Transform Your Climbing & Learn To Love The Hills!
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- How can you get better at climbing? In this video, Hank shares some valuable tips and advice to help improve your climbing skills and overall fitness. Instead of dreading it when you see the road start curving up, with these skills, you’ll enjoy the challenge! ⛰
0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Pacing
2:30 - Body position
4:09 - Gears
5:23 - Longer climbs
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Climbing, do you love it or hate it? 🚵
Don’t know about everyone else, but I’ve found it really painful in the past… ruclips.net/video/RkGn-17Hw20/видео.html
Yes.
@@KenSmith-bv4sithe only correct answer. 😂
I wouldn't be into cycling if there were no challenge!
Love to hate it?
Pacing is simple for me. Go as easy as possible and hope that I can make it to the top lol
What really helps is a bike properly geared to your abilities. If you aren't in great shape, a bike with 53-39 crankset and an 11-25 cassette just isn't going to work.
That’s exactly the gear I ride at 😁😁
Same
53-39 and 11-21 doesnt work haha
Yes and what works in Norfolk won’t work well in Wales
@@torisdoinkflat routes then
I came back to cycling after being away for forty years simply because it was easier to cycle than drive my van along North Devon's country lanes. You can't get very far in this neck of woods without going up a hill, so if I couldn't cycle up a hill I'd walk luckily as I've got stronger I'am cycling up more than I'am walking, perseverance is the key, never give up.
When you get on a gradient, use the butt muscles. Imagine you are climbing a ladder to the handlebars.
that one specific GCN climbing video that has always remained in memory for many many many years was the one with laughing Matt interviewing Alberto Contador. I still remember him telling Matt that you need to dance on the pedals.
link pwease?
Longer climbs really test your feed and hydration. Hank hit it on the head. Eat when you can and drink often.
is harder when you don't dring enough ?
I’m a grandpa now so I am very comfortable riding up long and steep climbs in what my cycling friends call “granny gear” (lowest of the low). Unfortunately once you’re in granny gear .. it’s all legs and lungs. Icefield Parkway is our challenging ride.
It's called the 'Granny gear' cus the chainring has less teeth than grandma.
How are the vehicles on that road?
Great video. I cycle in western Washington where hills are a way of life.
Thanks for the video! Just completed my first legit mountain climb outside of Bozeman, MT. This video was super helpful! Your idea about pacing was right on! This created a new problem for me at the top, however. I would love to see a video about descending fast. Thanks for the advice and please keep it coming!
Have a proper gear ratio. More than likely requires you changing something that came on your bike, since most aren't equipped properly for normal people.
Very true- especially on budget beginner bikes they often have 34/28 lowest...fine if you live somewhere flat. Beginner bikes(or for those of us in the mountains who don't care for 80km/h downhill (over potholes and gravel swerving around sheep and deer) should be 46/30 by 13-36 !!!
Hank at its best! 😆
And the new 'Summit Segment' on Strava has helped me pace things, at last! A real help. I can see the length to the top, although not always accurate but good enough.
I see.. the biggest mistake I make is that I stuck in one gear... Unfortunately it is the 32-34... 😂
I'm a heavy boy-literally overweight. I'm 170 cm tall and weigh about 90 kg. Not only that, but I've been practicing for 2 years now, 1 of it only using a road bike. My bike's easiest ratio is 39/28, and this makes me suffer like hell. If the gradient is over 6%, I'm already in my first gear out of the saddle. I don't seem to be able to control my efforts, as I'm basically always topping out my HR. All I can do is climb really slowly at a slow cadence and try to pedal sitting down as far as I'm able. For context, I live in Brazil, and bike parts here cost more than I make in a week, so changing my cassette, rear derailleur and chain ring is out of the question for now. I'd spend my month's salary on that, and I don't think my landlord would be so happy about it haha
Though I really struggle to keep up the pace in climbing, my skills and speed on average are improving. I know I'll never be a climber, but I'm pretty sure I'll be satisfied with this skill of mine someday.
Find a hill you like and go up and down as many times as you can ! ( maybe a hill that is fairly steep but only takes 1 to 2 mins ) and go back at least twice a week and keep repeating !
