7 Tips To Take You From Amateur To Accomplished Cyclist
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Do you want to take your cycling to the next level? Well, there are a few mistakes that you might not realise you're making that if you fix them, will take you from amateur to pro cyclist! Hank and Conor are here to share 7 of them so that you can master your cycling!
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0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Changing gears uphill
A side view of lifting out of the saddle safely would help!
1:10 - Stopping on a climb
2:15 - Working with the wind
3:01 - Braking on corners
3:53 - Getting out of the saddle
Tip please control your bike you want to do a bit of a sharp turn correct me if I’m wrong I will update it😊
4:37 - Using momentum
5:37 - Riding too hard
Not so bad tips. Quite impressed it's not sooo bad.
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One of the guys is like 2.5 meters tall😂😂😂he should make a custom bike for him..he looka ridiculous and i bet he couls get much more from a bike custom made ..
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So I just learned cycling, and after seeing the video, I realised that I already became a pro
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don't drop you cadence - as a beginner i don't have the right cadence! push forward when you stand on the pedals - as a beginner i can't pedal by standing on the pedals!
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why wouldnt you show the gears changing in that first segment? lolol
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Spell "braking" not "breaking" please. Thank you. Also--when talking about not breaking during turns, you discussed body positioning briefly. That's what I'd love to hear more about. Where to put weight, what areas to tuck in tighten...etc. Thanks.
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"do you think you're a beginner cyclist?" Trust me, I KNOW I'm a beginner. Sprained my ankle a month ago after about 2 weeks of having my new bike LOL
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Sometimes go against the wind. It will build your leg muscles.
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Breaking? surely none of us want to break... but braking in corners is perhaps what you mean :D
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High candency is good but if you want to evolve you have to lower a gear sometimes. Front break will make you go straight, rear brake will make you turn more.
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get that speed higher ? I see it all the time.Blowing through lights and stop signs. Terrorizing walkers etc.
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Working with the wind, I thought you were going to say "stop cowering at the back like an amateur, ride on the front and use the wind to build fitness"
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Momentum: carry any speed you have on to a climb and select an appropriate gear to PEDAL with it. Every club rider I met just freewheels until all speed is lost before considering a change of gear. Its like the hill just appeared from nowhere and surprised them. No anticipation!
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I like the unspoken 8th tip (during tip #2) of how to properly go over a bump in the road at speed - both hands on the bars, slight pull up on the bars, and the slight lift of legs to reduce downforce on back wheel, all done as one smooth action - Well done 👍🏻
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Stop braking
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1:10 nice one, thanks 👍
@EsperluetThe week this came out I’d just signed up/applied to join a provincial to national level race team! Here’s hoping I get put on the squad to and accomplish even more in cycling!
@bingobango6412I’ve found that having a power meter/head unit has diminished how hard I push in many situations because I don’t want to blow up. In the past, blowing up meant I occasionally pushed to my limit, but worked hard and got fitter. Given I can only ride once or twice a week most weeks, I felt that it did help me in an odd way.
@DB-sj8kmGot some good points there - stopping on hils nice
@Redmire44the typo at 2:59 absolutely killed me. like i am dead right now. the people executing my estate are writing this comment
@LLroomtempJI liked the bit about shifting uphill, but hoped for a bit more detail, i.e. when should you drop the front derailleur etc.
@walterbostwick4618this video looks like those days in the office when you don't have enough things to do but your boss is still in the office and you need to pretend work.
@ruinman8722Hank has a major chain issue @4:55.
@kaupo80Best tip. Do what Hank does. Draft a giant.
@SignorLuigiI think they could advise on cadence and say if you really don't want to be a novice .. get a power meter
@woodee8948Another tip to move from amateur to pro is to learn the difference between break and brake.
@andymow21Breaking??
@oggicorriamo7267Great video! But, I would avoid "breaking" anywhere, not jus in corners...;)
@davidhenry5925Learn how to ride a straight line. Avoid weaving on each pedal stroke.
@greggsenne1268I cannot believe that Connor gave all of us advice of stopping on the incline. It is completely false!
Distance between riders is not mesured in meters but in seconds. So imagine you ride in a group and climb on a steep hill at 10 km/h. If you stop for 30 seconds and then set off again your buddies will be 84 meters away. That is the lenght of a football field. If you did the same thing in the middle of downhill ride, when your buddies do let's say 60 km/h, that distance grows to half a kilometer. So you are right on that one, but you are still seperated by... 30 seconds. And so if another climb comes after downhill section your buddies will hit it first while you will be closing on them at downhill speeds untill you will reach the bottom of the climb too. Then you look up and you will be able to see your buddies again.. 84 meters away...(considering the same speed of Connor and his buddies).
And...
I skipped acceleration from stopping. I thought that this will be advice - never stopp on a steep incline, because you will not be able to set off uphill again ! You will have to start DOWNHILL, clip in, turn around and immediately put 100% power just to bet going again.
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I can hit a cadence of 30 or so on my best climbing gear (34/32) while climbing, so the real limitation is probably my fitness. Just have to find the time to train.
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