther are so many safety devices out there for everything these days that I'm beginning to wonder if we've lost sight of the whole point of existing. That is, to live. We spend so much time wrapping ourselves and our childr...read more

by Rob Dacosta

An essential list should be straightforward: 1) Basic maintenance check (brakes, tires, cables, etc.). 2) Visibility (lighting, reflectors, clothing). 3) Helmet (properly fit and in good condition). 4) Bell (simple 'dinge...read more

by Roy Jacobs

Biking is not just fun; it is a great form of exercise. But remember that you are open to the elements. Safety is therefore of paramount importance. So as not to leave anything out, let's take it from top down. · Not ...read more

by Joanna Canning

1.) Before your bike tour make a small invetigation. Check a map, ask some friends if there are some bicycle paths where you are going to. If it's possible try to use them. This will not only safe your time but also make y...read more

by Lorraine Etherington

The minefield of buying a bike made dead easy Choose your bike. You need to decide WHAT you want your bike for. If it is for serious country touring over roads, you will need a tourer. If you want to commute quickly on r...read more

by Donald Ward

Biking safety is about common since. We have all biked since little kids, and I don't remember wearing a helmet. Helmets are required in certain cercumstances where danger looms around the corner, or up the street. Wear...read more

by Free Breeze Websley

Before your really, "up and off"; Be plenty-sure to check your tire- pres-sure; People get dangerous flats, from over-filled tires; As, take it from me, one who know's; "I merely left off a small curb, on a busy street; An...read more

by Martha Leonard

I'm assuming we are talking bicycles, not motorcycles here. If you are looking for safe motorcycling, you may stop here. There are several things to check before that pedaling away: 1. Make sure the bike is safe t...read more

by Fajolu Oladayo

<wisdom>Children in kindergarten through third grade are learning to become independent. They enjoy walking, riding bikes, and playing outside. They don't have the judgment to cope with traffic by themselves yet, but...read more

by Veeryavan Ramkhelawon

Well, the close I come to biking nowadays would be my exercise biker at home. But here are advises I would give to my kids based a driver's point of view: 1) Avoid motorways, there are some bunch of speed-maniac there, t...read more

by Carolyn Stevens

Bicycle Safety Statistics state that over a half a million bicyclists are involved in car/bicycle accidents each year. Don't assume that just because you are just going a little ways on your bike, that you can ease up on...read more