7 Things I WISH I Knew as a Beginner Cyclist!
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
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9 years & look at what you've achieved & learnt about bikes in that short space of time.
Well done Katie ☀️ 🦘
Thanks for all the support over the years John! :)
@@KatieKookaburra Hava a Fantastic Spring & Summer on the "horse" Katie, make sure you get to enjoy one or two rides off camera, without feeling the need to film. It's Hugely appreciated when you compile a cinematic, uplifting vid, don't forget to have some "in the moment" rides, just for YOU
Stay safe x
Nothing like bicycling downhill coasting, sunshine, scenery spectacular, plus beloved animals beside the road, yeah, it is paradise. Good camaraderie too; can't have happiness without the love factor in one's heart and soul. Very connected to path and nature bears much fruit. 🌹
Learn to do your own bike maintenance would be my tip. I didn't realise how attritional it can be on bike parts if you're racking up the miles. Constant tinkering and tuning up, upgrading components and selling on the old stuff. It's all part of the hobby that I enjoy as much as riding! I must have saved myself £100s of pounds on labour costs over the years.
I agree completely. Repairs and maintenance help me "feel" the bike better. Plus I save a ton of $$. I still support my LBS with safety checks and overhauls before long events
Absolutely. I enjoy doing it so I find it easy but these are bicycles not F1 cars and I'm amazed at how many people can't index their own gears, or change a chain etc.
Yeah, if you cant do the basics your bike will mostly be slightly off.
Thursden Valley 30 mins from where i live ......love it up there
Your joy is contagious. Love it! I get that feeling almost every time I get on my bike on a sunny day and have for over 55 years. :)
Katie Kookaburra videos make me want to go on a bike tour of the UK.
Look at you, running up those hills like a little Lycra’d billy goat! 🙌🏾
Katie, you are STILL one of the most inspirational riders on RUclips. These tips were spot on and as always you videos have some of the best visuals! Loved Matt’s tips at the end, too!
Beautiful day, beautiful scenery excellent advice. That road by the side of the reservoir is a magnet for scrotes dumping rubbish, tyres (did you spot them) etc. Such a shame just go to enjoy the scenery.
Fantastic to see your videos. While I am not in England, I ride Rouvy routes in the UK, New Zealand, and other parts of the world. My imagination rides in Yorkshire with you!
I think you should be appointed the UK International Ambassador for Happy Cycling!! Can feel the joy way over here in Australia!!
Thanks for a happy start to my day, your enthusiasm is very uplifting!
Whilst watching this video, I was thinking about how much you love climbing, and how upbeat you are. I saw your Everesting video pop up in the sidebar, and thought "let's see how upbeat she is at the end of the Everesting, I bet she's not!" So I pulled up that video (I'd seen it before) and watched it again. And Dang if you weren't chipper all the way through, although a tad bit disappointed that it started to rain for the last two laps. At the end, you were still proclaiming your love for the route and the experience in general. You are a special woman, Katie! Glad I found your channel and endless fountain of youth! Cheers!
Dan….. 🥲🥲🥲 thank you!! Made me a bit teary reading that. THANK YOU!! Really do appreciate that. And yup still love them hills. Only ride/ video I got fed of them is All Points North last year!! Watch that one 😂🤣 ive defo had enough of them into headwinds
Great vid, this is one of my favourite loops! That climb is a killer but you're then rewarded with the rollercoaster road past widdop reservoir, love it!!
Just moved up north. Can't wait to try the route. Amazing
I live in Burnley and I do the same route as you did around hebden bridge widdop and up the big hill and it puts a big smile on my face as well
Lovely sunny you! Thanks again for the fantastic video, great tips!
Hi Katie, again your enthusiasm and pure enjoyment of being on the bike is infectious. My tip if relevant for some is not to ride in high humidity and when it’s hot, like 30deg C +. Too easy to dehydrate unless you’ve got a support vehicle following you with lots of bidons pr towing a water tank behind you🙂
I always enjoy your videos, keep them coming.
Cheers from Oz.
Thanks Ian! I would say to that make sure you have electrolytes and take larger bottles - I carry 2x1 litre bottles when I know it’s going to be hot. :)
Katie-
Beautiful landscape, weather, and road. I can understand why you are so attached to this region.
Thanks for the route I’ll give that go. Looks great. Agree. NW is the best.
Nature, the quiet, time to clear your mind, and getting somewhere (or nowhere) under your own power. Nothing is better than riding. Keeping the weight off is just a pleasant side-effect. Live to ride, and ride to live.
