How to improve your cycling form -- whether you want to pedal with less pain or become more aerodynamic. Can also be used for mountain biking or BMX techniques such as hopping or jumping.
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How does one ride 'no handed'?
Learning to ride no-handed has been on my new year resolution list year after year after year and I still haven't done it. I'm 46 so I need to be careful about falling off. Do people have fool-proof techniques for learning to ride no-handed they can…
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How to properly ride over ripples on gravel roads (washboards)?
On certain back-country gravel roads, a combination of erosion and tire-tread seems to create these 4-inch ripples that can repeat for long stretches of the road. Riding over them at any speed at all creates a horrible vibration that is, to say the…
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How can I tell if my bike can ride down stairs without damaging it?
I would like to know if my bike can handle going down a flight of about 15 stairs. (edit: ride it down, not jump)
Specifically I have a Merida Crossway 100 . However, I would like to know if there is a general rule of thumb that I can use for my…
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Load your bag or Load your bike?
Probably, another debatable question from my side.
When carrying items while riding, like water bottle, repair kits, pumps, or other stuffs that you might need, What is the best option.... to carry them?
On your cycle at saddle bag, handlebar bags,…
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Rolling dismount: leg crosses over in front of you or behind?
When doing a rolling dismount, one foot stays on its pedal, the other has to cross over somehow. Would you suggest crossing over in front of you (while sitting, folding you knee to allow the cross-over) or behind you (standing on your pedal and…
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How to ensure all muscles are engaged when pedaling
Forgive me if this is too subjective, however, I've been doing some mtb riding and noticed that it's always my glutes that fatigue first especially on climbs, talked over with my friends and they tell me it's the last thing to go.
I'm wondering am I…
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Bum-off-seat cycling
Is their a particular term for "standing" while cycling, and how is it done? I've never been able to manage it, nor for that matter, flinging my leg over the saddle while the bike is still in motion, when the ride comes to an end.
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Why do so many people put the inside pedal down when cornering?
When learning to ride, my dad taught me to always have the inside pedal up when cornering. He reinforced the lesson by telling me about a race he'd been in where someone clipped a pedal when cornering and took down 20-30 people in the pack behind…
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