ORIENT cycling campaign: ready to start!
May 27, 2018 | 20:55 |4851
Sunday morning. Ten o'clock. In the park of Independence you can write pastoral landscapes: curly clouds are hovering over bright greenery, bird trills are heard, campers are resting on picnics. In the center of all this pacifying splendor stands the shopping center "Altyn Asyr" a snow-white star, directing a golden spire in the blue sky. In the building of the shopping center, at one of the entrances there is a bicycle rental "Bagtyyarlyk".Maya AMANMURADOVA
By the way, here you can rent not only bicycles of all types, colors and sizes. Rental provides segways, and hyroscooters, scooters, and even pedicabs rickshaw! Use them right here. Nothing complicated, you just need to catch the balance.
Polite and professional staff are just preparing for the ORIENT campaign "Teaching to ride." Bicycles stand in even rows and delight in diversity: there are road bikes, city bikes, mountain, and even highway.
In the long row are children's bicycles with extra wheels. I really wanted to know if there was such in my size. But the renters had a better offer: an adult tricycle with a basket. Just for those who do not dare even look towards two-wheeled vehicles.
Surprisingly, only the ORIENT correspondent who came to the campaign did not know how to ride. The rest for the whole childhood were chasing the streets of Ashgabat, and this skill, as the well-known saying goes, is not lost. Well, let's wait for those who need instructions, stepping onto the bike path. There is no shortage of teachers.
While waiting for the inexperienced and young, the guys were happy to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the "bikes", everyone tried and circled around the park. The weather was good: the breeze was pleasantly refreshing on a sunny day.
The greatest enthusiasm was brought about by rickshaws. Popular in some countries, the type of public transport we use as a family entertainment.
"They are often rented, told us at the box office." - Children are usually enthusiastic, and parents really like it. Walking in the fresh air with the whole family is wonderful. And with the rickshaws - it's also convenient.
The participants of the action were pleased to learn how to manage this simple transport and pedaling together. Four carts, without ceasing, flashed by the trees.
And those who can not ride at all are not present. Out of curiosity, a survey was conducted among holidaymakers on picnics, but even the girls were far from new to cycling. It seems that Turkmenistan can claim the title of a bicycle country.
Hence, we will also learn. Farewell, three-wheeled transport.
With caution I approach the pink Japanese bicycle for city rides. It is small and fairly light, but fear has eyes large. One of the workers explains to me how to handle device: where the brake, chain, and frame are. Checks the usability and strength of each named element. He also tells you how to use a hand brake, how to pedal at start, and how to fall right. As it turned out, this is the most important for beginner cyclists. It is necessary to turn the steering wheel and the body in the direction of tilt (supposed fall), and everything will be much easier: there is a chance to substitute the leg and not to fall down. Or just turn around, keeping balance.
But this is the only time when you can let your feet off the pedals. You can not brake with your feet, especially at high speed. I felt this on myself when I was ridingg for the last time. The result was two months of recovery after an ankle sprain. And this is not the most unpleasant thing that can happen with such a method of breaking.
Also, do not clamp the manual brake. Otherwise it will be like in action films with chases: fly through the steering wheel and the front wheel. And the risk of damaging the bike itself is very high. Everything should be smooth.
While I was taking a short course of a young cyclist, those who came to the campaign cheered me up and persuaded me not to be afraid. "Just sit down and ride!" Looking at them, with ease unfolding on small patches and passing by a snake between each other, it seemed that it was very easy.
It turned out, that it did not just seem so. With the support of the staff of the bike rental and the participants of the campaign, I solemnly (frantically wagging and fearing) drove to the fountain and ideally braked. Turns and spreads got used a little later. As a result, I turned out to make an honorable journey around the shopping center and return to cycling.
As a result, all participants of the joint campaign ORIENT and bicycle rental "Bagtyyarlyk" were ready for the World Bike Day meeting, which will be celebrated on June 3, and the Day without cars, timed to it.
If you still do not know how to ride, if you do not have a bicycle or need a repair, then the Bagtyyarlyk bicycle rental in the shopping center "Altyn Asyr" will gladly provide you with its services.
Contact phone: +993 64 097207
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