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Essential Cycling Skills for Riding in a Mountainous Terrain
Riding in the mountains: pacing long climbs, choosing gears, descending safely, and planning routes, weather and supplies for a day in high country.
Bikes, Terrain and Weather
Hills and Climbing
Climbing, descending and pacing on hills and mountain roads.
Essential Cycling Skills for Riding in a Hill Country
How to ride repeated rolling hills: using momentum, keeping a shifting rhythm and managing your energy over many short climbs and descents.
Essential Cycling Skills for Riding in a Mountainous Terrain with Steep Hills
How to get down steep roads more safely: braking technique, tired hands and heat, choosing cornering lines and keeping speed under control.
Essential Cycling Skills for Riding in a Mountainous Terrain with Steep Hills and Technical Trails
Steep technical off-road climbs: balancing weight to keep the front wheel down and the rear gripping, choosing lines over rocks and knowing when to walk.
Essential Skills for Riding a Bike on Steep Inclines
The hardest moments on very steep slopes: starting off, stopping safely, zigzagging where it is safe, and getting off the bike without rolling back.
The Best Tricks for Riding a Bike on Hills
Practical hill climbing technique for short and rolling hills: seated versus standing, cadence, changing gears early and breathing steadily.
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