20 Things I WISH I Knew as a Beginner Road Cyclist

[@samuel8590]

How about a review of those NEW Bont Vapor SL's you are wearing??

[@tristantakevideo]

If your comment gets 10 likes I’ll do it.

[@CycoWarriorx]

Outstanding tips… for 17, I’d add that a landmark for looking over your shoulder, is chin to shoulder… do not do a torso twist… lol

[@tristantakevideo]

This is a great tip. 👌🏼

[@gauravity]

As a newbie cyclist, I've watched countless videos like this. This one though has so much actual real life advice. Great video and thank you.

[@starlitshadows]

In terms of looking over the shoulder I finally decided to try a bar end mirror. Makes it so much easier to see what is going on behind me. Feel way more comfortable looking over my shoulder when I need to as well. Won't be riding without one anymore.

[@StacyODell]

for shoulder checks, I always dip my opposite elbow at the same time

[@Gufolicious]

beautiful video! so much positivity! its rare these days. thank you for that!

[@chrisridesbicycles]

You can sum up quite a few of them with „go mountainbiking“. You learn a lot of them naturally like being in the right gear before you need it, avoid ground contact with the pedals and so on.

[@ashleyspencer3664]

Tip 9 extension - lean your bike derailleur side, if it falls away from what your leaning hopefully won’t land on anything too expensive

[@WilfredWChen]

Actually helpful tips! Thanks Tristan as always for the great cycling vids!

[@Johann42]

That´s actually a nice beginner friendly video with good beginner tipps. Love it

[@davidmartin305]

Look where you want to go, especially on the exits to corner and drop down a gear or two to keep the cadence on the exit and accelerate out.

[@ItsBugsy]

So helpful, thanks Tristan.

[@tomtennant-Propel]

Great tips

[@DD-tn1um]

V helpful- Thanks

[@GoldenK9Campers]

Great tips.. Thanks so much..

[@daviddjerassi]

Thank you a intelligent video really worth while .

[@johnflynn4923]

Tip #21 - follow Tristans channel for authentic road cycling & racing orientated training content. Buckets of useful info and no nonsense.

[@tristantakevideo]

🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@adamgoodman3422]

Great tips! Big ring cross chaining is so fun tho..:))

[@nik29th]

Great tips, most of them not obvious for beginners

[@wendysuperfan1014]

Thanks Tristan

[@MarriedWithBackpacks]

On the nutricion front: drink mix is overpriced. Make your own by mixing 1kg of sugar with 1kg of maltodextrine. I usually fill my bottles with 50grams. That's 50 grams of carbs. Want 70g carbs, just add 70grams of mix. You can add some flavours if you want. A few squeezes from a lemon in summer makes it quite refreshing. It's a lot cheaper than buying drink mix. Saved me a lot of money when I am riding a lot in summer. Now I'm only spending half my salary on gels lol

[@artempetrov5377]

fructose and maltodesectrin

[@MarriedWithBackpacks]

@@artempetrov5377 That works too. And a pinch of salt if you sweat out a lot of salt. I usually just add that to my bottle instead of to the mix

[@MarcioSa12]

That gives 2:1 ratio, whereas 1:0.8 is now more recommended. I honestly just have sugar which is 1:1 and it’s good enough and cheap.

[@aarondcmedia9585]

Don't even need maltodextrin.

[@aarondcmedia9585]

@@MarcioSa12 this was the result of my research also.

[@jalebkhan]

Learning how to shift - I got a new bike and assumed it was SRAM style - it wasn't. Thankfully, didn't fall!

[@Maxibsa]

What I just learned is, that you have to be the Hulk to be able to remove your pedals from the crank 😂.

[@lorenzodestefano4043]

I Like starting with big gear so you do a little of strength training.

[@Eltoca21]

Interested in tip 2. I come from mountain biking and SERIOUSLY looking to add road biking into the mix. In mtb "cross-chaining and additional wear" doesn't get mentioned, and yet you often have 1 by 10 or 11 etc chainrings on mountain bikes (i.e. surely more opportunity for this to occur?). So why is this an issue for road bikes?

[@semiephemeral9]

another ripper!

[@jimaust5357]

👍 from down under 😁

[@lukeswat81]

If you don’t have a kitchen can you use another room to practice clipping in and out?

[@FlyingFerg]

how wide are your handlebars?

[@wendysuperfan1014]

Will you be at TDU?

[@kevstephen9393]

How's the wheel going?

[@RouvenKasten]

my worst learning: bike size to big!

[@bertusbob]

👍👍👍

[@erniemantell69]

🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡😤😤😤😤😤😤

[@hokiturmix]

no1 tip. You have to learn how to warm up your muscles before getting on the bike. :D 1990 crap quality shifter and most of the time I was in the hardest gear. Knee problems started after 5 y.

[@JibbaJabber]

#Noice

[@kalleandersson916]

Nb4 sound like a mtb cyclist..