Riding Skills

Single leg drills on the bike are short sessions where you pedal with one leg while the other hangs, hovers or rests on the … Read more

To pace a long climb on a bike, start about 5% below your target average power, hold that number steady through the middle, then … Read more

To corner on a road bike well, you do three things in order: pick a speed the tyres can hold, look through the corner … Read more

Handling is a trainable skill, not a personality trait, and you can improve it with short, boring repetitions of a handful of drills. To … Read more

Knowing how to climb hills on a road bike comes down to four things: shift into a low enough gear to keep turning the … Read more

A cue sheet is a written, turn-by-turn list of a bike route, printed in rows that give you the distance at each intersection, the … Read more

Good hill climbing technique is a set of repeatable habits — a steady cadence, a relaxed upper body, a gear you can spin comfortably … Read more

Starting a cycling club is far less complicated than most people imagine, and the money and paperwork are the easy part. To start a … Read more

A cycling cue sheet is a written list of turn-by-turn directions for a route. At every junction where a rider could go wrong, it … Read more

If you are weighing up how to become a ride leader for a cycling club, the honest answer is shorter than most people expect: … Read more