5 Cycling Skills You Can Learn Anywhere

5 Cycling Skills You Can Learn Anywhere | GCN's Pro Cycling Tips

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5 cycling skills that you can learn anywhere. Some are essential bike skills, others are just fun... But, all of them will help to push your riding and general skill level on.
Practice them and let us know how you get on!
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00:14 #1 Cycling Backwards
Riding backwards?! Right. It's not an essential skill, but, it's going to help with balance, pedalling skills and more! Can you do this one? Tell us down in the comments 👇
00:37 #2 Bunnyhop
We have covered the bunnyhop a lot. It's an essential skill. You don't need to be able to bunnyhop really high, but, you do need to be able to bunnyhop over curbs, over road debris and more. If you can't bunnyhop, you need to learn! Find a soft grass area or bit of space and get to work. Search "bunnyhop gcn" on KZfaq for more of our tutorials including one by the legendary Martyn Ashton.
01:07 #3 The Wheelie
Another skill we've repeatedly said you should learn. Sure, you might never want to do the perfect wheelie, find your balance point and ride on your back wheel for miles, but, if you can effectively lift your front wheel up, it'll help you to climb better off-road, get on and off curbs and avoid trash in the road.
01:37 #4 The Trackstand
Let's call this one a near-essential skill. Whether you're balancing at traffic lights, or, just riding really slowly up a climb like Lasty, this one will be useful. Again, we have some detailed tutorials on this - search "trackstand gcn" for more.
01:55 #5 Picking up objects
Picking up objects is not an essential skill, but, again, practicing this one will help you to move on your riding, particularly one handed.
Got a favourite cycling skill? Should we make a part 2? Tell us in the comments and we'll set Chris a few challenges.
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Пікірлер: 122

@zakswan4644 5 жыл бұрын

Who is the new wheelie king Chris or Dan #askgcnanything

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Presenter challenge anyone?👇

@carlconium5459 5 жыл бұрын

@@gcn do it. Longest wheelie. Longest track stand. Highest bunny hop and best suffering face LASTY 😮😮😮

@aneesh7123 3 жыл бұрын

Global Cycling Network sure

@MK-je7kz 5 жыл бұрын

Great way to impress your late arriving mates again and again with new set of road rash.

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Haha!🤣

@deanophago9060 5 жыл бұрын

You make this look incredibly easy bro

@lukeonyt 5 жыл бұрын

To speed up the learning process, be sure to practise these skills while clipped in on your $10000 bike!

@rizkiyoist 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah you're gonna need that extra adrenaline rush for more control. Now you know you can't fall.

@ftrider1768 5 жыл бұрын

I've found bunny hops quite useful with the amount of pot holes I have encountered 👍

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

It's an essential skill!

@danielbum912 5 жыл бұрын

Bloody Chris man, how cool can a single person be?!

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Chris - is this really you commenting?😉

@danielbum912 5 жыл бұрын

@@gcn Well of course not! But I uhhh.... he should definitely get a raise.

@ragzard 5 жыл бұрын

And there are some skills I never thought about! Picking up things from the floor is useful and I never had de idea of not stopping to do it.

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Let us know if you master the skill

@noahfontaine7832 5 жыл бұрын

I love the weelie

@sureshchinnappa2290 5 жыл бұрын

Great advice thank you.

@erwineerwine 5 жыл бұрын

good tricks! :) thanks 👍🏻👍🏻

@michaellee1663 5 жыл бұрын

Ok, genuinely impressed. Skills Chris ! 👌

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

We're going to do a part 2 - challenge Chris with your most difficult skills and we'll see what he can do! 👇

@andrewward78 5 жыл бұрын

Great video guys

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Andrew, appreciate it 👍

@palicar 5 жыл бұрын

Ride a nose wheelie (stoppie) for 5m or so.

@nerdygurl 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe Chris could try a fish&chips, only seen it done on a fixed gear tho.

@jen3800 5 жыл бұрын

replace a dropped chain whilst riding. do a nose wheelie ( on the front wheel ) and do a 360 spin hop your road bike up a set of stairs and back down again ( sideways, one wheel at a time , like a dancer ) shake it like Travolta !

@dadannurjaman2729 5 жыл бұрын

I will try n practice all 5 skills above

@NoxiousNoodles 5 жыл бұрын

Track stand not overly important? How else am I meant to blow away all the commuters on their Bromptons at the traffic lights?

@panzerveps 5 жыл бұрын

The only way to win a traffic light drag race against an e-bike.

@rizkiyoist 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe learn how to clip in the first time every time.

@fissionchips8840 5 жыл бұрын

Just a nice little tea break video 📹 😁👍

@jessetamez7362 5 жыл бұрын

All of the skill videos you have done are sooooo good. It may seem unimportant to some but it really raises ones ability to stay on the bike !

