In this video, we’re going to get you riding no-handed, hopping up pavement kerbs, looking behind you, riding in a straight line, bunny hopping & riding really really slowly. But why? They are essential skills for cycling plus they help build your bike handling skills and make you a better, more confident rider.
Intro 0:00
0:35 Ride Slowly
1:46 No Hands
2:57 Looking behind
4:10 Straight line
5:00 Bunny hop
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33 Comments
What one skill improved your cycling? Maybe it's not on Si's list? Let us know ๐
Cycling home from the pub when pissed.
Bunny hopping is the hardest one for meโฆhaving been able to do it as a kid on my BMX bikes was easier then it is now on my road bike, even with my feet clipped in.
How is it possible to get the back wheel off the ground if you ride flat pedals?
One scary venomous snake 6:19
The venomous snake is so cute!
Ok now combine it: on a straight line, go hands free, look behind, then bunny hop. ๐๐๐
I can ride no handed since six years old. But my bunny hops still are a hit and miss. Sometimes its perfect, the other time by back wheel still slams into the obstacle.
Top tip: buy a unicycle.
Good video. As a former motorcycle rider (started as a 16 year old and sold the last bike when approaching 70), all the same skills apply except the bunny hop. Started serious bicycling 6 years ago at 72. So now, at 78, Iโll set out to master the bunnyhop ๐๐ thank you, Si!
Simon Richardson's road bike party? ๐
Loved the snake! โค My son has one, long, similar to โKaโ (The Jungle Book by Kipling).
Help please. Anyone know which video inluded a tuna nicoise recipe. It as a while back and a Pro P.T. or nutritionist showed one of the presenters. I loved it but cant find it now.
A warning for shorter riders (or those with ocean liners for feet) when doing low speed turns/figure 8's: TOE CROSS IS A THING!!
It's absolutely true that stuff learned as a child sticks and comes off way easier than learning it afterwards. All I did when I was young was skidding around on my 90s MTB but I learned to ride without hands and pushed myself to ride a kilometer or more, taking turns, etc. and it came back quick after a 10-15 years of hardly riding bicycles at all. However, there are other contributing factors in addition to skill and training: geometry (trail, steerer tube angle?) and tire width, it is pretty easy on my endurance bike with 25 mm tires but my older bike with 23 mm and more of a traditional frame is way harder to control.
That's a beautiful Canyon ๐
When you want to look back and someone is riding next to you, touch his/her shoulder while looking back. This makes sure that you keep riding parallel and not ride into each other.
While riding with no hands is sometimes a useful skill, as Si says, be careful when you use it. A few hours before watching this video, I saw a cyclist riding no hands on a winding mountain road in Colorado. It was a relatively safe stretch (no steep drop off, for instance), but he was swerving from the wide shoulder into the main lane of traffic and back as cars were passing.
As an older cyclist (but a novice) I get that these skills are worthy but the problem I have is a real fear of being โclipped inโ and unable to put a foot down when (inevitably) I do wobble. Should I practice perhaps wearing trainers ๐ and not clipped in?
I canโt un-see this video!
This could work as a game of B.I.K.E. Already some Gmbn and gcn CX videos. Let's do one for roadies please.
Of course the bunny hop! I need to relearn that skill. Used to do it constantly on my BMX bike back when I was a kid, but now at 44 and with the terrible roads here in Puerto Rico, it's nice to have that skill. Also the slow riding, especially when riding through a traffic jam.
Wibbely?
Learn to do an endo. Really useful when you need to turn around on a narrow country lane.
Ride gravel. It really teaches great skills. Number one – look ahead at where you want to go
Venomous snakes ๐ you need to visit us here in Australia Si!!!!
Or you could just ride a mountain bike – not as much lycra, but brilliant fun.
For some of the items (slow speed in particular), if you use clipless pedals, consider switching to flats until you're pretty comfortable in case you have to put a foot down. After that, continue the practice with your cleats so you know how to unclip quickly and are still comfortable.
Riding the line on the side of the road is a partial substitute (and good staring practice) for riding the curb, but be sure to ride slowly while doing it.
Swerving to the left I see….. the skills were impressive too
That looks like a really venomous snake! I would not want to encounter that in one of my rides!
I wish I learned the bunny hop before. Yesterday I fell while riding over a cat running through my weels. Bruisend ribs and broken collar bone as a result. ๐
๐ i am Dutch so these skills i owned at the age of 5 be honest not the bunny hop๐
Great tips. What about a track stand?