Welcome to the GCN Show – this week we’re discussing crashing on a road bike, and how best to avoid it! Plus, we’re answering that long-standing question – can you ride a pump track on a road bike??
GCN Sale – Up To 50% Off! http://gcn.eu/XJ
Subscribe to GCN: http://gcn.eu/SubscribeToGCN
Register your interest in the GCN Club: http://gcn.eu/XI
Subscribe to GCN en Español: http://gcn.eu/gcn-en-espanol
Submit your inspirational photos here: http://gcn.eu/gcninspiration
Submit your content with our new uploader: http://gcn.eu/upload
Join our Facebook community: http://gcn.eu/FBCommunity
We’ve been let loose this week on the Castle Combe race track just down the road from our HQ in Bath in the UK. The reason we’re here is to answer one of cycling’s most important questions. Just how far can you push it around a corner? How fast can you go? How far can you lean? All being well we’ll have a video for you on Saturday.
In the meantime though, given crashing is pretty inevitable today, we’d actually tackle the subject. No one wants to fall off, so what are the hidden skills in avoiding it. So, what are the five golden rules for avoiding crashing?
To think about avoiding crashing, we should firstly think about the scenarios that often lead to a crash. Starting with group riding, where it’s almost always down to a touch of wheels, whether that’s in a race of a social ride. It’s such a precarious position to be in – a group of cyclists riding so close to so many other riders, the slightest mistake, or overlap of wheels, and you’re probably going to go down. A successful, upright, group relies on everyone acting in each other’s best interests.
If you enjoyed this video, make sure to give it a thumbs up and share it with your friends. ?
If you’d like to contribute captions and video info in your language, here’s the link – http://gcn.eu/XH
Watch more on GCN…
Gravel VS Cyclo-Cross Bike ? http://gcn.eu/gravelcross2
Music:
Cue:
Viper Creek Club – Because I Know (Instrumental)
Epidemic Sound:
Jonas Elander – Afternoon Swing 3
Magnus Ringblom – Horror Trailer 1 T60
Gunnar Johnsen – Documents 10
Johan Svensson – Inescapable
Magnus Ringblom – Victory Themes 1
Martin Gauffin – Salty Breeze 3
Soul Chain 10 – Stefan Netsman
Peaceful Pianos 18 – Martin Klem
Soul Chain 5 – Stefan Netsman
Photos: © Velo Collection (TDW) / Getty Images & © Bettiniphoto / http://www.bettiniphoto.net/
About GCN:
The Global Cycling Network puts you in the centre of the action: from the iconic climbs of Alpe D’Huez and Mont Ventoux to the cobbles of Flanders, everywhere there is road or pavé, world-class racing and pro riders, we will be there bringing you action, analysis and unparalleled access every week, every month, and every year. We show you how to be a better cyclist with our bike maintenance videos, tips for improving your cycling, cycling top tens, and not forgetting the weekly GCN Show. Join us on YouTube’s biggest and best cycling channel to get closer to the action and improve your riding!
Welcome to the Global Cycling Network | Inside cycling
Thanks to our sponsors:
Alta Badia: http://gcn.eu/AltaBadia- // Maratona Dles Dolomites: http://gcn.eu/MaratonaDlesDolomites-
Assos of Switzerland: http://gcn.eu/Assos
KASK helmets: http://gcn.eu/KASK
fi’zi:k shoes and saddles: http://gcn.eu/fizikshoes and http://gcn.eu/fiziksaddles
Wiggle: http://gcn.eu/wiggle
Topeak tools: http://gcn.eu/Topeak
Canyon bikes: http://gcn.eu/-Canyon
Quarq: http://gcn.eu/Quarq
Orbea bikes: http://gcn.eu/Orbea
Trek Bicycles: http://gcn.eu/-Trek
Vision wheels: http://gcn.eu/Vision
Zipp wheels: http://gcn.eu/Zipp
power2max: http://gcn.eu/power2max
Wahoo Fitness: http://gcn.eu/Wahoo-Fitness
Park Tool: http://gcn.eu/-parktool
Continental tyres: http://gcn.eu/continental-
Camelbak: http://gcn.eu/camelbak-
Suscribirse a GCN en Español: http://gcn.eu/Suscribirse
The GCN Club – http://gcn.eu/club
YouTube Channel – http://gcn.eu/gcnYT
Facebook – http://gcn.eu/gcnFb
Instagram – http://gcn.eu/GCNInsta
Google+ – http://gcn.eu/gcnGPlus
Twitter – http://gcn.eu/gcnTW
GMBN Tech – http://gmbn.tech/subscribe
GCN Tech – http://gcntech.co/subscribe
EMBN – http://embn.me/subscribe
Leave us a comment below!