This EXACTLY!!!!!! I love it. And to head out with those guys.. such great company! Even if they do drop me 🙈
@@KatieKookaburra I haven't really even looked for anyone to ride with yet. I've been riding a hardtail on mostly flat road for 4 seasons now, so anything with an upward grade is a bit of a challenge. I'll be getting a carbon gravel bike hopefully in a week or are so. So this year we work on climbing. Then I'll see about actually riding with others. 😀
P.S. I was just at the bike shop getting measurements for the dropper post and handlebars. They are finishing putting the Checkpoint together even as I type this. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
I think pain on the bike is the biggest factor in people quitting cycling. Ow, that hurt. Bin the bike, or let it sit so long on the porch the chain grows hair. I think this is probably the best of your tips, Katie. I hope lots of beginner cyclists watch this and take especially that tip to heart. Well said (or is "too right" more appropriate? Can I use British expressions since the ancestry results came back, and I'm 66% British by dna?😄}
Majestic Video Katie..made all the better for seeing them there Alpacas! 😍
..as You rightly say..when We have weather like that..Vistas like that..the UK has everything to offer & more!
Ya beginners tips were on the money too!
My piece of Baloney to add to them is: "never shy away from a mudguarded bike either..so underestimated since the Bradley Wiggins Effect Brigade took to the roads en mass!"
"It ain't all about Carbon Fibre Framed Bikes..Duran Ace Di2..Deep Section
Wheels either!"
That route is proper beattiful
Beautiful and brilliant Love to see you smile 😊
Hi Katie another good video you had good weather great views yes just pace yourself l like the stone walls you like the sheep and alpackers what I do Katie steep climb don't worry about the climb you injoyed it l like the hills glad your happy you must I've been hunger flat a couple of times that's bad take care Injoy the week
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So lovely to see you looking so happy doing what you love, Katie! I usually only cycle in the summer months and just jog in the winter but you look so fit and got to say beautiful, I may get my bike out too! haha 🙂🙏
Hi glad to see you enjoy you bike riding personally I am starting g to struggle with hills any advice I am 56 years old
Thank you for your joy...really great.
Beautiful - scenery wasn't bad either! :D
Excellent Katie, thank you!
Great video Katie, great riding and great route!
Learning to ride at a cadence of ~90 rpm -- higher than beginners think is doable -- makes a huge difference & improves results
I live in the flattest part of Belgium, where the only climbing I get is getting on and off the bike.
But there's often a wind that seems to be blowing from every side, to compensate 😄
All good advice - but I think you kind of have to go through all those mistakes re speed, pacing ... and clothing... to be able to learn from them. Great to see you out round Hebden. We were out that neck of the woods on Saturday from Leeds and it, as ever, was great.
Hi, Great video many thanks. One point I would make as a cyclist, motorcyclist and car driver is as follows. Last Sunday I travelled up to Lincolnshire with my vintage BSA trials bike on a trailer for a trials event at Osmby Quarry and en route came across many cyclists solo and in groups (runners as well). I am acutely aware of cyclists and motorcyclists and always on the look out for them - what would really help is the use of high vis clothing and lights during the day time. Just a thought for those cycling around the uk roads. Good luck with your ongoing adventures!
Yes - far too may people wearing mostly black. There is nearly always a lot of black in the background eg shade under trees. I wear a dayglo yellow jersey. If someone knocks me off while I'm wearing that I expect them to be prosecuted for driving with defective eyesight (or some kind of malicious intent).
Another vote for Soreen original and rip of loaf as required. Plus the sis electro tablets , water
Look at the sheepies! And alpacas!
Damn! Have a good hair day! Thanks for the advice, too.
ah Hebden Bridge I thought you were fairly local to me I know a yorkshire lass when i hear one! Im near York now so hills are really not my thing 😆 I did the White Rose sportive last year in the dales which was my biggest challenge to date (and involved a lot of pushing 🤣) only been cycling a couple of years. My #1 tip which nobody ever tells you is no undies under your cycling gear. I learnt the hard way 😅 Also agree on nutrition eat before you get hungry, I personally use high5 gels & powder in my drink i've kinda worked out when i need to take a gel and I always feel the benefit when they kick in - but find what works for you.
That route looks amazing
New subscriber! Brilliant video! I am catching up 👍❤️ the views and you are just stunning 👍👍
Heeeey! Thanks so much - glad you liked the vid! Sooooo you have a camper?! 😍😍
@@KatieKookaburra yes indeedy 🤣 in the middle of a build 🚐
contagious enthusiasm
Almond croissant is the best. I stop for that or a blueberry muffin!😋 No sports nutrition bars. Most of them taste like dog biscuits 😂. When I first started cycling, back in Middle Ages I wore wool shorts with a real leather chamois and a wool jersey.
