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Tips for Perfecting Your Cycling Technique and Style
Practical cycling technique tips: a relaxed upper body, a round pedal stroke, sensible cadence and looking ahead, with pointers to speed, agility and flexibility work.
Riding Skills
Speed, Agility and Flexibility
Drills for quicker handling, faster riding and a more supple position.
The Top 5 Cycling Tricks for Improving Your Skills
Five short, low-risk drills for all-round bike skills: a slow race, line holding, one-hand signalling, a shoulder check and an emergency stop, practised safely.
Tricks to Improve Your Cycling Agility
Low-speed bike handling agility work: tight figure-eights, track-stand practice and quick direction changes that help a bike feel more nimble, done safely.
Tricks to Improve Your Cycling Flexibility
Gentle stretches for cyclists targeting the hips, hamstrings, back and neck, with general guidance on how long to hold them and when to do them around a ride.
Tricks to Improve Your Cycling Flexibility and Agility
How hip and spine mobility helps a rider move around the bike more freely, with simple mobility routines paired with low-speed handling drills.
Tricks to Improve Your Cycling Speed
Free and low-cost ways to cycle faster: sensible tyre pressure, a lower position, steady cadence and short intervals, practised on quiet roads and within your limits.
Tricks to Improve Your Cycling Speed and Agility
Cone slaloms and quick accelerate-and-turn drills for an empty car park, designed to raise your pace while keeping the bike under control, with safety advice.
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