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Archive for the Cycling Skills Category

7 Parking Lot Bike Handling Drills

By Coach Levi on July 1, 2018   /   Cycling Skills, Road Cycling Articles   /   2 Comments
Tags: bike handling, skills

Bike handling is very important. Better bike handling means less chance of crashing. And therefore, more chance of winning races! Here’s how to practice your bike handling in an empty parking lot…

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How to Shift Shimano STI Levers

By Coach Levi on June 27, 2011   /   Cycling Skills, Road Cycling Articles   /   2 Comments
Tags: shifters, shimano sti

Not sure how to shift the Shimano STI integrated brake and shift levers on your road bike? No problem. It looks complicated, but once you see what the levers do, it’s not bad at all…

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How to Look Behind You and Still Ride In a Straight Line

By Coach Levi on September 22, 2010   /   Cycling Skills, Road Cycling Articles   /   7 Comments
Tags: bike skills, skills

Beginning riders may have difficulty riding in a straight line, maintaining pace, and looking back (to check traffic, other racers, etc.) at the same time. Here are some tips to do it…

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How to Stretch While Riding

By Coach Levi on September 13, 2010   /   Cycling Skills, Road Cycling Articles   /   Leave a comment
Tags: stretching

Sometimes your body seizes up when hunched over for hours on end, and some stretches make you feel a ton better. I don’t like to stop and lose my rhythm, so I do a few light stretches while still rolling along…

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5 Universal Hand Signals For Group Bike Rides

By Coach Levi on September 4, 2010   /   Cycling Skills, Road Cycling Articles   /   1 Comment
Tags: group ride

Most riders know that they should learn how to ride in a paceline before joining a group ride, but is that all? Nope. There is at least one other thing you should know – hand signals…

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5 Rules to Riding a Paceline

By Coach Levi on June 16, 2010   /   Cycling Skills, Road Cycling Articles   /   2 Comments
Tags: drafting, paceline

While a flowing paceline looks like a lot of fun, you can’t just jump in and go for it. Riding in a paceline successfully requires multiple skills and constant alertness. Here’s how to get ready…

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How to Get Dropped – With Style!

By Coach Levi on April 29, 2010   /   Cycling Skills, Road Cycling Articles   /   Leave a comment
Tags: criterium, group ride

Not too long ago, I wrote about how to conserve energy so you could ride in a fast group and not get dropped. But what do you do if you’re in the really fast group, and you do get dropped? Here’s the answer from Greg Lemond…

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How To Ride In The Fast Group – Without Getting Dropped!

By Coach Levi on March 29, 2010   /   Cycling Skills, Road Cycling Articles   /   Leave a comment
Tags: drafting, group ride, paceline

So you want to ride with the A group, but afraid you’ll get dropped? You certainly need a good level of fitness to ride with these guys, but group ride tactics are just as important as race tactics!

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A Complete Idiot’s Guide to Bicycle Gears & Shifting

By Coach Levi on September 25, 2008   /   Cycling Skills, Mountain Bike Skills, Road Cycling Articles   /   153 Comments
Tags: gearing, shifting

Moving from a one speed bicycle to one with multiple gears is a big step. Not only do you have to learn how to shift the gears, you also have to learn what gears to use, and figure out when to shift into which gear! Not to worry, here is everything you need to know…

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