5 Ways To Make Your Bike More 'Pro'

Seen how good the bikes in the Tour de France look? Here's how to get your own bike up to that level...

Pro bikes are some of the fastest out there. While we all have bikes that we really like, there's often something about the bikes that you see at the Tour or the Giro. Here's how to capture that something and apply it to your own bike...

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[philt]

Ride with a support vehicle. I once turned up to a ride with the wrong bike. My mate had his carbon road bike, I had a Kawasaki 650. He definitely looked Pro because I looked like his support rider.

[EVINwithaK]

One major tip missing, THE OUT FRONT GARMIN MOUNT

[thomasjohnson]

Add a sticker with your name and countries flag

[edthelizzard]

How about a video on cycling gloves. Ask the pros... what they use troughout the year's different seasons, training and racing.

[jamesgilbertuk]

Easiest pro tip: line tyre logos up with wheel logos

[Auscyclist]

Si produced a perfect dad Joke... Using a chain cleaner it was revolutionary! Classic

[NielsHeldens]

how to make every bike look pro: the right instagram filter.

[kingzarse]

I am very happy that you guys used the most "Pro" GCN presenter for this episode.

[simeonbanner]

more pro (more likely to be stolen). 🤔

[Snayer]

I have to run a 15-25 cassette because I'm a junior. You can understand my frustration when I'm spinning at 150 rpm and only going 35 mph

[davepratt]

The biggest thing I can do to make my bike more "pro" is to get my fat butt off of it.

[HeyLoIo]

you messed up... only one bottle cage... so not pro

[chrisstrobel]

Tip .. always keep an Allen key handy and jack your seatpost way up when your not riding, will make your bike look ultra pro 😉👍

[williamholt]

"One of the best things about being a pro was that I got to ride a spotlessly clean bike" that's possibly the greatest thing anyone has ever said

[Rose.Of.Hizaki]

I finally got around to using some Mucc Off nano tech cleaner this weekend after having it sitting under the stairs for the better part of two weeks and i have to say results were rather surprising. Having the bike looking almost like it just rolled off a production line did wonders for my cycling from a mental standpoint. I actually enjoyed riding more the first time i took the bike out after the wash.

[G]

Just picked up some full-carbon deep section twigs for my pics. Worth every penny.

[GuyRWood]

I've just slammed my stem and replaced my 110 mm stem with a 120 to get my bike more stretched out. The bike feels better and I can get the power down better but I have to admit, it does look even more awesome!

[ollybell]

Recently I invested in a muc-off chain cleaning device because of GCN and it's heavenly!

[marcinborowski]

White bar tape and white saddle would change this black trek into nice looking machine. It is to dark.

[TheFroztv]

I loled so much at the Instagram's pro picture lesson !!