6 Cycling Mistakes We STILL Make!

We all make mistakes when learning to ride the bike, falling off, forgetting our bike helmet, using the wrong gear. But there are some mistakes we still make even after a decade of cycling! Manon and Hank tell us what mistakes they still make so maybe you wont! Do as they say, not as they do! 😬

0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Hank and Manon's mistakes
1:06 - Squeezing the lever with no wheels in
2:07 - Forgetting snacks
2:53 - Forgetting kit
3:44 - Not caring for your bike
4:39 - Eating too much
5:30 - Not starting soon enough

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What cycling mistakes do you still make that you just can't kick? 👀 Let us know in the comment section below! 🚴‍♂

[moof]

Food: Small thermos with hot burritos is clutch on a cold ride. Watching your buddies break teeth on frozen bars while your snack steams away while warming your hands is glorious.

[rangersmith]

The biggest cycling mistake I made in the last 20 years was nearly stopping cycling for almost 20 years. I corrected that 11 months ago, and since then I've ridden almost 3, 300 miles, or 5, 300 km. I have never squeezed my hydraulic brake lever with nothing between the pads, but I have only one such bike, and it's the e-bike I rarely ride. I have gone out w/o snacks, even without water. You can almost certainly avoid forgetting a needed piece of kit when you travel by getting fully kitted out for the conditions you'll encounter then stripping it all off directly into your bag. Not cleaning my bike after a ride: guilty as charged. You can avoid wasting too much money or time on cake and coffee by making cake and coffee the entire point of going for a ride.

[enjay]

Brilliant video and some great tips for a newbie to road racing (previously into MTB’s). I’ve made the mistakes of not taking enough energy snacks on board and not having a spare tube)

[marksIItimewarps]

I have 100% mechanical disc brakes so have absolutely no issues pressing the brakes with all wheels off!😄😄 I did notice it can be tricky NOT accidentally banging the brakes without a wheel especially if you're loading or unloading your bike inside your car. Since the brakes are at the front and top end of the bike when you remove the front wheels, it's hard not to bang them anywhere while moving the bike within the car.

[Anybloke]

One time I pumped up my tyres with the saddle just below a window ledge. Yes, with inflated tyres the bike was jammed under the window ledge and I had to deflate to free it. Doh !

[cecilebodington]

When I drive to a ride I use my favorite Cycle Tote from Waterfield Bags in San Francisco. Cyclist designed, it has a pocket for each shoe, 2 water bottle pockets, outside zip pocket for valuables, 2 end pockets for snacks etc. and the main compartment has room for clothing, topped off with helmet. Since I started using this bag I haven’t forgotten a thing, what a miracle!

[annahunt]

Bonking with Manon, , , How dreadful....🤣🤣🤣

[evantozer]

Watching Manon squeeze that brake lever without a wheel in made me laugh out loud. This is by far my biggest fear while working on a disk wheel bike which I have never (knock wood) done…yet.

[robbchastain]

I always enjoy watching the GCN Bickersons. And Hank is a good sport to always chuckle in defeat. 😀

[johnlieto]

This was another great fun video. Thanks. And thanks for including the tip about the disc brakes. Hate to get stranded like that.

[kevin._.farren]

I’ve not made the mistake of squeezing the brake with the wheel off, mostly out of dumb luck bc I had no idea that would happen. Thanks for the heads up!

[derickcastillo]

I love the video! The last mistake is awesome. My son is 16 years old, and he said the exact sentence just the other day, “I wasted so much time during COVID, when I could have been riding my bike. It made me laugh because he is so young. Of course, I told him, “You are very young, and it is great that you started enjoying your bike now. Initially, my wife and I bought the cheapest, bike we could find because we didn’t know if he would really be interested in cycling. He is my size now and I can’t get him off of my bike, so we bought him and his sister who is 14 years old, a much nicer bikes because their grades in school are excellent.

[bjang]

I always forget small items (lights, hand pump etc). My hack for not forgetting is to put all of those things in my helmet (which I never forget) the night before a ride

[stasacab]

Wrong clothes in winter + not packing extras. Bonus is that I forget my sweaty jersey to the backpack so it will be sweaty and gross on the next day as well.

[geoffreyhoney]

Love the fun in this super content you two! Forgetting kit, yes even the pros at the start line of the race: Audrey Cordon-Ragot had to borrow Canadian bibs from Maggie Coles-Lyster at the second stage of the UAE Tour! Don't leave home without it! Glad you had a shot of Conor chowingdown! While we know Manon loves her snacks and cafe stops, the Coffee Extreme video revealed who the real super eater is! Great call back to the Chalk Way video and teasing Hank about the shoes. I think that really is a vulnerability. Another mistake? Takinga dare, and riding your bike too slowly into a moat pond and doing a face plant. Great laughs! Please keep them coming!

[DaveCM]

Squeezing the brake lever: use a tire leaver to separate them. The tire lever usually fits between the pad enough to push them apart. But, if he doesn't have a tube, he probably won't have levers either. LOL!

[dougedwards]

the brake squeeze by Manon!! LOL great vid guys

[haroldbergdoll]

Another great video, Hank and Manon seem to have a great since of humor. Don't know if I would have smelt Hanks shoe's!

[notkaty]

I went on a cycling holiday in Europe and forgot my pedals! A quick stop in decathlon sorted me out.