Cycling is the sweetest part of life, but only if you know how to cycle. Most people cycle but can develop some kind of fear towards cycling. When you develop fear, you cannot cycle to your satisfaction, but when you remove fear out of the way, you can be able to enjoy cycling to the next level of life. I have cycled most of the time, especially with my parents’ bicycle, without failure, and even when I failed, I still knew it belonged to my parents.
Don't cycle with a headphone or earpiece.
Earphones, headphones, or earpods can only make you hear the immediate music you are playing, but you will forget the outside noise. This is so dangerous and would bring about an accident if care is not taken. This is the major reason you must take caution while riding or cycling. This is not just applicable to cycling alone but to every wheel-riding vehicle.
The good stuff that would come out of the music being played would get your mind carried away and would make you even sing to the music you are playing. There is a danger attached to listening to music while cycling, although most cyclists love it.
Answering calls when cycling
This is absurd. Although it may sound somehow funny to you, it's the truth. One cannot serve two masters at the same time. You need to serve one and leave the other. Taking the phone from your pocket while cycling would cause an accident. One thing is to take the phone from your pocket; another is to place the phone in your ear. These two different things can cause accidents. Sometimes, one may fall into potholes while cycling with one hand, and this could cause a serious accident.
Showing Skills
So many people are born with talents. They have the best skills so far. Some would jump on while on the bicycle, while others would fling the bicycle up and down. They would even turn around without falling, but if one is not skilled, one would not force himself or herself to perform such skills. It can bring you some immediate accidents or inflict some kinds of injuries that you were not planning for.
Not focusing
There are so many things that may draw your attention while cycling in your direction. You may be looking at something that does not concern you. Or people may be having some arguments that would pique your interest. When you do this while cycling, you may have a chance of having an accident since your attention is diverted.
This means you must not have divided attention while cycling but instead be focused.
You would not know when you would bump into an oncoming vehicle or when you would jump into potholes.
We have individual differences, which means that I would not tolerate them. Most people would love to do what I had avoided, but to me, these things are just my dislike while cycling.
To you, do you have something other than these ones I have stated out, or do you always do these things while cycling?