You can just as well crash if you mount with your shoes on which happened to me during my last race: I ran past the mounting line with my shoes already on and when I wanted to get on I slid and fell (my bike as well) to the ground, the pavement being slightly wet from the rain. The only real option is to train the flying mount and concentrate in transition. Also you can just run past everybody and hop on the bike where there is more space around you instead of mounting where everybody else mounts.
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Before swing your leg over the saddle quick look over right shoulder, safety first . Triathlete can easy hurt yourself or someone during the race transition by mounting the bike, if someone approaching you let him/her go before swim your leg over the saddle. Look then swing .
I've settled on the "scoot 'n go" mount. I love running barefoot past the crowd clipping in at the mount line. I probably save 10 seconds or so altogether. I also make sure to practice mounting and slipping into my shoes a the day before a race. I tried the flying mount a few times and landed my crotch on the back wheel -- I guess I can never be that cool.
Great video, but honestly, flying mount is about getting cool points. It's saves 2 seconds at best, assuming you don't miss it and get your crotch minced (like poor Mark in Tri shoes vs road shoes video)
Agree! I learned how to do flying mounts even though I could do the scoot and go without a hitch. I practice the flying mount for about an hour a day for a week or so before my triathlons just to make sure I don't screw it up. Every time I do it during a race, I feel like a boss and spectators always yell out "WOAH!" or "COOL!"
For short people, like myself, it's a lot easier taking the bike by the handles as we don't have to lean. You can handle it with one hand in the middle of the bars.
Scoot and go is probably actually the most effective and stupid-proof way to get on your bike, but c'mon, flying mount looks so cool. I feel like having MTB bike shoes helps with confidence as well, because the cleats aren't slipping every which way.
Would be good if the video actually showed you doing up your straps after you have got going. This is probably where beginners might struggle as they might be tempted to take their eyes off the road, look down at the shoes and lose balance.
If doing the flying mount, why not recommend landing more on your hamstring than directly onto your butt/crotch? This is how most cyclocross riders re-mount.
I saw someone stand left on pedal and gravity start the bike rolling from a stop , on the way down throw the right leg over the bike.. harder than it looks. Thanks for info, I'll practice rolling with left foot on bike pushing with right for a while.
If you want to learn quick mounting/dismounting, while under pressure, and also want some extra bike training over the winter, try out cyclocross. Then this stuff will seem easy.
Pushing with the bars...never had any problems seen so many people have problems with pushing a bike by the seat....never understood why poeple do it.....
Absolutely, you'll be fine. If you want to go faster through transition then by the saddle is definitely quicker, providing you have confidence doing it
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@@alexanderborisov8626 I watched a video of the pro bike mount line and even they had trouble...
You can just as well crash if you mount with your shoes on which happened to me during my last race: I ran past the mounting line with my shoes already on and when I wanted to get on I slid and fell (my bike as well) to the ground, the pavement being slightly wet from the rain. The only real option is to train the flying mount and concentrate in transition. Also you can just run past everybody and hop on the bike where there is more space around you instead of mounting where everybody else mounts.
@@alexanderborisov8626 agreed
sorry to be so off topic but does someone know a tool to get back into an instagram account..?
I was dumb forgot the login password. I love any assistance you can offer me!
@Gannon Gus instablaster :)
One thing not mentioned is to be aware of any water bottles you may have sticking out behind the seat! Make sure to include them when you practice.
For sure. I have been caught out by this before
Before swing your leg over the saddle quick look over right shoulder, safety first . Triathlete can easy hurt yourself or someone during the race transition by mounting the bike, if someone approaching you let him/her go before swim your leg over the saddle. Look then swing .
I've settled on the "scoot 'n go" mount. I love running barefoot past the crowd clipping in at the mount line. I probably save 10 seconds or so altogether. I also make sure to practice mounting and slipping into my shoes a the day before a race. I tried the flying mount a few times and landed my crotch on the back wheel -- I guess I can never be that cool.
Great video, but honestly, flying mount is about getting cool points. It's saves 2 seconds at best, assuming you don't miss it and get your crotch minced (like poor Mark in Tri shoes vs road shoes video)
Agree! I learned how to do flying mounts even though I could do the scoot and go without a hitch. I practice the flying mount for about an hour a day for a week or so before my triathlons just to make sure I don't screw it up. Every time I do it during a race, I feel like a boss and spectators always yell out "WOAH!" or "COOL!"
For short people, like myself, it's a lot easier taking the bike by the handles as we don't have to lean. You can handle it with one hand in the middle of the bars.
Scoot and go is probably actually the most effective and stupid-proof way to get on your bike, but c'mon, flying mount looks so cool. I feel like having MTB bike shoes helps with confidence as well, because the cleats aren't slipping every which way.
Would be good if the video actually showed you doing up your straps after you have got going. This is probably where beginners might struggle as they might be tempted to take their eyes off the road, look down at the shoes and lose balance.
If doing the flying mount, why not recommend landing more on your hamstring than directly onto your butt/crotch? This is how most cyclocross riders re-mount.
exactly
Yep, that's a very good way of putting it. It's more of a slide along the hamstring rather than landing on the hamstring, but you get that
So elegant..I look like a hippo squeezing a wiggling snake trying to mount my bike. I needed this video.
The flying mount was how I got onto my bike when I was 6 because the bike was so big It forced me to jump onto the saddle.
Really works well. Should have bought one sooner.
Thank you so much for this video! It's so helpful! 👍
I saw someone stand left on pedal and gravity start the bike rolling from a stop , on the way down throw the right leg over the bike.. harder than it looks. Thanks for info, I'll practice rolling with left foot on bike pushing with right for a while.
If you want to learn quick mounting/dismounting, while under pressure, and also want some extra bike training over the winter, try out cyclocross. Then this stuff will seem easy.
Looks like somebody forgot to buy the elastic bands? 😅
This is nu goal tot this year
I can't stop myself wincing when Mark says 'put'.
This should have been posted in March instead of October :P
Is this a large frame bike ?
I can do the flying mount but not the race mount lol
is that the english countryside this time of the year :l
We wish 😨
Use it the seat to hold on didn’t work at all
Flying mount is the most annoying flex which pros do!
I will never understand how ppl live in such places
What are those bike shoes?
They're Bont cycling shoes
Pushing with the bars...never had any problems seen so many people have problems with pushing a bike by the seat....never understood why poeple do it.....
Absolutely, you'll be fine. If you want to go faster through transition then by the saddle is definitely quicker, providing you have confidence doing it
A shin shredder for some folk! Ouch!