How To Do A Flying Mount | Can Heather Learn From A Pro Triathlete?
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Whether you are racing an Ironman or a Super Sprint triathlon, the flying mount is a skill that can save you valuable seconds in every race! Pro triathlete Mark Buckingham teaches our very own Heather Fell this
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Well as you probably know I've done a few Ironmen already but I've never actually done anything shorter or faster so I've never had the pressure of having to do a flying mount, but I feel it might be time that I've got to give it a go. Bucko for his sins has very kindly offered to try and teach me. I think me might have his work cut out. That's my teacher.
To be honest, I've never been particularly good at mounting, even as a kid. So I was brought up riding ponies and horses and my parents spent years trying to teach me how to mount and I was told I looked like a sack of potatoes. So I'm not really holding out for jumping on a bike. It is slightly smaller than a horse, I guess. Maybe a smaller saddle if that's a good thing. Might be uncomfortable if I miss it though. Yeah it looks so easy when he does it. He can do it slow or fast. It's just like hopping on. How can that be hard? Now obviously you're an ITU athlete, and you're used to, you have to get on fast, but for me does it really make any difference, 'cause I'm confident, I'm safe just getting on my bike.
So as you get your bike from the racking and you come into the mount line, the fundamental difference between stopping and getting on your bike and doing the flying mount is basically, how Heather showed, she came to the line and actually decelerated and stopped to get on the bike before pedalling away. Whereas with the flying mount you're accelerating all the way, over the line and then onto your bike.
She's doing really good. It's confidence it is with a lot of these things. She was worried about just putting all the weight on one pedal to begin with but she's got the knack of that now. She's just flying through it. She was really hesitant at even giving it a go to begin with and now you at her, she just can't stop herself. And that's what you wanna do, once you've got over that first scary part, just putting your weight on one pedal then you can just do it time and time again then.
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I've done 60 triathlons and at 62 years old reckon it's time to give all this a try! Wish me luck!!
How did it go?
I love the 'tutor', 'pupil' aspect of this video - works really well with the presenters. Some of the best GTN videos have been seeing Heather start her triathlon career (Chattanooga, Kona, this vid) and experiencing it alongside her (seeing her emotion boil over at the end of Kona was really moving and hugely motivating to watch). As a beginner triathlete, its inspirational to see ax ex-Olympian have the same worries, concerns and questions I do despite being a fraction of the athlete she is. Keep up the great work guys!
This was an amazing video... Reason is you could clearly feel the emotions Heather was going through while doing her attempts... Way a go Heather, tip of the hat for your hard efforts on getting this done... YOU ROCK!!!
It’s worth staying out loud that the saddle should impact against the inner thigh... then slide down on the seat and pedal pedal pedal!
Watch 7:51
Keeping your shoes on the bike reduces transition time and get you biking faster.
Dismounting on left side- exit so the right foot is in front (crossing the left leg) and right foot lands first.
I am no triathlete but we used to do these mounts all the time as kids. In fact most people where I'm from mount their bike like that. I can also swing my leg on the front side while mounting but that would be difficult on a triathlon bike. Another funny thing is we used to ride adult bikes as kids and since we couldn't reach the pedals we would ride under the top tube.
I used to do this a child! I never thought about it but now as an adult who is coming back to cycling I am motivated to relearn this skill. My childhood freedom awaits. Thanks Heather!
I learned on a MTB on grass, lessens the fear factor... also practicing putting feet in / out of shoes attached to the bike can be practiced on a turbo or spin bike when you don't have to watch the road! Great video.
Heather you are awesome!! Thank you for going outside of your comfort zone to do this video! The look on your face has inspired me to try to learn this too!!!
Get Sven Nys for a crossover for flying mounts.
Happiest Heather ever :)
I really love this video! everyone is getting better at presenting and becoming more natural. also it's great content! definitely inspired me to stop delaying things and to learn how to do a flying mount. Keep up the good work!!!
I've been waiting for this video since I first heard of GTN. Feel the same way as Heather at the beginning so I have a bit of faith I can actually learn now
You should have re-run the mounting race at the end to see whether Heather was indeed faster using the new techniques she has learnt. She certainly looked smoother and quicker!
This was way more comprehensive than the GCN video on the same topic. Brillant content and presentation!
Looks like Buckingham needs practically no forward speed at all - good teaching skills too, nice work Mark!
I'm sure it was unintentional, but the dismount are also quite educational. Heather intuitively uses a CX dismount when she's practicing stepping on one pedal.
Great vid. I had the same dilemma. For me, the cleated shoes were the concern. 👍🏻
Loved seeing how pleased Heather was with herself as she progressed through the video. I have taught flying mounts to several groups of new triathletes and I always love seeing that confidence build 😁.
Right after pedaling hands free this was the next skill on my bucket list to master. After watching this I think I'm ready to give it a go. Thanks, great video!
this was a really great video, cool to see a pro learning something new
Fantastic video guys, really well explained and great to watch. Chappeau guys keep em coming.
Really enjoy watching GTN vids. But here, poor Heather, it seems Mark forgot to explain that during the Flying Mount one should land on the inner part of a thigh, whereas Heather was landing directly on her crotch. Ouch!