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jesse

@jesusenriqueriveratellez531 5 жыл бұрын

Wheelie good!!!

@jodyhodge2129 5 жыл бұрын

Need to practice my bunny hop. Due to traffic I had to bunny hop over some road kill..... Only got the the front wheel over.

@CountryLifeChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Love it

@kitayvelik 5 жыл бұрын

nice skills

@tobiasbarlandkvarsnes4925 5 жыл бұрын

Cool video love gcn

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@UbzUnclemax 5 жыл бұрын

Are these videos suggested by the presentators themselves? Because it absolutely looks like an idea from such a cool guy as Chris. Would love to see a part 2!

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

We shall look into it...

@lucasb.3236 5 жыл бұрын

I need this in my life

@taufikabidin412 5 жыл бұрын

bunny hop is essential for those nasty potholes, jumping kerbs and short high speed bumps. Track stand is essential for waiting in an intersection and zebra cross.

@Randomxnames 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing video.

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jordan!

@wickermanbass 5 жыл бұрын

Are these skills wheelie necesssary to learn? If so I suggest trying to put on and taking of a jacket or a gillet while doing a wheelie.

@robertk1975 5 жыл бұрын

Wow 🙂

@MihoStreams 5 жыл бұрын

Opie is the best

@AKG77 5 жыл бұрын

I almost did a wheelie while going up a steep slope and recently a video on GCN showed a pro rider who went wheelie while on a slope too. So I reckon the best way is to practice like that assisted by gravity, with normal shoes of course. That and trackstand are the 2 things I deifinitely want to learn.

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, good idea. Good luck practising and let us know if you master them

@bronze_athena 5 жыл бұрын

I suspect practicing any of these would be better done first on something softer than bitumen! And maybe some elbow and knee pads just in case ... But doing a trackstand is now going to be my next season goal :)

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Good stuff - hope the trackstand goes well

@lisapet160 5 жыл бұрын

Do it at home as an off-season routine. Why wait for the next season?

@jen3800 5 жыл бұрын

i am scared s#@&less to try a wheelie, but a club rider taught me to deal with a dropped chain whilst riding ! just reach down and put it back on the chainring and slowly pedal forward and bob's yer uncle ! very useful on a club ride or in a race, as long as you are a very experience bike handler and rider. Not for new riders.

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

That's an essential skill for sure!

@kofikeelson2493 4 жыл бұрын

Subbed

@petinka721 5 жыл бұрын

Dan has got a shallenger!

@bornonthetrails7809 5 жыл бұрын

Good enough for Road Bike Party 4? Yes or no folks? I'm still waiting for GMBN vs. GCN skills challenge. Both sets of presenters must use both MTB and Road for each skill challenge.

@gaboespinosa9117 5 жыл бұрын

Practice makes perfect but no one is perfect 😜😉

@vhasu 5 жыл бұрын

Could we see Ollie doing the same tricks? Could be fun...

@iflya 5 жыл бұрын

Bunny hop? Looks more like a spud-hop. Neil might be able to help ;)

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Haha, we'll have to ask our friends over on GMBN!

@therisingphoenix8117 4 жыл бұрын

As a kid falling off the bike was nothing, just a few scratchers no big deal but now after one day that the pedal broke I have the fear of falling down again or the chain coming off the bike and I just don't know what to do. And I'm a bit overweight so every time I feel like if I stand up while riding the pedals will broke and I'm going to be on the ground.

@alberttraje7183 5 жыл бұрын

How can I bunny hop if I'm using flat pedals ? Usually its easier when using bmx bikes but on road bikes how ? I only able to push my back wheel as Dan said on his vid about bunny hop. But I can't lift my bike when I'm almost there. Is pedals matter ? Or just keep practicing ?

@hjshoon5244 5 жыл бұрын

Impressive. All presenters able to do it? I remember Dan, Si, Matt had videos showing some of these moves

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Presenter challenge!?

@LukeGJPotter 5 жыл бұрын

The Melodia del Bosco hotel carpark, hope ye lads enjoyed the Cyclist Pasta post-ride.

@charls591 5 жыл бұрын

What's the best frame color for a hardtail mtb? Thank you 😁

@davidharper6792 5 жыл бұрын

c c h a r l e s , Orange.

@EgelundB 5 жыл бұрын

How to get a pair of legs like those?!

@joshuafoster8976 5 жыл бұрын

#askgcnanything #gcntraining should we be doing these on rest days? as an alternative to easy spins. It always helps having improved bike handling

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, great idea

@BankruptMonkey 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know why I keep watching these bike skills. I barely just learned how to ride as an adult a month ago, and I still am not good enough at normal riding to go more than ten minutes without giving a panicked screech

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

You can do it!

