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If I could advise my younger self on cycling with all the knowledge I have now, I would most probably have never gotten a bike. On the other hand, it’s still great fun, though. Isn’t it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

You will always long for more time for cycling, no matter how much time you’ll put aside for doing it<\/p>\n

Despite the growing bike infrastructure, separated bike lanes, traffic restrictions and more and more bike-friendly drivers, bike commuting in most cities is still stressful<\/p>\n

A puncture is a god’s revenge for having forgotten the air pump or spare tube at home<\/p>\n

There’s always a stronger or more skilful biker around, riding a remarkably worse bike than you<\/p>\n

Cleaning a bike in a flat’s bathroom is a mess<\/p>\n

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Bike cleaning of Team Sky during the first rest day of the 103rd edition of the Tour de France cycling race, in Andorra, on Monday 11 July 2016, in France. (Not in a flat’s bathroom)\u00a0\u00a9 YORICK JANSENS \/ AFP \/ Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite being safely locked, any bike can get stolen from anywhere and any insurance company will be reluctant to pay you the compensation for the loss<\/p>\n

Transporting a bike on a plane is a bad dream<\/p>\n

A headwind makes you suffer no matter how strong you are<\/p>\n

Everybody thinks you’d better move from their lanes<\/p>\n

To keep your overall fitness and prevent your back from pain, you will need to do a lot of exercise on top of cycling anyway<\/p>\n

You will never be happy with the bike you have. Or maybe you will but, at the same time, you will crave a new one for a slightly different purpose<\/p>\n

You need to know the traffic rules even better than drivers<\/p>\n

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Hungarian cyclists hold up their bikes around the town hall in Budapest downtown on September 22, 2009 during an environment-friendly demonstration.\u00a0\u00a9 BALINT PORNECZI \/ AFP \/ Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is an unnatural law causing endless failures or at least inconveniences affecting the rear derailleur, no matter which system your bike depends on<\/p>\n

Even in the 21st century, there is dirt and smear on the chain, regardless of how good you keep it<\/p>\n

Losing strength and gaining weight comes hand in hand right after you take just a weeklong break<\/p>\n

Watching Red Bull Rampage might motivate you to do crazy things you’ve never had the guts to do but it would most probably end with a horrible accident \u2013 sooner or later \u2013 as even the pros crash a lot but they ride, jump and bail off their bikes every day, so they are like cats in the air, landing miraculously on their feet most of the time<\/p>\n

All Bowden cables should be replaced once a year. Without that, the shifting works awfully<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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