A ride with my old bicycle that never fails
Touring places by bicycle is something I really like to do, today because of the contest present in the community I decided to make a route in the morning hours to show part of the route to all of you. Honestly I did not know this community, but thanks to this contest sponsored by the OCD team that gives visibility I could notice it, so I will take this opportunity to be part of you, it will be like my presentation post.
Initially I went out to a monument of my city called the Obelisk, I did it taking a longer and less direct way from where I live to appreciate other important places, I like to leave in the morning hours although today I did it a little late and the early traffic is heavy because many people are going to their jobs and to do their particular errands, so I had to be a little more careful when moving forward.
The sun was not so hot and I appreciate that, in the tour I went through several important avenues, one of them the Rotaria Avenue that connects several parts of the city, then I turned to the Airport Avenue where a few kilometers ahead you can reach the airport headquarters of the city, near there I made a few stops to take some pictures.
After that I took Corpa Huaico Avenue, a well known avenue where there are two universities, one of them I graduated years ago and the other I visited repeatedly when I was studying, then I continued until I reached the semi professional soccer stadium located west of the city, there I was surprised to see active people training early in the morning. When this place was inaugurated it was not always open but fortunately I was able to find out that nowadays from 5:30 am it opens its doors to the public to train there.
It is a soccer field and around it has an athletics track, so there were many people there, some of them running and others walking, I took the opportunity to walk around the circuit and take some shots. I am already planning to go to train in that place because the track looks challenging and I can not wait to see how many laps I can do, yes, I must do it early because there is no shade and the sun hits mercilessly.
After a few minutes I decided to continue my way to the finish line, it was not so far so I took my bicycle and started from there, I crossed the professional baseball stadium of my city's team and continued along the busy road until I reached the Obelisk. This is a monument that has many years, it is there even before I was born and is very attractive for visitors and for those of us who like to exercise because it has its "attractions" so to speak.
When I arrived I took the opportunity to take some pictures and share them with you. It was definitely a pleasant experience. Riding a bicycle in traffic is a bit risky because there are cars that come very close to you, but that's understandable because there is no space for cyclists here in my city, in fact I don't think there is one in the whole country.
I registered my route in the Strava application, I use it a lot for running, there you can see various statistics such as time, speed, distance traveled and more, it is an interesting application that you can download to record your workouts.
Finally and to conclude, it has been a pleasant experience, I am not a professional cyclist but one who loves to ride on wheels as long as possible.
Thanks for reading
The photos are my property and the cover was made in Photoshop
Video edited in Capcut
Music by Capcut
My native language is Spanish, I have done the Translation in DeepL
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Woot that was an interesting one indeed, one thing I love about cycling is the fact that you can skip all traffic and go your way, haha. That was a quite long journey ride you had and thanks for sharing this wonderful post with us.
Haha, that's right, traffic doesn't stop us in any way. The only thing is that we have to be careful when it's heavy because the cars drive carelessly.
It is a pleasure for me to share it with you all.
Yeah, we really do have to be careful, some drivers indeed drive carelessly.
And if they are in a hurry even more
The combination of cars and bicycles on the same road is always risky.
I have my 'golden rule' which is to always try and have eye contact with the driver of a car. Make sure you see that they have noticed you before you cross a road or take a turn.
It really can save lives!
I like that golden rule, in fact I have unconsciously carried it out with some drivers, even in the video there is one with whom I did it and fortunately I didn't have to stop.
But you are absolutely right, it is a risk that all of us who like to ride a bike run, so we have to take all possible safety measures to avoid any accident.
Thanks friends
Wow .... I can see the happiness you had in cycling. Althout most of us have this same happiness and indeed it's something we all have somehow done for so long now.
Seeing you visiting the route you always loved to take was so amazing. The road would indeed looks busy at that time you left because people would be going to their various places of work. Cycling in the morning or where the weather looks a little calm is the best.
Yes my friend, in fact I wanted to leave earlier but I couldn't, and at the time I did the traffic was a little heavy, I had to make several forced stops because of that, but I enjoyed it a lot.
Thanks for taking the time my friend
How cool you added a video of your ride. That gives a nice view of the city you're cycling in.
A bike can be old, but when you take good care of it and do some regular maintenance you'll be able to ride it for a long time.
I did share some bicycle maintenance blogs in the past. I will see if I can make another one soon.
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I wanted to make a very complete post and show those areas of the city where despite the traffic you can drive well, the asphalt is in good condition and there are few holes, plus I had never done one with video driving a bike, usually only photos.
I would like to see those posts of maintenance of the bike, possibly there are things that I do not know and others that I have overlooked, it rides well but sometimes has some sounds a little weird.
Thanks for your support
Me encantó el vídeo y el recorrido amor, te felicito por el trabajo que hiciste porque quedó muy bueno todo. Esa ruta está buena para hacerla corriendo 😊
Gracias amor, si, podemos hacerla pero bien temprano para que no nos pegue tanto sol, sobretodo en la pista de atletismo, allí no hay donde esconderse.
It's good to hear this. I just know that the sun can be so stubborn sometimes, but I'm your case, the sun was calm . This I think is the best time to cycle