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"It" needs an antecedent. That is a noun or noun phrase that it refers back to. The key word here is "back". In your examples #1 and #3 you are trying to refer forward to "doing something" and that won't work. If you have a previous sentence defining "it", you can just say, "I'll give it a try." For example: "They say bicycling is easy. I'll give it a try."
Your example #2 could work but it is a little awkward. "I'll give a try bicycling" should be rearranged to "I'll give bicycling a try" and it flows a lot smoother.
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