Cycling Can Be Dangerous ...

Nicky Hayden (image taken from ultimatemotorcycling.com) You are about to go for a long-haul ride. You put on every safety gear necessary for a professional cyclist. This includes the indispensable cyclist's helmet, body...

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Cycling & Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein riding a bicycle decal on the side of a building (Shared on Flickr by Michael Goghlan) Hmm, you're wondering now, what has cycling got to do with Albert Einstein? You know,...

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You plan a long ride on your bicycle. What are the essential items you need?

YTX Oyama water bottle (750ml). Now at RM24Water bottle cage: Now at RM8.60 Source: roadcyclinguk.com 1. Tools     This include an inner tube (or preferably two), tyre levers and a pump. You'll...

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Bicycle Accessories

Have you wondered what to do with that strange-looking wrench that comes with your Schwin 2006 Destiny/Holiday folding bike?

This rather funny-looking wrench is known as the Allen key/wrench. However, this name is trademarked, so the generic name for this wrench is hex key. Watch the video carefully and see what this...

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Some Trivia on the Bicycle

Shared on Flickr by Tejvan Pettinger Source: adventure.howstuffworks.com 1. When did the term "bicycle" first entered into popular usage? In the 1860s in where else but France. 2. The smallest bicycle ever created...

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The Philosophy of Cycling: Zen proverb

YTX folding bike collection We at YTX thought of sharing something different this time. This is a story of a Zen monk and his five young disciples taken from bikeboom.info. "A Zen teacher...

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Can you use a folding bike to ride long distance?

YTX ANSWERS: The best in the YTX line of folding bikes is the Oyama series. You can use an Oyama folding bike for a long distance ride of between 60 and 109km. The...

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You bought a bike. So, it's calorie-burning time ... Or is it?

Photo shared on Flickr by Yukiko Matsuoka. Yeah, we at YTX just like to suck you in with blog post titles like the one above ... But, now that you have a bike,...

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Start 'em young: Benefits of Cycling for Children

Source: bikehub.co.uk According to this source, positive effects on academic performance are observed in children involved in intensive physical activity programmes offered at school. Apparently, teachers have reported that children who cycle to...

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Training for a cycling tournament or riding your YTX folding bike for pleasure?

Shared on Flickr by Pete Kavanagh A number of factors must be considered when you are training for a cycling tournament. Firstly, are you training for a cycling tournament and are cycling, like,...

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