After few weeks try and do your quickest climb !
Try going as fast as you can on first attempt and then 80% effort on second attempt
Sorry that the practice of bicycle is so expensive for you ...the answer of your problem lays in your first sentence : overweight ! i hope you are young enough to be able to lose weight quite naturally and easily ...because with ten kgs less you should ride up the same hills with a lot of margin and ten more kgs , you should simply fly.
@@kaa13 thank you for your kind words. I'm 32 and always struggled to lose weight. I have to accept my reality, both economic and physical, so I can enjoy riding my bike, though I really wish to be able to keep up with the group on the climbs 😅
Great tips thanks 👍
Pacing got me through the Amstel Gold Race (tour edition), didn't have to put a single foot down on any of the hills. I was really happy with that.
Having a gear ratio of 1:1 also helped me through the steepest parts (34-34).
Love a good 1:1 gear ratio. I've used it on my touring bike in the past but also my bikepacking bike. On flat roads it's hard to believe you'd ever use it... then you encounter a 20%+ gradient 😂
It's easy if you have the gears you can get up anything. I run 46 30 on my road bike with 11 30 cassette does everything if need more put on 11 34 but not mad on the gaps in the cassette .
I like climbing. Did 100k today with the first significant climb at bout 55k. Made sure I fuelled up with a pork pie and an iced finger before I got going - the fuel of champions!
Fantastic video, and informative, as always
Not covered in this video is not being super chubby! 😂 Working on that one for sure. For me when I moved to Claris to 105 groupset being able to have more gears to tap into climbing really helped. Great video.
just got my claris groupset...
@@shinobusensui9395 Don't worry, nothing wrong with Claris. What you need most of all is the right range of gears which the Claris can do just as much as 105. The only difference is 105 will have more gears in between to make the transition smoother.
@@shinobusensui9395 You can use a 36 cassette with a 34 chainring. I tested and rode some time with this setting in a claris, and it certainly works.
very good tips - although you forgot the second most important: the mental aspect! 😉
After you get to a certain level of fitness the best thing by far to climb faster is to lose weight. Almost everyone can benefit from losing weight (unless you have some sort of dysmorphia problem and over do it)
This is definitely the case for me. I am not unfit, but I am too heavy and I definitely think that this is my biggest problem for hill climbing
Great video. Thank you.
Get a massive cassette with 34 at the minimum. Get a working man's crank set either 48 or 50 maximum. Avoid 53. 46 is more built for slowpokes. Or get a super old school triple chainring
opening question "how do we get better!?"
answer "climb more, and learn to hate that you hate it"
The beauty of climbing is the decent....speed❤
0:35 Really like the music choice for the intro!
For me,
Gearing gearing gearing. I really do not know why at least a 32t rear cassette is standard on bikes nowadays, allows you to get more options for cadences. Just baffles me, Even if you are stuck with a 28t you are going to be in a world of hurt if you do travel to a hill with your bike.
The new summit live climb features on bike head units play a role. It allows me to properly assess hills and their gradients before I get to them. It lets me see that oh that is a nasty 12% section up ahead or oh this is a steady 3% for a long while.
Balance is shit for me so I've never jumped out of the saddle on the hills in my area. But something I am working towards!
I gotta splurge one day and get a modern carbon bike with a compact groupset. 20% with a 48-23 is not fun. Especially when the 7mi before it are at 14% XD
I have been experimenting with short climbs lately. I noticed that I am more efficient on many of those when I am seated. With the climbs being short, I think that the aero penalty from standing up may larger than the additional power I am putting down standing up. Of course, every climb is different. I have to figure out which one is better standing and which one is better seated.
Something not mentioned in the video is just your mindset as well. I try to be excited for the climbs on my road and this helps me get over them more easily and with better times! Could be my imagination though 😂
I dont like Uphill but Belongs to the Topographic.
And can be new way for Discovering the Countrys.
yeah it is hard to get some megga climbs in the UK as we just simply haven't got them, well there are some but nothing like on the continent
So based on the video me everytime I encounter a 10+% incline with my 39-28 lowest gear: ,,Heck yeah, I was bored of sittng in the saddle anyways I wanted to test my VO2max for a long time I wonder if I'll hit 200+hr"
The best part of climbing is the descend
I had to ask a fellow cyclist to push me to get me started on a climb on my recent ride. I don't know why I felt embarrassed, but I did.
