As we wrap up the riding inside versus outside series, I wanted to leave with a few miscellaneous thoughts (the series started here):
· Though I’ve talked about all the bad things about riding outside, there are a lot of good things. The best is just being outside in the fresh, clean air. Another is feeling free. Another is making the bike fly down a hill or around a corner. Another is the wind (hopefully to your back) blowing around you.
· Bikes can go places that cars can’t. This makes riding outside even more fun. Bikes can go into construction areas (road construction projects are great to ride on after the people quit working for the day – they are paved roads with no traffic on them!), on sidewalks, on grass, on bike paths, and on and on. It’s just another thing that makes biking outside fun.
· It’s really important to ride as close to 90 rpms as possible. This is easier to do inside, but it can make an especially big difference in saving your energy when riding outside.
So that’s it for my riding inside versus riding outside series. I’ve had a blast doing it. In hope you enjoyed it as well.
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