7 Habits to Make 2024 The BEST Cycling Year

It’s a new year so a good time to plan ahead to make sure you have the vest cycling year of your life, and sharing some of the tips and habits and changes I am going to implement to make sure 2024 is a year to remember

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What does it mean to make 2024 the best cycling year of your life I think it’s about making progress towards your goals learning new skills and ensuring you find a good balance riding your bike and other life demands and activities and above all else guarantee you enjoy riding your bike because that’s

Ultimately is what it’s all about so in today’s video I want to share some things I’m personally going to implement to make sure I have a great year and also give you some ideas and tips and pointers for how you can also make sure 2024 is a great one let me know what

I’ve missed by leaving a comment down Below right let’s start with some goals and I like to Kickstart My year right now in January by setting some goals for the year ahead I’m usually really bad and not planning ahead and a downside to this approach is you often don’t have that drive that working towards a goal

Gives you and you goals can be anything from riding a new event setting a new distance record entering your first race getting better at climbing learning how to Bunny Hop or just trying to ride a bike more frequently it can be useful to reflect on what you achieved in the last

Year and years before as well and maybe time to raise a bar or try something new and I like to write the go down in some sort of order or preference and then I like to put them on a whiteboard in my office so every day it’s there as a

Reminder so no opportunity to forget what my goals are so an obvious goal is a bike event something I like to do as much as possible because they are really good targets they give me an added reason and incentive to ride my bike and that’s especially handy at this time of year

When the weather is rubbish and can easy question the wisdom of riding in the pouring rain or freezing temperatures so enter an event got a goal several weeks or months down the line and keep you riding even when you don’t really fancy it and that’s because entering an event

Holds you to account you have to get the Mars in to ensure you arrive at that event with enough Fitness to enjoy said event and entering an event in advance and let your family know and people around you know you’re doing an event May you can plan other life stuff around

It so it’s less likely to get bumped for something else so since I’m in a sharing mood today I’ve ENT the Fred witton challenge which I said I’d never do again after doing it a few years ago and the tracker in Jona a long distant

Gravel event and I have a few more plan so I got two events already in my mind in the calendar logged in I paid for those so I need to ride my bike as much as possible to make sure I get to the events as fit as I possibly can and I

Want to be fit to enjoy the events not necessarily getting around in a quick time but just make sure I don’t suffer too much much so let me know what events you have entered by leaving a comment down below events though aren’t for everybody they cost money and you have to travel

So something I also like to do is plan my own adventure either Solo or on my own or with some friends and over the last few years I’ve gone bike packing across amazing places like Scotland and Wales and on some crazy longdistance Road Adventures as well I even rode up a

Natural Mountain on a mountain bike last year which is not something that’s easy to do in my part of the world and my goals this year are to ride in countries I’ve never been to before got a few places in mind like Morocco and others and also discovering amazing New Roads

And trails and bikes which is something I’m really passionate about I love the way the bike takes you to incredible parts of the world that aren’t so accessible but have a means of transport and a bike just allows you to cover distance in a way that works really well

For discovering the countryside the culture and the people of that region and hopefully I document all those Adventures right here on the channel rather than on Instagram like I usually do if you’re new to cycling or even if you’ve been riding a long time like this

Old dog here if never too late to learn some new skills now bike maintenance is a big one and while working on a bike is pretty easy compared to a motor car say if you really want to learn how to do it properly then maybe signing up for a

Maintenance course with a skilled professional is a good idea learning how to properly look after your bike the tools and processes and steps is a really good way to make sure you look after your bike and given the cost of living these days and the cost of buying

New bike parts making a bike you have last longer through good proper maintenance is no bad thing at all there’s also r in skills as well how you handle a bike on a climb descend and so on now I’m not talking about descending like Tom pitock in the Tour of France

Though maybe that is a goal of yours let me know if it is if it is then maybe this is the year to do some skills course with a qualified coach to raise your bike handling skills to the next level I know confidence on the road can

Be a challenge for many cyclists so learn how to better handle a bike in those situations will not only improve your confidence but also your safety as well and if you are a road cyclist watching this then I can encourage you to try another discipline there’s cycl across there’s gravel and mountain

Biking and these off-road Pursuits are fantastic for really enhancing your bike handling skills when you’re riding a bike through mud and slippery conditions which translates really well to the road bike as mat vano is a good advocate for he is amazing at handling a bike in different situations whether cycling across or road

Racing now I’m not trying to sell you a new bike here but if you feel your cycling has been a bit stale in recent years then maybe 2024 is a year to try a new cycling discipline man Biking For example is rer fun a great way to get

Fit and fantastic for your bike handling skills and nothing like getting caked in mud it’s also good for your skin as well it’s a nice side bonus there’s also aax and touring you you like long distance cycling there’s Beach racing there’s tandem cycling cyc cross and Lads more so let

Me know what disciplines you want to try you haven’t tried yet but leave a comment down below so make 2024 a fantastic year by trying another cycling Discipline now this might sound crazy given a mostly review bikes and products here at just R bikes but perhaps don’t buy a new bike or product unless you absolutely need to instead spend money on a cycling holiday or a coach to take your Fitness to another level so don’t

Buy a bike unless you really need to really want to for better performance or another aspect of cycling and don’t buy new products and upgrade Parts until the stuff you got is worn out and also get better at looking after the gear you have so it lasts longer like waxing your

Chain for example it’s a good way make your chain last a lot Longer finally this goal setting is all well and good but definitely important to remember why you got into cycling in the first place I definitely feel like some people have forgotten why they got into bike riding I to get more seriously into the sport and I have been guilty of

That in the past when I lived in London I got heavily into road racing and for a while forgot the reason I got into cycling in the first Place cycling was and always will be about the journey adventure and Discovery and as I get older there something I’m Keen to remind

Myself on a regular basis so get faster get fitter get better on the bike but don’t forget why you started riding a bike in the first place unless your goal is to become a racing cyclist or something else then that’s fine but for most of us riding a bike is about so

Much more anyway let me know what your goals and targets are for year ride more go faster go further but leave a comment down below and if you want to see a video of the best bikes I’m excited for this year then watch your video right here and of course don’t forget to

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