4 Bad Cycling Habits | How To Look More Pro On A Bike

If you've got any questions on breaking your bad cycling habits, leave a comment down below and we'll answer if we can!

Thanks. As a Non-cyclist, I can now impress my family and friends by critically appraising cyclists from the safety of my car 👍

Core stability is so helpful in cycling. Without yoga and pilates, I never would have dreamed about biking more than just to and from work. I did three centuries last year and yoga has helped me immensely. Both with stretching and strengthening. Also, how to breathe and to know where my edge is. It built my core so I can ride hands-free, too!

I am watching this but I have a mountain bike lmao

The location you mates are pedalling is simply amazing!

Froome won four tours. If he’d kept his elbows in, he might have won seven

I associate being in the right position on the bike as having no specific/localised aches, pains and cramps. And when you get that its cycling nirvana.

Okay, it's kind of crazy you guys brought up the knees thing, because I just recently adjusted my bike fit to get a more racy position (raised saddle a couple mms, moved it back on the rails, and lowered my bars another 5mm) and noticed that my knees stopped pointing out on the upstrokes, and also that the tendinitis I've been dealing with for the last month and a half seems to have gone away overnight.

Hello GCN from Brooklyn, New York. Love your channel and thanks for getting me into the love of cycling. Keep up the great content!

Just stumbled upon your channel while watching motorcycle videos. Subscribed, you guys are awesome, and I look forward to watching more. I love cycling as well as motorcycles, and it is awesome to see some good riding tips and real world testing. Well done!

Just relax. Your body's most natural position is its best! That's why time trialists (and every pro in general) looks perfect on the bike. I mean, Landa's relaxation in the 2017 tour showed against the others like Dan Martin, with his gagging face and daft positioning. Whenever I realise that I'm tense or uneasy, I just calm my mind and relax my body more.

I'm really glad that you addressed the matter of cleat position when dealing with knee flare. I had a bikefit last summer by a reputable bikefitter, who addressed my 'windswept' knee motion by forcing the knees the opposite way. Lucily the rest of the bikefit was good - especially the addition of arch support insoles, which has kept my knees from tracking in and out(pronating arches). Half a year later, I've slapped on pedal washers, which has allowed my right knee to extend, right sitbone to be supported on the saddle and better handling, because I am not sitting to one side of the saddle.

8:17 Si nails his french again: TourS deS France. Salute to this ammount of skills!

I've done the impossible things thanks to my bobbing! Guess its just in my head, but given I'm 285 lb I'm like the bumble bee of road biking since I can still do 60 mile rides lol. Thank you for the great advise! I'm hoping to ride the monterey to san francisco for my birthday in December (110 miles)

Fully agree with mention of flexibility training. I did that in last off-season and now ride predominantly on drops rather than hoods, so getting 10% more speed for similar effort as result 🙂. 15-20 min sessions 2-3 times a week was enough to make a massive difference

This is the sort of old school GCN stuff that I love!

I saw a 'bobber' whilst out on a ride after watching this and it made me smile, totally distracting me from the cold wind that I was battling. Thanks GCN!

Thanks gents for the fun vid..... bobbing up and down was common back in the 80's when an easy gear was a 42x21 (or worse)...look at Lemond, Miller, Hinault, and even Mercx..... now that a 39x28 is the norm for the pros, it is far "easier" to spin up those climbs. Personally, I still bob up and down on my 34x34... but then I would never look pro with that kind of gearing :)

Totally agree with rollers suggestion. Really forces a smooth efficient style.

You're bang on with the saddle height bit. So many people out there are riding with it too low.