Great advice thanks Hank…sitting in the saddle in one position is where I have been going wrong 👍🏻
Whereabouts on the saddle you butt is, is irreverent. You should be thinking about pulling the knee down. Your butt will go to where it is most suited.
Get a bike with minimum 46/30 chainset and 11-36 or 40 cassette..... Hank should come up and try the Bealach na Ba... I didn't even attempt it last week when I was there on holiday, I'll be bringing my steel rigid MTB with 22/36 by 11/36 for that next time....or try and drop 10kg lol
Best way to start enjoying climbing...get a new bike. Worked for me! (The new one is literally half the weight of my commuting road bike and I now actively seek out those short, sharp climbs)
Good tipps with the right pacing beeing the most important but still you are just scratching the surface with respect to pedaling technique among other things. There is lots left for another video. For instance, if you you run out of gears to turn the pedal at an efficient frequency, concentrate on a round, slow motion and synchronize your breath with it. You can pedal on enormously slow rpm that way, just don't panic, go easy on muscles, heart-rate, body-temperature and relax. The relaxed state of mind can't be overstressed to master steep long climbs. You may be slow but that's ok as long as you keep going.
Yes climb more is good advice......when changing gears let of slightly.....lose weight can be an advantage
Loved uphills so much...long flat roads are so boring.
once i get around 84% my max HR, i try to control my breathing a lot more. I try to voluntarily move larger and larger volumes of air until at 90% max HR, it's involuntary. it feels like i have prepared my lungs and body more for the effort.
"start off nice & easy" meanwhile brain: GET OUT THE SADDLE GOGOGOGOGOGO
I really struggled up hard side of Tourmalet using my new 34/29 gear. I was passed by a younger man using even lower gearing though.
Nice Hank! Steady cadence and use your gears I say! And watch your heart rate.
This is very similar to Dan Lloyd's video on sprinting years ago when GCN was very new.
When I come upon a climb I think it's time to perform, execute the plan.
Cornelius Would Be Proud.🙌🏻
I will use this with my fatbike.
Watching this made my legs feel tired 😂
Nice bike, does anyone know which model it is?
I prefer to have my gear ready at a bit of a grinding pace enough to awaken those muscles.
I remember when training for GF Stelvio Santini, I was training on harder gears on climbs...my legs start hurting when I remember. 😆
❤
The critical thing not covered in this video is how to get started again if you stop on a steep climb. I've resorted to restarting downhill and then struggling to make a U-turn without crashing.
Don’t have clipless pedals !
What about hand position? I have heard that riding on the tops is more efficient?
Depends on the speed.
I have problems when I know a climb is coming up. If i don't know the route profile i get on alot better. Also, i feel that I could climb better on my 10 ton tourer with triple chain rings than my carbon trek with compack chainset and 11/34 cassette UK resident, so no long climbs.
2:09 Hot and sweaty mess on the side of the road! LOL
How to get better at climbing? Live in Andorra. At least that is what soooooo many of the pros do
What about hills which are both long and steep, such as Winnats Pass?
If I slowed down to pace myself I'd have fallen over !
Honestly, losing weight is the biggest help for us amatuer
In my opinion Hank is the best presenter at GCN!
Riding fast on flats is all about how much power (Watts) you can push. Riding fast uphill is all about how much Watts *per kilogram* (body+bike+equipment) you can push. So, get rid of that ballast (for most recreational bikes = body fat) you're dragging uphill!
Did I miss the breathing technique bit?
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"Hot sweaty mess on the side of the road" is how i climb hills.
Get Hank some new kit!
I‘m in the lowest gear and struggle😂
You didnt mention swapping bikes 😅
Just keep swimming
>How to climb video
>50mm deep section wheels
>?
The most important tip is to lose weight. Climbing at 90Kg vs 75Kg is an astounding difference.