This is probably the most detailed how-to for the mount/dismount I've found. Thanks so much! I'm looking to shave a day or two off of my transition times, lol.
Got all the kids in the Go-Ride club I coach doing this perfectly now (and the dismount) for their cyclocross racing. So cute watching a bunch of 6-8 year olds doing it.
Good job!
What’s interesting to me is that coming from a mountain and DH background these are all very basic skills you learn mucking around, learning to balance, throwing your weight around and mounting on terrain that momentum is needed to push off while for trained triathletes it may not be easy or feel natural. I honestly rarely mount any bike at a stand still and just figured it was normal.
Make sure your seat post and saddle are torqued to spec 😉
Having two waterbottles behind your saddle makes it a little harder though.
Both the scoot and the flying mount are useful in shorter distances, like sprint or olympic, in which you probably won't find much use for seatpost bottles.
In half-ironman or ironman distances, there's no need to rush through transition unless you're Tim Don or Sebastian Kienle.
Oh I suppose eh? I should set my bike up exactly like I'll be racing to work out all those bugs!
@@rafaelmondini Sure, but i does look cool and the wows from the audience give you a little boost as well.
In our home town, where the bike paths cross roads, we can get a ticket if we don't “dismount”, so from the time we're off training wheels everyone pretty much knows how to ride one foot dragging on the road and one on the peddle like at 4:30. It was really shocking to me that an experienced triathlete wouldn't know how to do that! Glad to see she got the hang of it.
When I was a kid, the scoot was just how you got on a bike. Whatever kind of bike. Didn't even think about it. Decades after not riding a bike I started commuting. 2 years into that I was in a rush leaving the shopping centre. I scooted onto my front suss hybrid. Didn't even think about it. Half a second later I'm inside the bike with a gash down my leg. I still don't know how.
I suppose it takes practice.
That is such a wonderful feeling we get when achieving this
Well done Heather ..... proud of you. :-)
The running speed with cleats is irrelevant, because putting on the shoes while riding is so much slower unless you are really pro at it (and it's by far the harder part to learn). But learning the flying mount teaches also the flying dismount and that saves some time.
We need more content like this!
Great job!
Not sure what I am more worried about like Heather... hurting myself or damaging the bike from falling over in the mounting process, ha (both???)
Great video. I've stacked it trying this so many times but shall definitely be breaking it down and giving it another go.
Maybe this sounds stupid, but what about a basic bike handling skills video? I came to Triathlon through running, and so the bike is a big scary thing for me. I often struggle with cycling with one hand...so on longer rides I end up dehydrated because I’m too unsteady to reach for a water bottle...and cornering is horrifying. I’ve tried looking online for other videos, but I feel like they don’t break thing down enough. 😩
ya that a good idea nearly all of my cycling was on a full suss mountain bike
Have you looked at the GCN videos? They usually have some good stuff. From my experience, you want to start getting comfortable doing one handed by just taking your hand just a few inches off the bars at a time, and slowly work your way up until you can reach your bottle cage. Hope I could help
I'm with you. I've gotten okay with the front bottle cage, but the back one is still really tough.. and I don't like drinking on steep climbs because I'm afraid I'll lose my balance. I've been figuring it'll just get comfier with time, but basic tips would certainly be appreciated.
I agree - frankly, a video about how to get used to aerobars would be very helpful for me. Like you, I came to this from running
Ben Thompson only way to get comfy in aero is to ride it. When I went from a size 52 Blue to my 54 PRsix I had to relearn because all the body positions and feel was different
I’ll try it but not on pavement on race day bike. Great video!
Thanks!!! Very good explanations!!!!
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
Haven't quite mastered the shoes on the pedal bit, I mount cyclocross style with MTB shoes so I can still run out of and into transition.
Don't think I will be practicing on a several thousand £ bike tho.😱😱
Been doing it since forever, never thought about breaking it down, intrested, Now the rolling dismount as well.
We might want to mention that it is key to have first impact with the saddle a bit off centre on your inner thigh. The alternative can be painful. Also: Not as easy with a behind the seat bottle...
Great video, great hosts. Best triathlon channel on youtube by far.
Can we get a follow up video of doing it with the triathlon shoes?
That actually show this at the end of the video.
that murdered out time machine is gorgeous!
Am I the only one who thought "Is this some kind of a spoiler?" when I read "Heather Fell"? :D
Anyway: very nice video! It's just about time I learn to do this!
Best video yet! Keep up the good work!
Could also teach us how to do a dismount pls? 😂
This is such a helpful video. Thank you so much!
Great Job Heather!
when you own a P5X but you can't mont your bike.
Um, she can mount it. Just not in the most efficient way.
I don't think that's her's. I thought the rode a p4 or p5.
i can do it since i remember riding a bike. as a children we used to do that all the time... sorry i cannot understand whats so difficult about that when u riding a bike for years...
@@maisetas ya back home the cops hassel us if we don't “dismount” crossing the road (from the path) so every kid who rides a bike learns that trick pretty quick.
