24 yrs of Cycling Knowledge in 8 min

Unlock 24 years of cycling wisdom in just 12 minutes with these essential tips and tricks to elevate your ride.
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Dustin Klein: Working Artist, Lifestyle Cyclist, Maker.

Discover cycling tips distilled from 24 years of experience. This video covers everything from choosing the right gear to avoiding common mistakes, ensuring you get the most out of your cycling journey. Perfect for beginners and seasoned riders alike.

[ragethomas]

First century I completed started as only a 40 mile ride. Go close to home and thought I should just send it. Proceed to reach the farthest point, turn round, full headwind. Could barely hold 12mph and was bonking so hard I was cross eyed. I Found a little pizza stand with sodas. Bought 3 coca colas and a slice that maybe saved my life lol. Got home, ate half my cabinet, and then slept for 4 hours. Got up, ate dinner, slept to 10am the next day.

[lipsterman]

Great story (really about my older brother, you'll see).

This is the early 1980's. My brother just bought a new bike and wanted to ride a long ride. It was Saturday, and I was playing soccer for my high school team and had a game that morning. Around noon, my brother wanted to do an "epic ride." My brother is a Type 1 diabetic. He's literally a genius (IQ off the charts with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering now) but has a problem with common sense. I tried to stop him to get organized but he was leaving "right now." I felt I had no choice but to ride with him because I didn't know if I'd ever see him again if he went solo. We start and my brother is hammering some high gear. I'm on my 40 pound Huffy ten speed and I'm just drafting behind him. It didn't dawn on us that we were going so fast BECAUSE WE HAD A STRONG TAILWIND! We made it around 30 miles and stopped to turn around.

Note: we had no food, water or money since he had to go "right now."

We turned around and we are barely making 12 miles and hour due to the HEADWIND. He's now drafting me and I'm totally cooked since I PLAYED A SOCCER MATCH THAT MORNING and riding a Huffy for this long is TOUGH. We made it about 10 miles and my brother was starting to act funny (diabetic, low blood sugar is some scary shit, especially on a bicycle). We stopped at a dive bar on the road home. We had to beg the bar owner to 1. let us in the bar since we were underage and 2. borrow a dime to call our Mom to come and get us and 3. give my brother a free coke so he wouldn't pass out.

Mom was not happy when we called but I told her that we had no other option. She saved us as mothers always do.

[filipsusmelj]

The production value of these videos is INSANE!!! Keep it up!

[johnwilliamson]

Pro tip: Put the left shoe on the left foot...

[brianagee]

I once did a 100mile skateboard ride that was not planned. I had done several 50mile trips, but on this particular trip I felt so good once I got to 50 I just pushed on. Mind you I built up to this, was going through a bad break up at the time and spent my nights skating around town, regularly covering marathon distances and bombing hills with a head lamp on. Skating a century was Literally one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, the last 10-15miles were pure agony with every push, out of food, out of water and dark outside. I couldn’t walk straight for a week, but it really unlocked some doors in my mind to what I was truly capable of. I’ve carried that mindset and the physical pain and mental tenacity of the day with me. Since then I’ve went on to do several more ultra distances a 75mile skate, and a 111mile ride on a beach cruiser. My last feat was a 150 mile ride on my gravel bike dedicated to my mother in law who was diagnosed with lung cancer. I’ll continue to push myself as I believe it builds strength and resiliency. I often think if I did that than surly I can do -fill in the blank-

[kafaokfo]

I remember it's yesterday, I went 5:20 am to make a 150km ride, with the last 50kms around 1, 800meters elevation, in a fixed gear with 48x16 ratio clipped and brakeles... the rest you guys can imagine how hard I bonked

[zubayrbhyat]

My second 94.7 ride here in Johannesburg South Africa. I met two younger guys. One was quite strong, the other not as consistent as he needs to be. Tewis and Joel were going strong until we hit 50kms.That's when Tewis bonked hard. Cramps, high temperatures and lack of morale were hitting him hard.

I gave him some minerals and salts in a 500ml bottle around 55-60kms in. We made every water stop along the way. He was starting to recover. By 70kms in he was ahead of us. He finished strong as did we. Great times!

