Tip 1 – Brake lever position on your bicycle

Typical brake lever positioning for MTB

At BDCyclists we ride mostly mountain bikes in our trips and many times we find our fellow riders (specially newbies) having their brake at an awkward upright position. Your brake levers should be at such a drop position so that when you are touching them with your fingers (while riding) you don’t have wrists bent. Generally when we ride we tend to have our fingers on the brake lever. If your brake lever is not positioned correctly then you will have wrists bent though out your ride and will risk having numbness and other complexities down the road. Check the picture for a typical brake lever positioning.

Proper Brake Lever Tilt

While holding the handlebar

  • rest your pointer finger on the lever, pointing your finger in a straight line
  • tilt the brake body till your finger and back of your hand make a straight and level line with your forearm

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Video Log – Bike Friday 3

Bike Friday 3 Route

BDCyclists – Bike Friday 3, Khilkhet, Rupganj, Shitolokhya River at EveryTrail

Video Log Bike Friday 2

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Bike Friday 2

We will start sharp at 6:30 AM in the Friday morning (22nd July) from our regular meeting place – Panthapath/Green Road junction. We will go towards Deusur through Bosila, then we will enter a village unpaved route towards the bank of the Dhaleshwari river. We will have our breakfast there at a local village restaurant and then start our return journey through Ruhitpur main road.

This ride will have around 30 mins off road riding including riding over paddy field aisles, so I’d recommend pure road bikes with thin tires should not be brought to this event. People with mountain bikes, hybrids, and regular bikes with regular tires will be able to enjoy the ride smoothly. The route goes through paved and unpaved routes and right through the middle of a semi-rural installation where you can commute only either by walking or by biking. I’m sure that people participating will be surprised at the versatility of the route so don’t miss it!

A video of the rest zone after 10 miles:
http://www.youtube.com/wat​ch?v=SOUFaQkUj28

For any information:
Mozammel: +88 0171 340 9321
Rumman: +88 0167 466 9343

NOTE:

* WE WILL LEAVE THE MEETING PLACE SHARP AT 6:30 AM, SO ANYONE LATE WILL HAVE TO CATCH UP WITH THE TEAM BY BIKING FAST.

* We don’t postpone our ride if it is raining, instead we enjoy riding in the rain, the heavier it rains the better ! So anyone thinking that the ride is canceled because it is raining, is wrong. We cancel an event only when there is a heavy storm going on.

* Have enough water with you, drink water on your ride often.

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Video Log – Weekend Ride 1

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Weekend Ride 1

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BDCyclists upcoming weekend trip planned on Friday (15th July). We will start from the junction of Panthapath and Green road sharp at 6:30 and complete the 26.6 mile route at a minimum 10 mph speed.

For any kind of information contact:

Mozammel: 0171 340 9321
Rumman: 0167 466 9343

NOTE: WE WILL START SHARP AT 6:30 AM, SO ANYONE LATE WILL HAVE TO RIDE FASTER TO CATCH THE TEAM.

The route