Five Skills Every Track Cyclist Needs
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- Getting started cycling on the velodrome can be daunting, but every track rider has started there! Conor, Manon and Alex take you through 5 essential skills which will have you riding like a pro in no time!
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Have you mastered any of these skills on the track? Let us know in the comments!
Track stands aren't an essential skill to get started riding and racing at the velodrome. Occasionally useful in match sprinting but not necessary at the beginner level since all other events are bunch races or TTs with a flying start or standing start being held. A much more useful skill is to know how to hold another rider so they can practice standing starts.
2:17 It's easier to track stand when you turn your wheel into the side slope of the road or track. Since roads are sloped downward from center to gutter, Alex is demonstrating what is easiest on the right edge of the road, turning the wheel up slope to the left with the left crank forward. Tracks are sloped upward to the right, so it is easiest as he later shows to turn the wheel to the right. But because of significant toe overlap on track bikes, it is much better to have the right crank forward to avoid banging the front wheel into ones shoe while wobbling around.
Have wanted to try track riding but haven't worked up the courage. After Manon took the guys out, I looked into our local velodrome, Major Taylor in Indianapolis. They have a 3 hour class that's required for new track riders and then 2 or 3 informal training sessions. Cost includes a bike rental. Maybe I will go out.
On my one and only time on the track I was amazed how much of this was easy to pick up, but I’m guessing fixie and MTB experience counts for something (though I still can’t track stand!!) 🤣
@@JB-sb1qg Do it! Track riding and racing is too much fun. Major Taylor is a bigger 333m outdoor track with less steep bankings (28 deg). A few laps into the class you'll wonder what all the fuss is about.
@@oldanslo Right! That's exaktly what I wanted to add to this - in general - useful video.
The advantage of turning the front wheel to the right is, too, that you are always riding 'uphill', no matter if you are going forward or backward. So you can kind of swing back and forth as if you were standing in a sink. That makes the whole thing much easier. To have the right crank forward help in doing that, because any pressure on the right leg caused by a littel loss of balance starts a movement to right/uphill and corrects itself automatically.
But more important is this: Don't start practising track stand in the wrong way (as - unfortunately - the presenter does)!!! Once you have learnt it in the wrong way, it will be 5 times more difficult to break that habit and learn it correctly!!!
I can really tell Manon is in her element on the track. This has been a very interesting series of videos that I really didn't know that much about. Thank you GCN and Manon!
I like how they positioned Manon on the track to make her look almost as tall as Conor.
Almost...
The dragon queen 🐉 👑 more than makes up for it
It’s the same thing they do when people stand next to Tom Cruise. 😅
If only one of the GCN crew had made an attempt on the hour record on the track then you would have a full range of perspectives. But no ones name comes to mind, no one at all.
😂 It was hardly mentioned...
manon is killing it with the track videos, learning makes the olympic track cycling more interesting to watch(on GCN+ of course Dan)
With a track stand you want the frame to pointing slightly down the track with your front wheel pointing slightly up the track, this will require less pressure on the pedals to maintain your position. Thus meaning you can hold the track stand for longer without tiring your legs.
Also the right pedal should be in the forward position not the rear, not only will it be a better body position but on smaller frames the toe of the rider can touch the back of the wheel when the wheel is turned that far.
Everything about the sport is very important!
Tip nr1 have a velodrome around your location... Mine is around 230 km away...
Mine is 15 min away. Sorry
@@lightningll2991 :( lucky
mine is some 320 km away, too :(
You forgot overtaking. It’s important to know how to overtake riders. Greetings from Denmark.
Especially in a Team Pursuit 😂
Loving the track content. I’ve ridden track since I was about 8 so it’s really cool a different perspective. Keep it up 👍
I learned the lesson to not try and freewheel a fixie whilst in road traffic. It's the worst feeling on a bike and impossible to mentally recover from on the spot. Your brain and pedal position become detached, you also get thrown into the air because you've locked your legs up.
I won't ride a fixie on the road after that. I like standing up around traffic obstacles to get a better view which isn't possible in fixed gear. Also like to be able to throw my weight to the back of the bike to break quickly which isn't any option and I couldn't figure out how to cerb hop in fixed gear. I think freewheels are far safter on the road.
YES! More TRACK content! Fantastic!
Love these track videos, especially since I wanted to try track for a long time. Will give me confidence before the first run. Thanks guys!
Great to hear!
Track skills are life skills.
Soooo true!
Manon is a good track rider, and I think she got experience too.i don't when I will be able to ride in a Velodrome...🤔
More videos about the track please, also explaining the different disciplines/races on the track , cheers 👍🏼
Thanks so much Manon for this new series kinda I have been dying for gcn to do track
I would love to give track cycling a try; too bad there isn't a velodrome within 300 miles of me and my yard is too small to build one like Conor.
Everyone should try and get a session on the track. You will learn so much. I started out as a schoolboy on the steep 45° short wooden track at Harlow back in the 1980s.(the track is longer there 😢) it was great fun and you got to experience g forces when you hit the banks.
Love the riding + explaining shoot. So smooth 👌
Yes! Love the track content! Would even love a dedicated track channel.
Love the track content, awesome videos! Gotta hop on a velodrome ASAP! 🦿
Loving all the track content!
