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Road Cycling Skills

Our skills pages cover a variety of skill areas across road cycling, ranging from basics for beginners to tips for more dedicated road racers. Whether it’s preparing for your first sportive, brushing up on your cycling efficiently, or simply looking to boost your confidence on the road, we've got all the information here for techniques to help you improve and progress in road cycling.
Road Cycling Skills

Technique: How to Use Your Gears Efficiently

Learning how to use your gears efficiently will make a huge difference to your cycling. Here's our guide to help you pedal there

Technique: How to Use Your Gears Efficiently
Road Cycling Skills

Road Cycling Etiquette for Riding in a Pack

Riding in a pack can give you free speed, but make sure all the riders know the rules and etiquette to stay safe before setting...

Road Cycling Etiquette for Riding in a Pack
Road Cycling Skills

How to Perfect your Pedal Stroke

Wanting to know the secret to the perfect pedal stroke? We have the answer and it's far easier than you think with these four tips...

How to Perfect your Pedal Stroke
Road Cycling Skills

10 Things You Need to Know About Drafting

Drafting. What is it? Why do cyclists do it? More importantly, how can you draft so that you can ride faster too?

10 Things You Need to Know About Drafting
Road Cycling Skills

Chloe Hosking's Top Tips for Riding in a Crosswind

If you're struggling to ride in a straight line because a nasty crosswind is blowing you around, then fear not. Chloe Hosking shares her top...

Chloe Hosking's Top Tips for Riding in a Crosswind
Road Cycling Skills

Cycling on Winter Roads: Dealing with Gravel, Grit, Puddles and Ice

Winter roads can make road cycling difficult - but they don't need to. Here are our tips on dealing with wet roads, grit, gravel and...

Cycling on Winter Roads: Dealing with Gravel, Grit, Puddles and Ice
Road Cycling Skills

Ask the Expert: When Should You Use the Drops?

We look at why you should take the time to master your drops

Ask the Expert: When Should You Use the Drops?
Road Cycling Skills

Video: How to Master the Cyclocross Dismount

Cyclocross season is here, and it's time to brush up on those skills, like dismounting...

Video: How to Master the Cyclocross Dismount
Road Cycling Skills

Road Cycling Hand Signals and Calls for Group Riding

Learn these road cycling hand signals and calls to make your group rides safe.

Road Cycling Hand Signals and Calls for Group Riding
Road Cycling Skills

7 Easy Steps for Overcoming the Fear of Descending

We enlist the help of Emma Pooley to bring you the definitive guide to overcoming your fear of descending by bike

7 Easy Steps for Overcoming the Fear of Descending
Road Cycling Skills

6 Ways to Make Cycling into a Headwind Easier

Don't lose heart in a headwind with these simple tips

6 Ways to Make Cycling into a Headwind Easier
Road Cycling Skills

Road Cycling Skills: How to Brake Efficiently

Don't be scared to brake, and don't be scared to let go either

Road Cycling Skills: How to Brake Efficiently
Road Cycling Skills

How to: Corner a Road Bike at Speed

Advice from race training that is just as applicable for anyone who wants to learn to corner a road bike

How to: Corner a Road Bike at Speed
Road Cycling Skills

Rookie to Randonneur: Diary of my First Audax

Thinking of trying an audax? Here's a little more information to get you excited about this long distance discipline.

Rookie to Randonneur: Diary of my First Audax
Road Cycling Skills

Commuter to Training Camp: 5 Tips for Cycling Holiday Preparation

Planning a training camp? These tips will help you get fit enough to enjoy your time away...

Commuter to Training Camp: 5 Tips for Cycling Holiday Preparation
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Video: How to do a Cyclocross Running Remount

Once you've got off your bike, you're going to need to get back on...

Video: How to do a Cyclocross Running Remount
Road Cycling Skills

Cycling in Icy Conditions: Areas to Take Special Care

When you're cycling through potentially icy conditions, you need to take special care. Here's our advice to help you out.

Cycling in Icy Conditions: Areas to Take Special Care
Road Cycling Skills

5 Mistakes Slowing You Down when Cornering on a Road Bike

Struggling with cornering on a road bike? These tips will help you get your technique spot on and improve confidence and speed.

5 Mistakes Slowing You Down when Cornering on a Road Bike
Road Cycling Skills

Top Tips for Winter Training from Drops Cycling Team Riders

Winter training can be tough - but we've got some tips to help you get the miles in with ease.

Top Tips for Winter Training from Drops Cycling Team Riders
Road Cycling Skills

Video: How to Shoulder your Cyclocross Bike to Run

Knowing how to shoulder your cyclocross bike so that you can run with it is an important skill if you want to be competitive. Here...

Video: How to Shoulder your Cyclocross Bike to Run
Road Cycling Skills

Video: Handling a Cyclocross Drop Off (Steep Descent)

We've created a video series of cyclocross skills. Next up: those pesky steep descents

Video: Handling a Cyclocross Drop Off (Steep Descent)
Road Cycling Skills

Track Cycling Tips from Katie Archibald

Looking to get into track cycling? We asked Olympic Gold Medallist Katie Archibald for her track cycling tips.

Track Cycling Tips from Katie Archibald
Road Cycling Skills

Beginner Road Cyclist 101: TWC Catalogue of Advice to get you Started

Just started cycling? Here's everything you need to know - from pumping up tyres to what to wear and how to deal with ramps in...

Beginner Road Cyclist 101: TWC Catalogue of Advice to get you Started
Road Cycling Skills

7 Things I Learned Racing my First One Day Stage Race

The Revolve24 Women's Omnium included a TT, Crit and Endurance Race - here's what Editor Michelle picked up along the way...

7 Things I Learned Racing my First One Day Stage Race
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