If you could give one piece of advice to a beginner...

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Stretch before and after the ride.

Examples please

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Make sure you warm your legs up before you up the pace. ...Iv found that the most important thing for my rides and learnt the hard way

I think in truth most of us do.

 

[50000tears]

Don't go flat out as soon as you leave the house you'll be knackered later on during the ride.
Stretch before and after the ride.
Make sure you warm your legs up before you up the pace. ...Iv found that the most important thing for my rides and learnt the hard way

Wish I had read this before last weekend. Now I have had to learn the hard way too!

 

[ACS]

Ignore your inner child, don't ride through puddles.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Ignore your inner child, don't ride through puddles.

Unless the road is flooded, might still be better to get off and walk though.

 

[ACS]

Unless the road is flooded, might still be better to get off and walk though.

Got to agree, as with all thing cycling common sense must always prevail.

 

[400bhp]

Stay away from the Helmets and Headphone debates forum.

 

[Kies]

Wear the correct clothing for mile 3-10 of your ride, not for when you get on the bike. If you feel slightly cold at mile 0, that is good

 

[snorri]

From my own painful beginnings I would advise against attempting to give hand signals until you are really really competent at cycling with just one hand on the'bars. The railway line I landed on is not there now, but I still remember the pain.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Believe

 

[solidthegreat]

Carry a mobile and some change

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Carry a mobile and some change

Never do this, I ride with no money or a phone.

 

[RhysB]

Take care turning onto a road with a tram line on... (ha ha yes I fell off when I went to Sheffield!)

Buy a foam roller

 

[nuttall1991]

I am a newbie, but if I'd have known to make sure the bike is set up properly and how to recognise it isn't set up properly it would have saved me a LOT of trouble. Tighten up pedal and wheel bolts!