source
What's the best advice you've been given to avoid crashing? Let us know. ?
Great bike, exactly what I expected, lightweight, extremely easy to assemble, great commuter bike.✒>share4.photo/RoadBike?Lち Only two things I could have seen some room for improvment were the brake pads and seat. Pads are really cheap, but thats also a cheap fix to swap them out and the seat is pretty hard. That being said, for the price of this bike you really cant beat it.
Such an useful website, cannot believe the variety of information I could get. Thank you!
He is gonna come off and ruin his trousers
Best advice on not crashing: lose the fear.
Fear make you stressed, stressed make you tighten your arms and hands, which actually gives you less control over the handlebar.
Ride/practice bmx flatland… ☺
I found one piece of advice I had read in a cycling magazine incredibly effective. If you find yourself approaching a hazard, don't keep your gaze fixate on it. That will almost certainly lead you right into it. Instead concentrate of finding your way around it. It really works.
Best tip ever? From an Escape Velocity coach during a group ride, about tight cornering:
When you're riding, always remember to look where you want to go, never at where you DON'T want to go.
One tip for unclipping is to make sure that your foot is horizontal. It's hard to rotate the heel outwards if your foot is pointing down or up.
Communishacation is key.
pls do road bike party 4 with blake XD
Blake training for RoadBikeParty 4?
Blake's a sicko lol
I think you’ll find that Froome’s action on his bike is related to his breathing.
Simon;
"I.e.," = "id est" = "that is"; "e.g., " = "exempli gratia" = "for example". So when you say "I.e, ..for example…" it is, as best, confusing. N.B. the punctuation 'letter period letter period comma.' For the record, Latin sucks.
Best way to avoid crashes in a peloton is: 1.never overlap wheels 2. react 1st by doing nothing 3. Look where you want to go, not at the people crashing all around you.
Best way to avoid crashes in a peloton is
Haha, I think if I finally won a race on my last day of my pro career, I'd have a tough time leaving. I would probably seriously re-evaluate that decision. Maybe I'm hitting my peak?!
how to crash in corners, take turn, hit front brake
Caption competition: Even the spectators need helmets when Si learns to jump.
Simon is afraid he's going "head over heels" for cycling.
The only way to avoid crashing on a road bike is to not ride. its not if you crash, it is when, and are you prepared to deal with it.
Constantly keeping an eye out for parking cars and the drivers opening their doors without looking or even worse, a passenger behind the driver. I've had some close calls, but been lucky enough to avoid an opening door. I think as both a rider and driver, using the Dutch Reach is the best way to open a door. This could culturally prevent many accidents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzIf80eSfCg
James was peddling around the turn on a hard lean.
The bike follows the eyes…look at where you want to go, not where you don't want to go 😉
Caption Contest: "Si tries the E.T. BMX move to escape the bill for the coffee stop"
Caption : is my frontwheel locked in ? ( oups )
A question regarding bike-fitting. Could you please explain what Q-factor is and how much (if any) does it matter? I was about to get a pair of IQ2 powermeters once mentioned on GCN, but comments say that they increase Q-factor from each side by 1cm+. Thanks champs! #torqueback
'first ever casulty of WW1'. you need to be more precise in your referencing, WW1 started in Serbia, with full might of Austrohungarian empire coming down to Serbia.
Besides that, great show…
Ahh, John from Australia…. yeah the blowflies are terrible at the moment!
Caption: The terrifying jump that caused Si to drop some dirt from his hard-tail.