The beautiful north ❤
Nice part of the world, been round there but not my bike. Totally agree with your sentiments, I don't bother with all the wannabe peloton stuff, just get some saddle time in, enjoy the experience and the health benefits and endurance improvements will follow on their own 😊😊
My best tip, ride with Katie!
Good to see you pushing ya sen with seasoned male cyclists. And the views are to cycle for. And you look younger every time i see you.
Great tips!
Great vid, some really good advise. TY 👍
Glad you enjoyed it :)
I recommend quality (expense is worth it) cycling shorts with padding for road cycling before upgrading saddles etc 😉
Going to have to give that route a try
It is LEGIT such an epic route!
Love me a Soreen bar 🤣
What a really nice person you are
New to your channel and really like the content! Some great tips here as well for beginner cyclists! I find the best advice is just to get out there and enjoy riding first and foremost!
Just as an aside, I was wondering what mic setup you are using for your recordings? Thanks!
Thanks so much!! Mic is the internal GoPro one, with a wind jammer over the mic holes ☀️🙌🏼
@@KatieKookaburra oh that is cool. Somehow you manage to get great sound quality from it. Thanks for the reply and love your videos!
Can take the lass out of the North but not the North out of the lass,at least when it's sunny😄. Is there anywhere you've ridden that feels close to home?
That looks like a cracking route! 👌
It is INCREDIBLE!!!!! I went back at the weekend to do a longer version of it I loved it that much!!
@@KatieKookaburra Oh now you’re talking my language 😂 Also, despite doing plenty of long rides over all these years, I’ve finally signed up for my first ever audax thanks to your recommendation. Delightful Dales here I come! Only ever done the Dales on foot before 😬
lovely!! beautiful countryside! what a beautiful ride!...who´s the song from?
Did you know there are alpacas at hopwood hall and they have meer cats too!
I surely do! Saw them a few times - once we saw the people walking them!!! Taking them for a WALK!! 💕
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We need some "can you smell gravy?" merch pls KK
😂😂😂
Using bike on kickr i lost 20kg in 9 weeks :) thanks for the motivation!
Great video. When you going back to Arran !
Are you a mind reader? I was only thinking about heading up there again yesterday! But yeah defo doing that soon.
@@KatieKookaburra lol saw ur pal was there this week.
Looverly Katie, a bit gooshy but a sweet lass nonetheless. Sorry - just kidding, beautiful ride, that descent near the lake looked amazing.
Great video and you've been extra beautiful lately as well!
Katie "Whether you think you can or you cant you are right" Henry Ford
Since becoming a vegetarian I practically live on potatoes.. But I really like them.. Nice video..
Whats your gear ratio? Like do you have a huge cassette for those climbs?
By memory Katie runs a sub compact 46/30 crankset with an 11/32 cassette.
28 front 36 rear and go
Do you put sugar into your bottles for riding?
Yup 😎
Widdop & long causeway by any chance?
Didn't have Long Causeway in this route - but went out yesterday and did it with that one in it! And it was lush xx
suprised you didnt see serena out on the roads :P
Think she goes Oldham way out...
@@KatieKookaburra yeah I know the route off by heart now ,think we might be out on Sunday weather depending?
No place like home :)
When was this sun… it’s been crap down south
Have you ever tried riding fixed gear in your 9 years? Just curious on how you feel it compares, simplicity v's convenience I suppose.
Never. And don't plan to. I like hills and my knees too much 😂
@@KatieKookaburra Fair point, steep hills are a bit of a killer! 🙂
It's riding a bike and using the right gear for the ride. Plenty of audaxers ride fixed. I use a 48×19 around our area but if it was really hilly e.g. Dales it would be a 46 x 19 or 44x 18 or 19. It's quite liberating not using gears. Trick is to be on top of the gear.
You are so annoying Katie! Every time I watch one of your vids I have to get out and ride, because you keep reminding me just how great cycling is.🙂
Keep making such inspirational content!
Lay your bike kit out the night before. If you are struggling to motivate yourself just put the gear on and see how you feel after 10 minutes.
No eye protection?
Title should be " ... I wish I had known" unless you still consider yourself a beginner.
How many marriage propsals do you recieve . Asking for a friend
You’re in the north of England, not the north of the uk
Haha thanks for this 🫢🤣🙃
@@KatieKookaburra you’re welcome, I’m further north than you, and I’m not even north
Katie, your transformation has been amazing! I live in between the Dales and the North Yorkshire moors, it’s a fantastic place to live.
Nah I’d rather be in Majorca
Beautiful woman...
Aye up sheepies … or … how about them views, brilliant! I hope to introduce someone to cycling later this year so I’ll keep this video in mind for her to watch. Ta very much Ducky! 🚴🏔😀