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Tips Archive

Every month BikeTekUSA will bring you a new “Hot Tip”. It will be something useful and also on a subject that is applicable to both facilities that have heavy class loads and the single bike owner. All Monthly "Hot Tips” are written exclusively by Jeff Wimmer. If you have a subject that you would like us to consider addressing in our “Monthly Hot Tips’ section; e-mail us at: HotTips@biketekusa.org.

Hot Tip of the Month - December 2009: “Wearing an Ipod or headphones during a solo ride”

I-PodWhen I’m riding alone in my home gym I usually wear an Ipod with headphones. I’ve noticed that when I have the headphone cord in the front of my torso, I can get snagged on different parts of the bike. The AC Performance bike has a pop pin that will snag the cord, the NXT’s resistance knob is another part of the bike that can tangle the cord. Here’s the answer; route the headphone cord around your back, this will keep the cord out of harms way and save you money because your headphone cord won’t get snapped.

 

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