Cycling position

It is very important that you ride your cycle in correct position. If you are riding cycle in incorrect position for long time, it will create lot of problems like back pain, muscle strain or other complication.

Correct position of different part of body during cycling:

Back – While riding a cycle, band your back like arch. It will help your body to cope up with jolts which results from bump and irregularities of road.

Shoulder – Shoulder should be relaxed and pushed forward. It will help muscles in front of chest to carry upper body weight.

Arms – Arms should be relaxed and elbow should little bend. It will create proper angle to absorb jerk or shock. Don’t hold cycle handle very tight and don’t keep elbow straight and lock.

Ankle – Bellow picture illustrate correct and efficient ankle position during paddling.

Ensure the correct position of each part of body while riding cycle and enjoy benefits of cycling.

“Coffee and Cycles’ opened in Bengalore

On 4th – Oct, 2011, Track and Trail has launched “Coffee and Cycles” in Bangalore. It is first such cycling café where customer can buy all major international brands cycles and also create a forum where cycling enthusiastic can meet, discuss and share their view on cycling, its benefits also can organized cycling trip. Along with this, cycling enthusiasts will come to know about upcoming cyclothones in the city, different rides organized by different cycling group, information about new trends. It was inaugurated by famous international mountain biking legend, Hans Ray.
It is located in No.4, 5th Main Road, KR Garden, (Opposite to NGV Indoor Stadium), Koramangala, Bangalore.
“Coffee and Cycles” will have wide range of all international brands like Firefox, Mongoose, Schwinn, Bianchi. It will also have wide range of different accessories required for cycling.

ATCAG – Initiative to increase awareness of non-motorized transport

On 20th Oct, 2011, bangalorian’s much awaited Namma Metro’s first reach from Byppanhalli to M.G. Road is getting lunch. Just Two days ahead of the launch, Bangalore will have a bicycle-sharing project near its MG Road station.

Kerberon Automations, in association with BBMP and the directorate of urban land transport (DULT ),will lunch the project “ATCAG" at the War Memorial near Brigade Road junction on Tuesday morning.

ATCAG, will be implemented on a trial basis at three places War Memorial, near Public Utility Building (Shankar Nag Theatre) and Bible Society of India in the Central Business District. BBMP has provided the space, while DULT is promoting non-motorized transport (NMT).

As per the information given by Basavaraj Kabade (BBMP executive engineer – traffic cell), it will trial at three places in CBD. More places will be identified at 500-meters intervals to increase awareness about non-motorized transport.

Kerberon Automations will install three docking stations, each of which can have six bicycles. To start with, it will have only three bicycles in each to accommodate others bicycles which come to be parked there. In the first three months, three batches of 100 persons each can use the docking stations. Full services will be offered once trial is over.

To avail of this, people need to become members. They will be issued smart cards, which can be use to pick up cycles from docking stations to use them for one hour. High-end unisex bicycles, along with helmets and locks, will be provided. The plan is to install docking stations in Jayanagar, JP Nagar, Electronics City and Mahalakshmi Layout, the aim being to connect areas so commuters don't leave carbon footprints.

It will be eco friendly option for the Metro user to travel near to Metro station.

Basic Accessories which one should buy while purchasing their new cycle:

1) Helmet – Normal basic Helmet will cost you ~600-700 Rs. If you go for higher quality Helmet, it costs you between 1400 to 3000 Rs.
2) Hand Gloves – It will cost you ~200 Rs.
3) Spiral Lock – It will cost you about 300 to 400 Rs.
4) Rear view Mirror – It will cost you about 200 Rs.
5) Horn (Piano-Musical) - It will cost you about 100 Rs.
6) Front LED Torch - Mainly require if you do night ride. It will cost you about 150 Rs..
7) Rear LED Flasher - Mainly require if you do night ride. It will cost you about 100 Rs.
8) Knee guard – If you are going for long rides, uphills and downhills then better to buy know guard also. It will cost you ~300-400 Rs.

Benefits of Cycling:

Now a day in modern life style, cases of heart disease, joint problem and heavy weights are increasing rapidly. I am listing down here, some of benefits of cycling which help to overcome above problems.

1)      Cycling is a very good exercise for heart. Daily half an hour cycling will reduce the possibility of getting heart related diseases.

2)      Cycling strengthens thighs and calves muscles.

3)      It reduces additional fat/cholesterol from the stomach area. You can burn up to 750 calories in an hour by cycling.

4)      Cycling is very good for high blood pressure patient. It will help to reduce blood pressure.

5)      Cycling is very good exercise to build up your stamina.

6)      It saves your Vitamin M (money). Only one time expense of buying cycle. If you are using any motor bike, with current rate of petrol, it will cost ~1.5 Rs per KM (Few moped bike costs ~2 Rs per KM). If you use cycle daily of average 15 KM, you can save 675 Rs monthly expense on your petrol.

Additional to health and wealth benefits, cycling have multiples of indirect benefits for our environment.

1)      As we all know about “Green House Effect”, due to pollution hit is increasing on the earth, ice on the pole is melting down, water level of the sea increasing. Pollution created by burning petrol/diesel also one of the reasons for it. Use of cycle in our day to day routine, we can reduce pollution.

2)      All major cities have “Traffic” as very big problem. Use cycle to work will ease the traffic situation.

Why I have bought a cycle?

I am software engineer, working daily for 9-10 hours in front of computer but only mental work, no physical exercise. My daily routine is to getup in the morning, get ready for work, go to office by bike, come back, eat and sleep. Due to this routine, many lifestyle problems like indigestion, gas, tiredness, laziness are stated with me. In spite of not doing any hard work, in the night time I was filling very tired.

In mean time, there was “Save Environment – Go Green” program happened in our office. In this one of the events was “Go Cycling – Benefit of Cycling”. I have volunteered for this event. As part of this, we have a road show kind of event where we have to form different – different formation during cycling. We were around 25 participants and stared practicing for this – daily around 1 hour. We continued it for around 20 days. First 2-3 days I felt very tired after practice but then it become routine. Surprising for me after around 15 days, I noticed that my indigestion and gas problem was reduced drastically. I was feeling very fresh.

During “Save Environment – Go Green” program, we had an expert lecture describing benefits of cycling. It will save petrol so benefited for our environment as well as it is very good exercise for out health. So from inspired from this event and by observing its benefit, I have decided to buy a cycle. Now weekly 2-3 days, I go to office by cycle --- doing little bit for my health and our environment.