From learning how to clip in, through to how NOT to take a corner, here are 20 tips for beginner road cyclists – in less than 10 minutes.
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00:00 Intro
01:05 Climbing while standing
01:45 Eating
04:29 How to take pedals off
06:36 Selecting the right gear
07:25 Looking over shoulder
This video was filmed in and around Girona, Catalunya, Spain; a cycling mecca that has been home to many professional cyclists including Ben O’Connor, Jack Haig, Esteban Chaves, Ryan Mullen, George Bennett, James Knox, Dorian Godon, Jay Vine, and at one point George Hincappie, Lance Armstrong and Tyler Hamilton. Girona is used for training for races such as the Tour de France, Volta Catalunya, Vuelta Espana, Paris-Nice, Giro d’Italia and more. Teams such as Bora-Hansgrohe, INEOS-Grenadiers, Israel-Premier Tech Pro Cycling, Human Powered Health, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team, UAE Team Emirates and others use Girona for team training camps and rider testing.
42 Comments
So helpful, thanks Tristan.
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On the nutricion front: drink mix is overpriced. Make your own by mixing 1kg of sugar with 1kg of maltodextrine. I usually fill my bottles with 50grams. That's 50 grams of carbs. Want 70g carbs, just add 70grams of mix. You can add some flavours if you want. A few squeezes from a lemon in summer makes it quite refreshing.
It's a lot cheaper than buying drink mix. Saved me a lot of money when I am riding a lot in summer. Now I'm only spending half my salary on gels lol
Outstanding tips… for 17, I’d add that a landmark for looking over your shoulder, is chin to shoulder… do not do a torso twist… lol
How's the wheel going?
Tip #21 – follow Tristans channel for authentic road cycling & racing orientated training content. Buckets of useful info and no nonsense.
beautiful video! so much positivity! its rare these days. thank you for that!
V helpful- Thanks
Thank you a intelligent video really worth while .
That´s actually a nice beginner friendly video with good beginner tipps. Love it
no1 tip. You have to learn how to warm up your muscles before getting on the bike. 😀 1990 crap quality shifter and most of the time I was in the hardest gear. Knee problems started after 5 y.
Great tips.. Thanks so much..
Tip 9 extension – lean your bike derailleur side, if it falls away from what your leaning hopefully won’t land on anything too expensive
What I just learned is, that you have to be the Hulk to be able to remove your pedals from the crank 😂.
In terms of looking over the shoulder I finally decided to try a bar end mirror. Makes it so much easier to see what is going on behind me. Feel way more comfortable looking over my shoulder when I need to as well. Won't be riding without one anymore.
You can sum up quite a few of them with „go mountainbiking“. You learn a lot of them naturally like being in the right gear before you need it, avoid ground contact with the pedals and so on.
Nb4 sound like a mtb cyclist..
How about a review of those NEW Bont Vapor SL's you are wearing??
another ripper!
Great tips, most of them not obvious for beginners
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my worst learning: bike size to big!
Look where you want to go, especially on the exits to corner and drop down a gear or two to keep the cadence on the exit and accelerate out.
Actually helpful tips! Thanks Tristan as always for the great cycling vids!
Truly hooooooot youtuber/cyclist! Light colored cycling shorts pleeeeease
Great tips! Big ring cross chaining is so fun tho..:))
Learning how to shift – I got a new bike and assumed it was SRAM style – it wasn't. Thankfully, didn't fall!
how wide are your handlebars?
Thanks Tristan
Will you be at TDU?
for shoulder checks, I always dip my opposite elbow at the same time
If you don’t have a kitchen can you use another room to practice clipping in and out?
Great tips
👍 from down under 😁
Bonking is a the depletion of muscle-glycogen. Low blood sugar is something else.
I Like starting with big gear so you do a little of strength training.
As a newbie cyclist, I've watched countless videos like this. This one though has so much actual real life advice. Great video and thank you.
Interested in tip 2. I come from mountain biking and SERIOUSLY looking to add road biking into the mix. In mtb "cross-chaining and additional wear" doesn't get mentioned, and yet you often have 1 by 10 or 11 etc chainrings on mountain bikes (i.e. surely more opportunity for this to occur?). So why is this an issue for road bikes?
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Nice one, thanks. Not sure about the 100k kms thing tho!
Great useful video for ever cyclist not just beginners. You just earned a new subscriber keep up the good work.
Why do cycling influencers just like to say "on the bike"