[notlt]

I'm at 10-12 miles a day on a normal day-- 20 to 30 miles a day on a heavier day. It really gets easier the more you do it. I am working a decently stressful job and volunteering with my free time, but if my job took up fewer hours or if volunteering dried up, I think I'd be interested in centurying then.

[DanielGonzalez-wnqs]

First time I bonked I was riding by myself and only had a small bottle of water for a 30km ride, decided to go further down. When I noticed I was 70k away with no water I decides to turn back. On the way back there was this massive climb. I was basically seeing white and couldnt even think clearly. When I finally made it back, my jaw hurt like never before, and the next day my dentist told me I had clenched my jaw so hard I had misaligned my wisdom teeth and had to get the removed (mind you I was 25 and they had never bothered me before).


Very fun.

[sdmike]

The best bonk stories are always punctuated by “didn’t see it coming!”

[KahluaBomb]

Bonk story:

First MTB ride of the year, thought I was just gonna go do like 10 miles and head home. I think I skipped dinner the night before and had a very minimal breakfast, huge mistake. On the trails I ran into a friendly local who showed me some of the trail system. Feeling pretty tired and mostly out of water but having so much fun riding with them I kept going. They took me the way to the bottom of the trails where they left to ride home, leaving me needing to ascend maybe 400' over 1.5 miles of a climbing trail to get back to my car at the staging area. I had already emptied my camelback, had no snacks, and was not feeling it. I physically could not ride any further and found myself walking the bike, or stumbling up the hill with the bike, looking around for any plant life that looked edible (there were none). I get 80% of the way up the hill when it gets close to the main road in, ditched the bike on the trail, and started the walk back to my car up the road knowing I wouldn't make it if I had to push the bike and I physically could not ride it. Got to the car and immediately drank whatever old drink was in my cupholder, had a snack or three, then found the bike and headed to the local cafe where I ate: Halibut avocado toast (could be an entree for a normal sized person), Octopus and fried potato dish, Cheeseburger and fries, along with like 2 cocktails and a beer. I was sad they didn't have desserts (covid). I have since always carried extra water and snacks regardless of how long I think i'm going to be out for.

[Mclovinthedank]

I figured this out because a mtb trail head appeared 15 mins from my house after buying a $2, 000 Mtb 8 years ago. I was upset that I wasn't able to ride all of the trails without dying. Then I found a 1980s 10 speed Schwinn in the trash. And the addiction grew, I found myself riding 15-30 miles everyday on a greenway trail 1 mile from my house. Now I lack the motivation to ride everyday. Mostly because I go super OCD and chase gains and burn myself out. But every time I get on my bicycle I remember why I love it so much. always love your videos man!

[PhilippHofmann]

dude i have to stop the video to tell you. besides the, in my eyes absolutly correct advices, the quality of the video, the cuts, the flow. its awesome. i love it.

[dannystarkridesfixed]

I love old road bikes
They’re what i started on
In HS in the early 00s
When I got into cycling in a more serious fashion. Than just riding bmx or crappy dept store mtbs asa kid.

[magharibo]

04:38 confident slipping in the wrongsided shoe is why I love this man so much

[blze]

Never heard of bonking before. Never done it either. And now I'm gonna pack more snacks and water on my rides.

[ryanrodgers]

Man Dustin, you had me eager for every second of this video. From silly continuity errors, to inside baseball (or in this case, cycling.) to out of the box videography, entertaining in it's entirety . Thank you!

[inthebush]

First century I did was on my cheap 60 dolla fixie, overnight to beat the desert heat, with a backpack for water and snacks. Just as the sun was coming up my tire started losing pressure and a headwind picked up. The cheap wapmart pump I had wasn't inflating my tire enough. I pulled over to take a nap since I'd used all my caffeine and spent the last 30 miles out of the saddle standing up battling the wind with the extra rolling resistance from the low tire pressure. Kinda ruined the ride and kinda made the ride.

[gullywhumper]

All your videos have been leveled up each time lately. You’ve been my favorite channel for a long time now! (Also loved the Mr.Rogers shoe change!)

[markbayhon]

This reminds me of a day in solo riding without any food but only a bottle of water. gladly I found a nearby restaurant in the middle of nowhere.