But to lose weight you got to climb a few kms still
I dream of being 90kg. At 118 currently (and 68 years young), which is 8 less than the beginning of the year, and climbing is bl00dy hard work. 😨
It gets easier. Was 143 kgs now 112 kgs. Stay positive and incorporate some climbing on your rides and you'll get better at it and lose weight. Win win!
i remember being upside down in a ditch trying to climb a steep hill lol
Hank, you forgot to mention Rule #5.
I think they used the wrong presenter here. Didn’t he tap out in like 5 minutes on the alpe de swift challenge?
Feel like I'm getting Deja Vu. Why does GCN keep pumping out remakes of the same videos that I've already seen multiple times on the channel?
Because you're not the only viewer, maybe??
RUclips algorithm + 10 year old channel about one specific subject. I can't say I blame them. New videos get promoted more than older ones.
why not?
Older posted videos don't get many new views even if the content is still valid and has changed very little.
Because you skip hill day and each climbing video makes you feel guilty. That or I am projecting.
sorry but I can't see Hank now without thinking "banana Hammock"
Thank you so much for re-hashing a video on this topic yet again. I know… this topic does numbers because your audience is full of chubby middle aged men like me… but we have decent brains, and we will call out repeated content when we see it.
Cheer up pal.
Different tyre, kit and helmet sponsors
@@johnwest7324 🎯💰💰💰
any decent pace uphill w/ any wind you should NOT stand up as it will slow you down
:O
Have Non electric or computer
So am I doing it wrong going for a full sprint when I see a climb my brain just sais everything under 27km/h is not allowed and at the top of the climb Im always dead as fuck xD
Well it will improve your fitness faster than just pootling up.
@@kieron88ward I guess it does and its fun but only for me not for my mates wich is kinda sad
I made climbing easier..
...I put a motor on 😂
These are dancing lessons, not bicycle riding lessons! 😮😮😮
For the average human being: just put it in a lower gear and don't fall asleep. Cycling is about having fun, not suffering. If you want to break records, join a pro team.
I can think of 31 disqualified riders, who may find this useful
Ha ha ha!!
I see climb I U turn, flat road for 8 years
Try if possible to lose a tiny bit of weight - you'll feel the difference immediately, and automatically you'll feel more spritely in the climbs, and it will springboard your excitement for them .... and your desire to get better at them
It's not the climb, it's the speed the other bas***ds want to go up it that makes it hard.
Did anyone, here, learn something ?
Not me 😂… also didn’t learn anything when they first covered this topic 10 years ago!
Everyone on here recommending laing weight.... Do you think that maybe that's why people are on bikes?
You're the types and yell "hey fatty" to the person on the bike from the passenger side of your best friends ride.
Even people who have some extra pounds on them need to know how to climb better. Your comments are obvious and not helpful.
That’s a bit too complicated set of advices. The golden rule is: if you want to be better with clibs - do climbs more often and let your body do all the complicated adjustment things for you.
Complicated? Fairly basic stuff. As for simply doing it more often and let your body adjust things for you, not sure why you wouldn’t want to approach it with some advanced knowledge first. Someone doesn’t learn to drive a car by being thrown the keys and told “get out there, drive about, you’ll figure it out”. Indeed almost nothing is better through learning from experience than learning from people who know more/better than you do. Like, ahem, mum and dad, school and university. In hill climbing this will ensure people don’t give up, don’t get frustrated or embarrassed and don’t get injured. But you crack on. Bet you also build IKEA furniture without looking at the instructions….you’ll figure it out. 🤔😜
You don't have to climb to be a better climber. It's about having a high power to weight ratio which you can accomplish by training on flat ground.
Not all of us have access to amazing gradients.
Complicated? 🤔
LOL.. That was simple, straightforward advice. Sometimes, just doing doesn't work. Our bodies just push if you're one with that drive, and attention to little things help big time..
I didn't watch this video as I have an e-bike. 🤣
Answer: Get an e-bike.
A novice video with what looks like a 11-25 cassette on the bike!! Really most newbs will need an 11-30 or much bigger. Without the right cassette, all of the tips are null and void.
Why do you (and the GCN team) always refer to cycling as a sport?
Some of us like your content but have no intention of racing.
nothing new here.... lose kgs and train more...
Nothing to see here !