Riding Skills

What to expect on your first group ride: a friendly roll-out, a single or double line of bikes rotating through the front, a pace … Read more

Group rides are faster than solo rides because riding in a line cuts the wind you have to push through, because riders take turns … Read more

To draft on a bike safely, sit one to three bike lengths behind the rider ahead, offset your front wheel so it never overlaps … Read more

Most group ride mistakes come down to one idea: riding as if you are alone. Holding too little space, braking late, drifting sideways without … Read more

If you get dropped on a group ride, the answer is short: stop somewhere safe first, check the bike and yourself, send the group … Read more

Knowing how to take a pull in a paceline comes down to one job: move to the front of the line and ride there, … Read more

Echelon riding in crosswinds explained, in one line: a group abandons the single-file paceline and fans into a diagonal line across the road, so … Read more

Riding in a group is the fastest way to cover a road you have never seen, and the fastest way to crash if nobody … Read more

Hand signals for group rides are arm gestures a rider makes to warn everyone behind about turns, hazards, speed changes, and stops when shouting … Read more

A paceline is a line of cyclists riding one to two bike lengths behind the rear wheel of the rider ahead, and learning how … Read more