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Make Sure You Prepare For Your Mountain Bike Vacation

Summer is upon you again and you decide that the best thing you could do for a summer holiday is to take the family on a mountain bike holiday for something a little different. This makes the children happy and your wife also believes it to be a good plan. At least this way with a mountain bike break she decides that she may actually get to spend some time with you at least.

Taking the kids from the house, you shove them into their respective seats in the back of the motor as your wife makes herself comfortable in the front seat. You then quickly go back inside to collect all the bags that have been stuffed with whatever clothes and equipment has been collected from around the house and throw them too into the back of the boot.

You dig the bikes out the garage and mount them on the roof rack, run round to the driver’s door, get in and set off.

Should it really be like this – well no. Mountain bike holidays need a little more preparation than that if they are to be successful.

{Firstly, it’s important to remember that mountain bike riding isn’t just a case of hopping on and pedalling off. The bikes themselves need lots of careful preparation and maintenance before a holiday like this. Without it, the bikes may be dangerous to use, especially if they’ve been sat in the garage for long periods of time.} {Who knows what condition the mountain bike is in after long periods of time sat in the garage. Like all machines, if they are left for too long they can begin to seize-up and suffer from rusty moving parts. It makes great sense to make sure that the mountain bikes are not rusted up and that the moving parts are loose and well oiled.} Especially for the children, it is the parent’s responsibility to make sure that the mountain bike is well oiled and rust free to prevent accidents.

It is truly important to make sure that the you pack a spare tyre inner tube and some puncture repair equipment and a small tool set to enable you to change and repair tyres. Water supply when riding a mountain bike is also absolutely essential to ensure and so taking enough water bottles really important too. Emergency supplies such as a first aid kit, high energy foods and spare batteries for mountain bike lights are also important.

 

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