{"id":2279,"date":"2016-04-28T13:46:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T13:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbrsport.co.za\/?p=2279"},"modified":"2016-05-22T11:30:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T11:30:04","slug":"why-i-love-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbrsport.co.za\/?p=2279","title":{"rendered":"Why I love Cycling."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started cycling as a kid. I think I was about 7 years old when I got my first \u2018proper\u2019 bike. I grew up in a block of flats, and used to ride the bike around and around the car park for hours every day. The fact that the scenery never changed was fine &#8211; I was on my bike and the magic of that was enough to keep me going back for more.<\/p>\n<p>I then got a racing bike in High School. It was a Peugeot with the gear shifters on the down tube ( I think it was a 7 x 2 speed).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The bike spelt freedom. I rode to school, rode home, went to the shops and visited friends. I sound like a bit of an old fart, but, those where the days when a kid could ride on the roads around Johannesburg safely. I cannot remember one scary event caused by a car, and we didn\u2019t even ride with helmets in those days. I feel sorry for my kids that they never got to know that level of freedom. Now I have to either travel to the Cradle of Mankind for a road ride, or to one of the mountain bike parks to ride safely.\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2287\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sbrsport.co.za\/?attachment_id=2287\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-giant.png?fit=539%2C536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"539,536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bike giant\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-giant.png?fit=539%2C536&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"  wp-image-2287 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-giant.png?resize=297%2C295\" alt=\"bike giant\" width=\"297\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-giant.png?w=539&amp;ssl=1 539w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-giant.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-giant.png?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Things that I love about cycling:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The sense of freedom. I alluded to that earlier. There is nothing quite like being on a bike.<\/li>\n<li>That&#8217;s my bike in the pic on it&#8217;s way to Transbaviaans.<\/li>\n<li>I love the sounds. The wind whistling past your ears, the sound of gear changes, especially when you drop down to a smaller cog, the clicking sound of the freewheel body when you roll down a hill.<\/li>\n<li>I love the look of bikes \u2013 mountain, road, time trial \u2013 it doesn\u2019t matter. I love new bikes and I love old bikes. Old bikes seem to have stories of great adventures stored up in them.\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2292\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sbrsport.co.za\/?attachment_id=2292\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-old.jpg?fit=696%2C494&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"696,494\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bike old\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-old.jpg?fit=696%2C494&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"  wp-image-2292 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-old.jpg?resize=321%2C228\" alt=\"bike old\" width=\"321\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-old.jpg?w=696&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-old.jpg?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>The longest I have been on a bike has been for 14 consecutive hours, and the shortest, just under 3 km to get to the shop.<\/li>\n<li>I love how your legs get a chance to recover on a bike. Running makes you more and more tired. Cycling can give you a chance to recover.<\/li>\n<li>I regularly get surprised at just how much pain cycling can cause. I have pushed up hills and been amazed at just how much those hills have hurt my quads. All athletes have a strange relationship with pain. We try our best to avoid it, and then relish it when it hits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Things I don\u2019t enjoy about cycling:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an expensive sport, and the startup costs with shoes, cleats, clothing, helmet, sun glasses etc. is huge.<\/li>\n<li>It can feel like a bit of a mission to get to places to cycle. Bike rack on, bike mounted, helmet, gloves, shoes located and packed, the list goes on and on.<\/li>\n<li>You can fall off your bike. I have needed stitches once and also once managed to put myself in hospital. However, I remind myself that that is a small price to pay for a lifetime of two wheeled fun.<\/li>\n<li>I love mountain bikers. Stop on a trail somewhere with a technical issue, and it is guaranteed that a few cyclists will stop to offer you a hand. Road cyclists can be a bit ruder.<\/li>\n<li>I dislike road cyclists when they ride two and three abreast while on the road. They give the rest of us a bad name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hope to see you on the road or on a trail now.<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<\/p>\n<p>Mike Roscoe.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2295\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sbrsport.co.za\/?attachment_id=2295\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-mike.png?fit=528%2C513&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"528,513\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bike mike\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-mike.png?fit=528%2C513&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2295\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-mike.png?resize=155%2C150\" alt=\"bike mike\" width=\"155\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-mike.png?w=528&amp;ssl=1 528w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbrsport.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bike-mike.png?resize=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kinesiologist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started cycling as a kid. 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