@@maisetasu had clipless pedals as a kid? Now that you say it, i notice that I do this all the time with my normal bike and platform pedals. TBH it's not hard with platform pedals. With clipless shoes, quite a bit more tricky.
I learnt flying mount when I was maybe 8, at the oldest. My mum's a triathlete and I was doing triathlons so she taught me, but my only skill is balance so I found it easy- easier than standing start tbh. To this day, at the traffic lights or whatever, I'd rather completely get off my bike and do a 'flying mount' start every time. I thought everyone did them- until I went to my first tri as an adult and even tops of the age groups didn't do it... I'm still baffled that people don't do it all the time.
Even for a road cyclist like myself I will give this a go and if I master it will be a cool skill to show off
You should watch how a little 500 collegiate race does it.
If you're really going to do the flying mount you need to have your shoes clipped in and rubber banded to your bike - none of that running shoe stuff. The whole point is the time you save putting on your shoes while riding, not just the 2-3 seconds from a faster bike mount.
Sure, but you probably want to *learn* how to do it using flat shoes. Did you not see the end though? They did it with cycle shoes
you do a flying mount barefoot. pointless with ANY type of shoe on
Lower your seat post when starting to practice the flying mount to make it a bit easier. Oops just got to the part in the video when they suggest this....
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I could do this when I was 8 or 9. Get it together!
Do triathletes wear clipless pedals
I remember when I was young I had a bike so massive that I couldn't get on it any other way than the scoot.
Nice, riding cross-chained 👍 Very good example to people
my tip for learning the flying mount: Try a cyclocross race .... Don't use your tri-bike though, bad idea.
Great! I'm like Heather at the beginning of the video... Now I should try 😅
I do the scooting thingy when I am late, got realy quick shifting weight form tires to shoes and lifting the bike as well, which is more a cyclocross skill. Seems easy to me, but is probably a lot harder on a tt bike with such low handlebars.
Shes So cute doing the flying mount 😁
Thanks so much for this video.
Nice video, as always. Is Mark 2 left handed? I don't think I've ever seen a normal person mount their bike from the right.
That elastic band looks like it could get stuck in the chain if you're unlucky.
Thank you for this Video!
Nice one guys!!
Damn those roads look sooo smooth compare to my eastern france ones !!
Love your videos guys love it
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Thanks Heather, but that is precisely what I did (first time on Thursday 04:38 GMT - weird time, but I was up for the 06:00 swim).
Noob question, don't you guys ever do biking and running with the running shoes....so no clipless pedals, no changing out shoes etc etc??
Thanks for the great tips 👍
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i cant wait for china to rip off i mean make a homage of the p5x
I learned to do that when i was a kid!!!
you spelled "attaching" wrong @ 9:42...nice video though!
I'm surprised Heather was so nervous and scared to try even learning this skill - of all the things to freak out about cycling (riding in traffic, learning to use clipless pedals, controlling the bike in aerobars, descending at speed, etc), this seems like it should be a relatively stress-free thing to work on.
I'm on the same boat. Can do all these other stuff you mentioned except for the flying mount.
3:42 I like to callit the "Chinese Mount" because that's how most Chinese people mount their bicycle no matter their age and no matter the kind and size of their bicycle.
Awesome video!
That guy at 6:07 hahaha
9:42 attatching? ^^ how do you deal with bottle cages behind your saddle, first method or can you jump over the bottles safely, without risking ejecting them ? I admit I never tried jumping on the bike like that, just because I was never in a position where I would desperately need those 5-10 seconds.
Used to do this sort of thing on my paper round
Your bedals must be vice versa so you can put immediatly power on your pedals
well done! thank you
He teaches the technique in ten minutes, the video takes 12.
I run with it an jump I bounce a bit on the saddle and both my feet land on the pedals at the same time
Is that why triathletes tie their shoes with rubber bands?
yes
Yes, exactly! The rubber bands break off and you're on your way.
Even if you don't do the full on flying mount, it seems to be a good idea anyway, because lots of triathlon transitions are on grass and get super muddy, which can jam up cleats. Not a HUGE problem with SPD-SL pedals, but for those of us on Speedplay, can definitely cause problems.
They rubberband them to the cranks so that the shoes stay parallel to the ground instead of turning with the pedals
Heather❤. So adorable 🥰
How do you steer the bike while you’re running with it?
quick question: does it make a difference running with the bike holding the saddle or stem? I run with my hand on the stem as my from wheel has a lot of movement and holding on to the saddle will more than likely make the bike skew into the wrong direction. would this make it easier to mount? What do you guys think?
@9:40 I'm pretty sure that's not how you spell "attaching" :)
for man, if you go wrong with a flying mount, somethings going to crack and its going to hurt, a lot
Wouldn't feel too nice for a woman either.
Club la Santa. I’m jealous
I find it much more difficult in cycling shoes. Especially a rolling dismount.
which aerobar is the design profile? V4+ ? thankss
Great video
Thanks Amy!
What is the model of the profile design arm pad?😅
What was the first mount type called?
I dont understand how i can do it when the pedal is horizontal but i cant do it when the pedal is vertical
This is why I do MTB