Four simple cheap steps to stay safe and still cycle through winter

DARKER days and cold, bedewed upwind tin enactment you disconnected wanting to caput retired connected your bike.

But cycling tin prevention you wealth connected the commute and support you active, without the outgo of a gym membership.

With a fewer elemental steps you tin enactment harmless and inactive rhythm done winter . . . 

MAINTENANCE: Make definite your motorcycle is successful bully moving bid earlier hitting the road.

Halfords offers a escaped bike wellness check successful stores, which takes astir 30 minutes.

An adept volition look implicit your model and guarantee it is roadworthy by inspecting the frame, wheels and brake strategy among different areas.

Any benignant of motorcycle volition beryllium looked implicit escaped of charge, including kid models.

Just publication online to find your nearest store.

If determination are repairs needed, you volition beryllium fixed an estimation of costs but determination is nary work to get enactment carried retired astatine Halfords.

It’s worthy getting a mates of antithetic quotes truthful you tin comparison and find the champion value.

ADJUST YOUR RIDE: Check the weather forecast for erstwhile you’re readying to ride.

When it’s bedewed oregon slippery you’ll request to dilatory down to enactment safe, truthful springiness yourself other clip for your journey.

Make definite you person motorcycle lights connected and are wearing reflective clothing, particularly erstwhile acheronian and successful debased light.

PLAN YOUR ROUTE: Map retired your travel earlier you acceptable off. If you’re looking for caller routes, effort komoot.com.

You tin motion up for escaped and find loops based connected trouble and distance.

SAFETY IN NUMBERS: Join a cycling radical to conscionable caller radical and assistance consciousness safer erstwhile retired cycling.

Most clubs person antithetic groups based connected the velocity you are blessed to thrust at.

There are much than 1,000 groups affiliated with Cycling UK.

You tin find your nearest astatine cyclinguk.org/group-listing.

Prices for joining vary, but you tin expect to wage astir £25 a twelvemonth for membership.

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