How To Ride Long Distances

If you're planning a long ride, check out our tips on how to prepare and finish it in style!
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You might be taking part in an organised sportive, gran fondo or audax. Or you might just be after a long, fulfilling day in the saddle. Completing a long ride gives you a great sense of achievement.

Here's our guide to nutrition, pacing, equipment choice, technique and mental approach when it comes to tackling those long distances.

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