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Cycling Since I bought my bicycle I've been riding a lot. The first month I was able to do around 30 km, the uphills were giving me a hard time. Another aspect that is difficult for me is getting used to the position on the bike, it makes your back hurt and of course, the seat can be "a real pain in the ass". I overcomed these difficulties and finally I was able to stand a route of 80 km, it was very gratifying. Nowadays, I'm able to do the hard uphills near my city, Bogotá. I admire professional cyclers, I think that it is the most underrated sport in the world. The salary is ridiculous in comparison with other sports as for example soccer, taking into account the effort that cycling requires. Being 20 days in a row and 5 to 6 hours per day riding, is extremely hard. It's incredible to see what Colombian Cyclers have been doing past few years, Nairo Quintana is going to be the most important cycler in our history, but I'm fan of Esteban Chaves: "the man with the biggest smile in the world". I hope to see Nairo Quintana as the winner of Tour de France-2017, he had been really close the last two years.

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Hi Victor!

With a name like 'Hidalgo', I'm not surprised you're able to travel for long distances! :D I enjoyed reading this.

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Cycling

Since I bought my bicycle I've been riding a lot. The first month I was able to do around 30 km, the uphills were ("...going uphill was...") giving me a hard time. Another aspect that is difficult for me is getting used to the position on the bike, ("as/because": to show a result) it makes your back hurt and of course, the seat can be "a real pain in the ass". (haha, I see what you did there) I overcomed ("overcame") these difficulties and finally I was able to stand a route of 80 km. (next sentence ->>> ) It was very gratifying. Nowadays, I'm able to do the hard uphills near my city, Bogotá.

I admire professional cyclers, I think that it is the most underrated sport in the world. The salary is ridiculous in comparison with ("to") other sports as , for example: soccer, taking into account the effort that cycling requires. Being ("Riding for") 20 days in a row and 5 to 6 hours per day riding, is extremely hard. It's incredible to see what Colombian Cyclers have been doing past few years, . Nairo Quintana is going to be the most important cycler ("cyclist") in our history, but I'm fan of Esteban Chaves: "the man with the biggest smile in the world".

I hope to see Nairo Quintana as the winner of ("the") Tour de France - 2017, he had been (better to say - "he has come") really close ("in") the last two years.
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Cycling

Since I bought my bicycle I've been riding a lot. The first month I was able to do around 30 km. The uphills were giving me a hard time. Another aspect that is difficult for me is getting used to the posture on the bike. It makes your back hurt and of course, the seat can be "a real pain in the ass". I overcame these difficulties and finally I was able to manage a route of 80 km, which was very gratifying. Nowadays, I'm able to do the hard uphills near my city, Bogotá.

I admire professional cyclists. I think that it is the most underrated sport in the world. The salary is ridiculous in comparison with other sports, eg., soccer, taking into account the effort that cycling requires. Being 20 days in a row and 5 to 6 hours per day riding, is extremely hard.* It's incredible to see what Colombian Cyclists have been doing in the past few years. Nairo Quintana is going to be the most important cyclist in our history, but I'm a fan of Esteban Chaves: "the man with the biggest smile in the world".

I hope to see Nairo Quintana win the Tour de France-2017. He had been really close the last two years.

*your version is good but rather unusual. One could also say .. Riding 20 days in ... is extremely hard.

Very well written!

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