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Bike Shorts: The New Comfort "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it-if you live." Mark Twain Boat Engines: Keep Them Purring A boat's engine, like anything mechanical, needs regular maintenance to keep it in optimal running condition. Not practicing boat engine maintenance invites all sorts of expensive trouble or on-the-water emergencies. Reading your engine manual, you should make a handy boat engine maintenance checklist and post it where you will see it during boating season. While most boat engine maintenance items can be done at the start or end of the season, a few things must be checked regularly. Boat engine maintenance is very little trouble, but handling engine repairs caused by neglect is a major headache. Boat Engines: Some Serious Considerations Boat owners have a large selection of choices before them when it comes to purchasing an engine. There are lots of factors to consider, including the boat's weight and the planned uses for your boat. (When calculating weight, be sure to add in the weight of passengers, cargo, and fuel, which can total hundreds of pounds.) If you install an engine with too much horsepower, it will drive up unnecessary fuel costs and possibly make the boat run faster than is safe. Conversely, too little horsepower is bad, too. The engine will work too hard and maintenance issues can multiply. Your boat's manufacturer should give you solid recommendations on horsepower, however. Boat Parts Have To Be Replaced As Often As Car Parts Boating is a real joy, but for dedicated boat owners, it is not all fun and games. You can't just buy a boat, toss it in the water, and visit it on weekends with no thought to maintaining it. Like any engine, a sterndrive or inboard or outboard engine needs specific care to stay in top running order. Cycling Jerseys Popular Among All Cyclists Cycling as a sport has been around for over a century. Almost as soon as bikes were first made, biking fans began challenging one another. The 1890's saw a huge increase in the popularity of racing, and the era became known as the "Golden Age of Cycling." Huge events were held in the U.S. and Europe, and nearly all important cities had a velodrome for bike races. Everyone wanted a bicycle, and this newfangled means of transportation became a major source of recreation. Cycling Shoes Galore Cycling is undeniably a fun. It gets you out in the fresh air, lets you see the countryside up close, and exposes you to nature. Best of all, you do not need any fancy equipment. Unless you are a professional cyclist, you just require a bike and the open road. There are bicycling clothes you can wear to reduce wind resistance or increase speed, but they are not a requirement. You might want to pay attention to your cycling shoes, however, for safety's sake. Pleasure riders do not require special cycling shoes, but there are certain things that could make a normal pair of sneakers hazardous for riding. Knowing what makes an acceptable cycling shoe could actually avert an accident. Cycling Shorts: A Riding Edge The Tour de France, considered by many to be the pinnacle of cycling races, has a long history. It actually sprang out of a fight-a lawsuit between two French magazines over title rights. The loser. L'Auto, decided to do something huge to generate publicity and subscriptions and landed upon the idea of a challenging race with a hefty purse for the winner. This first Tour de France in 1903 was a major success for them-subscriptions soared. It was not too shabby for the sport of bike racing, either! Marine Engines: Smart Boating If you are pursuing becoming a boat owner, there are several factors to consider, not the least of which is engine type. There are several types from which to pick, depending on the size of your boat, the frequency of its use, and the conditions under which in which it will sail. Mercruiser Engines: Weathering the Years When you do business with a company that has a long history, you can assume that they are doing something right. A company that has come out on top after a world war and the various economic recessions of the past seven decades has to be on top of their game. In the marine engine industry, that company is Mercury Marine, and they have been turning out great engines since 1939 when America was just beginning to come out of the Great Depression and Hitler was running amuck in Europe. New Careers and Gunsmithing Classes Thousands of people would call themselves gun enthusiasts. They collect modern guns or weapons from a certain time in history and attend antique and modern firearms conventions. Their blood races when they see an excellent example of gun craftsmanship, and they feverishly pursue specific firearms for their collections. For all their numbers, however, not all that many have taken gunsmith training classes or thought about molding their love of firearms into a career. Skateboarding Ramps: Flying High Sooner or later, everyone who rides a skateboard, bike or inline skates wants to hit a skateboarding ramp. So many cool skateboarding tricks can be performed on a ramp, and it is not too hard to build one at home. Having a ramp at home gives you a chance to practice your skateboarding moves in peace and quiet. After all, who wants to take a lot of beginners' wipe outs in public? With some plywood, a few pieces of 2" by 4", and the right tools, you can throw together your own skateboarding ramp at home. Skateboarding Shoes Help Develop Mad Skills Skateboarding in America has been here since the get go. Skateboard parks are all over the nation. There are magazines dedicated to skateboarding, and skateboarders show off their skills in competitions. Skateboarding doesn't require a lot of high tech gear; it's just you and your board. Skateboarding can be hazardous, however. A smart skateboarder should wear protective gear to avoid or minimize danger. Knee and elbow pads and a sturdy helmet are important choices, but the skateboarding shoes you sport can make a big difference, too. Good skateboarding shoes not only give you protection, they can improve your riding as well. There are some specially made skateboarding shoes you might wish to try, or you could just follow this advice and choose a pair that meet all the standards. Skateboarding: Awe Inpsiring Tricks Nosegrind, noseslide, 360, Ollie, kickflip-these all sound like factors the NTSB might blame for airplane crashes. In reality, these are some of the many tricks picked up by professional skateboarders in their quest for air. The more daring the trick, the more elevated the risk. Watching pros take to the skies it is hard not to imagine how much fun it must be to pitch yourself into the air, reconnecting with your board on the way back down. Skateboards: The Sport Evolved From their earliest years, the vast majority of males seem to be predisposed to love anything with wheels on it. Steam rollers, garbage trucks, race cars-if it rolls it's fascinating. No small wonder then, that of the 18.5 million skateboarders on the planet, 74% of them are males! The first kid who attached wheels to a board and pitched himself down an incline could not have imagined what he started. Streamlined Bicycle Clothes Biking is fun. If you ride for pleasure, or for competition, biking provides a wonderful overall workout that gets you into the fresh air. Though cycling has been a staple of transportation for many decades, it has only recently experienced the level of attention and participation it enjoys today. In the United States, a great deal of that popularity can be attributed to Lance Armstrong. He has helped cycling's astronomical rise and the new popularity of bicycle clothes. Professional cyclists need the sheerest advantages that only scientifically engineered materials can afford, but casual cyclists are also interested in bicycle clothes, and for good reason. Bicycle clothes are extremely comfortable.

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