<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8ec71d9b-7c5b-47ea-88af-70471c01315f/F1A9F754-829A-4139-A09A-C2EA608DA099/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ehow.com/how_128_train-bike-tour.html" href="http://www.ehow.com/how_128_train-bike-tour.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ehow.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ehow.com/how_128_train-bike-tour.html"><H1 class="Header">How to Train for a Bike Tour</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ehow.com/how_128_train-bike-tour.html"><DIV id="Intro" nd="1"> You're not just training your legs and lungs - you're also getting used to spending lots of time on a <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="3679136">bicycle</A> seat. Even if you're in shape, hours of riding will make your body sore if you aren't prepared. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ehow.com/how_128_train-bike-tour.html"><DIV class="Step"> <DIV class="StepNumber" nd="2"> 1</DIV> <H4> Step One</H4> <DIV class="StepContent" nd="3"> Become acquainted with your bicycle. Ride in a low-traffic area for one hour at a comfortable pace. Shift gears, step into and out of the pedals at intersections and ride with your hands in different positions on the handlebars. </DIV> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ehow.com/how_128_train-bike-tour.html"><LI class="lstTip" nd="18"> Wear bike pants with a padded seat and wear padded bicycling gloves.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ehow.com/how_128_train-bike-tour.html"><LI class="lstTip" nd="19"> Train so that you can ride all day comfortably, rather than a few hours fast.</LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F1A9F754-829A-4139-A09A-C2EA608DA099/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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