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My name is Brock Armstrong and I am the Get Fit Guy.

If you want to get better at cycling, well, there's a lot more to think about than how your hair is going to look when you take off your helmet or how to balance your grocery bags on your handlebars.

And that's what we're going to talk about today.

If you've been riding a bike since childhood when you had a horn and streamers on your handlebars,

well, you may think that cycling is as easy as, well, riding a bike.

But there's a lot more to it if you truly want to know how to get

better at cycling. For instance, I was watching the World Triathlon Series race in Leeds yesterday.

There were times when even I, an experienced rider and racer, was cringing at the cyclists ripping

through those streets,

mere centimeters from each other's wheels. When you watch cyclists of this caliber, you really

start to appreciate the importance of proper cycling. And the technique that I'm referring to shows up

in their smooth peddling, their judicious braking, and their seamless gearing. It also shows up in their smooth pedaling, their judicious breaking, and their seamless gearing.

It also shows up in their hairpin turns, the tight grouping, and their overall safety

at those high speeds.

Now this isn't the type of stuff that you learn from a spin class, actually it's quite

the opposite.

Or from pedaling your commuter around

town, although that really does help. It also doesn't automatically come from owning an expensive

carbon fiber bike or some flashy cycling outfit that's also known as a kit. This stuff takes practice,

practice, more practice, and focus.

Now, technique and fitness often go hand in hand.

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