Beautifully presented. Much water under the bridge since I watched you win the Irish National Road Race in Sligo...
I've loved this series. Track races in Olympics have always been kind of a mystery to me. Finally things are starting to make sense.
Love everyone coming out of the woodwork (pun intended) for these track videos
Great skills
Nice video, thanks :)
Nice video - I like the progression of videos. It would be good to continue to track drills & session that work up to accreditation. There's not much on the internet about it or in print I've noticed.
Thanks Simon, good idea.
hey Manon were can i find that handlebar I had be looking for one since pinarello announce the maat back before covid I think. You should also review your track bike is quite a beauty bike
As a track cyclist it got my heart racing just watching this
I likr to track stand at certain stoplights that are 'monitored' to get across the busy car arteries asap.
bad advice at 3:25 regarding pedal positioning. trackstanding is always easiest with your dominant foot forward, but if you're gonna pick one it should be right foot forward on the velo so you don't have toe overlap with your wheel pointed right to hold you up the track banking.
Manons bike looks amazing, way better than these weird lotus bikes!
I was wondering about track ridding and thanks to these videos I know is not for me. I don’t mind watching but I don’t think I could do that.
Sadly there's only one velodrome in Sweden nowadays, we used to have 2 just in Stockholm, but nowadays it's only in Falun...
manon is bike champ.
I just came here to say Kenny and Archibald in the Madison whoooop!!!!
Very nice ❤ Hello from Italy. I support you 👍+🔔🔔
When Manon said to practice head buts. How would that work with Conor? The rider trying to head but Conor would go straight under his arm, and Conor's head would look like it was caught by a gust of wind.
you could headbutt his armpit, maybe...
Manon 🥰
When will GCN have longsleeve bibs & jerseys back in stock? 😁
No brakes, fixed gear, … Gonna need a new bike!
Can you get Blake and Neil from GMBN on a velodrome. That would be fun.
What about the lunge?
Love the track video can you mane more please
I’ll like to see some fixed gear videos🙃
Is 1:50 and 5:23 the same moment in time?
Sounds like Manon has a card clothespinned to her chainstay. Like we did as kids.
I can't tell whether it's Manon's or Alex's bike that has the noisy drive-train. Can't be very efficient!
Sounds like Mannon is on a clockwork bike
So what is the reason for not having a free wheel?
Track bikes have no brakes, so your only means of slowing down is to apply backwards pressure on the pedals. You wouldn't be able to do that with a freewheel - it would just spin the cranks backwards without applying any braking force to the rear wheel. You'd be surprised at how quickly you can slow down on a fixed gear bike with a little practice!
Mamma mia
Where’s hank????
Mastered? None. I can do all but riding out of the saddle.
More track content please. Maybe a presenter competition?
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Sounds like Conor has definitely pedaled backwards.
Who's up for a bit of "argy-bargy"?
A noob question: Why do track bikes have a fixed gear? Sounds like an unnecessary handicap to me.
fixed gear is SO MUCH BETTER at maintaing momentum, it's not even fair.
also, it's lighter than a freewheel/freehub
Handicap compared to what? Fixed gear eliminates the need for hand brakes.
@@oldanslo I mean compared to a transmission with multiple gears, not compared to a single speed with free running. Being stuck with one gear ratio seems like a huge disadvantage to me. I remember being so happy to have my first bike with multiple gears as a kid and what a huge improvement that was - even on the flats.
@@PatrickvonMassow no hills on the track so no need for gears.
first
Track stand is idiotic advice. First of all, being immobile on the track during a group workout is a great way to cause an extremely serious accident: at least two track riders have been paralyzed for life by crashing into stopped riders. This requires a spotter on the track to warn oncoming riders. Secondly, you put your right pedal front when wheel is turned right, apart from the obvious balance issue, putting left pedal out will cause shoe wheel overlap. Etc.
I'd let Manon teach me how to ride anytime.
Why so many track videos-what’s up?
Track is on at the Olympics right now and this is a great tie in to boost the algorithm.
Because track cycling rocks
What are the reasons that track bikes are fixed and have no brakes? Surely the sport would be safer and better if bikes had a freewheel and a rear brake? I'm thinking about being able to safely bunnyhop a crashed rider in front of you, brake more controllably to avoid hitting them altogether, the immense pain and damage done to the rider if they suffer a knee-injury or cramp up whilst riding fixed at speed etc...
Fixed gear are more efficient maybe ? And fun, oh yeeaaah !
It's supposed to be the purest form of cycling. Also it's actually safer with no brakes, as excluding falls, no one is going to slow suddenly Infront of you
@@marekkrol5652 I wondered about that but single rear brake probably can't stop any faster than backpedalling a fixie - making it a moot point. TBH I haven't ridden fixed in about 6 years though.
in most cases, your hands wouldn't be in position to make use of the brakes readily if you had them, and you need a reasonably firm and steady grip on your bars to maintain your line.
If there's a crash that you would even be able to avoid, the crashed riders will slide down the track so you can go up to avoid them.
As mentioned in this video, it takes practice to be able to ride out of the saddle in the corners (how far your bike leans, and the feeling of being pushed down on to your bike is disconcerting for a while) - attempting a bunny hop on the track could be disastrous.
"Needs" - more rushed content from GCN 🙄