5 Ways To Make You A Better Cyclist

Here are 5 ways to become a better cyclist...

There are several ways to get better at riding your bike; from working on your skills, to training more, to training for specific efforts, it'll all help you to get more from cycling.

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[ncristin]

After I cycled thousands of miles, climbing Mortirolo (Santini route), did some tough amateur races or indoor proper GCN intervals... Matt's phrase "or simply just to loose some weight " just wiped my smile off. If a 4th presenter is going to show on GCN channel he will be plump (and my next idol) or he will not be at all ;) Cheers !

[TheOfficialDJAVI]

Honestly guys to me intervals is the only way to train now. I used to do long rides daily but when I joined the running XC team at my school all our workouts were centered around intervals and I saw massive improvement. I decided to apply this on the road and boy I cant imagine a week without at least 3-4 interval sessions. I highly encourage everyone else to have a crack at them as well they are quite effective.

[RomansFiveDotEight]

I miss the old solid red bottle! I've never won anything, and now I'm disappointed that in some alternate universe where I might, it wouldn't be one of the cool solid red bottles. Guess I'll have to stick with my Team Sky bottles from Wiggle; as if those were as pro as a GCN bottle!

[CycoWarriorx]

I hated hills... but it was more out of fear than the hill itself. But I've been hitting them and you're exactly right. Conquering a hill is a confidence rush unlike any other.

[edinelsonramirez]

So very happy my racing days are over!
Now I specialize in professional take-it-easy! Love it!

[kenk]

Dan should talk while riding on cobbled roads all the time. Pure audible bliss. Reminds me of my son in the back of the car while driving over washboard. Can we get that on iTunes?

[MattRettmer]

Writing from the US. I absolutely love your content and channel. I enjoy how down to earth you all are and really click with your sense of humor. Keep up the great content.

[murdockcrc]

You guys should do a video on how to train for a gran fondo. You've talked about gran fondos before, like the maratona delles dolomites. Supposedly (and you mention it in this video as well), you need to train for specificity. However, when you will participate/compete in an event where the winner takes 6 hours to finish (so your time will be 7, 8 or 9 hours), how do you train for specificity for such an event?

[haych]

so true about climbing. I hated the shortest easiest of hills, now I ride up 770m from practice and riding my own pace

[stevewheeler]

Ah these videos make me miss cycling in Majorca, such a great place to ride. I like the ride out to Cap De Formentor which you guys did here.

[rbjstudio]

I just love guys, you have help me a lot... Thank you

[pumajpuma]

I would like it very much if you could title where you are riding in each video. These places look so wonderful, but I can't figure out where most are.

[EdmondChewvenge]

could u guys make a video on what to include in a bike journal
cheers

[protocollo]

"Ridley"... "Scott"... is a movie director... When the GCN director's cut? AHAHAH
Greetings from Switzerland.

[GlobalTriathlonNetwork]

new video for you to make. Do a Shimano factory tour, and ask the question. how long does it take for dura ace groupset/part to trickle down to ultegra (2 years/each new model?), 105,  (3 years)??

[lucasgandur]

Nice video! Thanks guys, im from argentina

[AlvaroGuillenloco]

I finally got it !!!! I tried to be first comment & 5th view in a GCN video ... I can now stop to refresh the page ;)

[ltrtg]

Does the bike on the sign behind Matt at the end of the video have a disc brake on the front wheel?

[sward]

Firstly, love the channel. But the way the vids are going, I'm waiting for the one that's titled "how to drink water", or "how to put your helmet on!".

[Madman]

I feel like I may be using my quads too much in comparison to my glutes / hamstrings, is there a way I can improve the balance in the pedal stroke?