@thegamingwolf9036 5 жыл бұрын

Team gcn, what is the furthest distance u guys have cycled and how did u guys feel after it

@TheWaxChainFanClub 5 жыл бұрын

Looks great when the Adonis here does it. I'm a mess of a man.

@CamNicholls 5 жыл бұрын

My mates would need to wrap me in bandages if I attempted those tricks in the carpark before they rocked up.

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Nice mates you have! 👍

@CamNicholls 5 жыл бұрын

Let me rephrase, I would need to ask my mates to wrap me in bandages.

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@simonknowles4267 5 жыл бұрын

Public notice: No camelback bottles were hurt in the making of this video.

@jamesibbett4830 5 жыл бұрын

We shall agree to disagree about the track stand as it improves balance, not so vital on a road bike but in my view a must on a mountain bike.

@werdna1969 5 жыл бұрын

Can you also teach me how to look nonchalant after crashing my bike trying to pop a wheelie?

@8paolo96 5 жыл бұрын

i would really like to learn how to trackstand, but i'm ever scared practicing it becouse of the clipless pedals, if i lose balance i will probabibly fall to the ground still attached to the bike, any hint? it's worth trying it on an other bike or with normal shoes?

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Paolo - 100% worth learning with your normal shoes. Plus, find a grassy area. It's a softer landing and we've all been there with the trackstand practice fails.

@panzerveps 5 жыл бұрын

Buy a pair of cheap flat pedals. Also recommended for learning to wheelie.

@jan4946 5 жыл бұрын

Plus, falling off a bike on soft ground (grass) at super slow speed doesn't actually hurt as much as you'd think. Recently fell off while track-standing before a traffic light ._. Just some light bruises.

@robertoriv5574 5 жыл бұрын

It also really helps if you're on a slight uphill.

@Valryas 5 жыл бұрын

You said i can learn it anywhere, but my bathroom apparently not good enough to learn bunny hop

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

A road is probably best

@reyesmartinez512 5 жыл бұрын

I want too see a battle Blake GMBN against you guys GCN

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

That would be interesting

@sudduthaaron 5 жыл бұрын

You forgot the 6th and most essential skill...how to unclip from your pedals while laying on the ground! :-)

@thesimplecooks 5 жыл бұрын

Can I bust a spoke or ruin my wheel true easily if I bunny hop? I've popped many spokes from potholes and 4-5 cm curbs.

@isaacheng1046 5 жыл бұрын

Brian R no ur wheel should be able to handle that kind of pressure normally

@Antibionic50 5 жыл бұрын

Riding backwards doesn't seem plausible somehow...

@albr4 5 жыл бұрын

better go fixed...

@koko-lores 5 жыл бұрын

You roll backwards and just pedal backwards in order to prevent you from stopping/going forwards, since the freehub will catch otherwise

@PodOfHeat 5 жыл бұрын

GCN teaching us how to pop a wheelie?! Whatever next!

@heytreacle 5 жыл бұрын

Can we at least get one helmet-off sequence in Chris’s videos? And, actually, how does he fit that hair inside his helmet anyway?

@justsomeguy69696969 5 жыл бұрын

Help! I'm 19 and ride my bike daily and can go fairly quick, I'd like to test it against others properly but can't seem to find a way to get information about races in the North West of the UK. If anyone could help it'd mean alot

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Check out British Cycling's website Cameron. Lots of good racing and great clubs near to you. All the best!

@justsomeguy69696969 5 жыл бұрын

@@gcn thank you and I keep trying the website and clubs but always end up at a dead end.

@SIvers-or2ke 5 жыл бұрын

My skill is to have a coffee while I wait. Either that or sleep in for an extra 5 mins.

@cauabuenoo 5 жыл бұрын

Portal wheeling

@benstanden8784 5 жыл бұрын

Show off ;)

@basvredeling 5 жыл бұрын

Does riding backwards subtract Strava kms?

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

Never thought about that...

@HarleyBreakoutGuy 5 жыл бұрын

I'm 53 years old still I look silly doing this?

@gcn 5 жыл бұрын

We don't think so!

@ghostmansk651 5 жыл бұрын

0:56 You call this bunnyhop, right? I guess you dont know what's preload...

@jamesibbett4830 5 жыл бұрын

I will just leave this here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bcCdfdeKxru4kWQ.html

@eriktabor6478 5 жыл бұрын

Good info, but lacks the humor you’d find in one of these videos a year ago. That humor is what set this channel apart from many of the others. I miss it.

@ltu42 5 жыл бұрын

I for one like Chris' matter-of-factly delivery much more than the silly antics of old.