- I say I thought I'd run you through
a step by step process for mounting the bike
in T1 as we go from the swim to the bike.
I'm going to start off with a very simple
stop, leg over and go, build that up to a scoot,
leg over and go, and then finally we're going to finish
with a flying mount.
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Okay, so first things first I'm actually
going to recommend you ditch your bike shoes
for now, so we're not clipped into the pedals
as we practice our transitions.
Instead, just opt for some trainers,
as I'm wearing now, just so you can get comfortable
with it, then we can build the bike shoes
back in at a later point.
Now, first step for this is actually learning
how to walk with the bike or, perhaps,
run with the bike if you're at that stage.
Now, a lot of people will automatically opt
for holding the bike by their handlebars,
just 'cause they feel like they got control
on the bike, they can steer it around,
and it feels really stable.
But obviously, you're really hunched over.
It's not a very comfortable running position,
and the other issue we have is that the pedals
are then quite close to our shins,
so you often see people knocking their shins
on the pedals or even knocking their shoes off
if they were on the pedals.
What we want to go for is holding
the bike by the saddle.
Now, actually you still have really good mobility
and movement of the bike from this position,
and also it allows you to move the bike
away from yourself so you don't hit your shins
on the pedals and you can get around corners
nice and easily.
So, what I recommend is we start off
by walking with the bike, just get used
to walking a straight line with the bike,
and then we'll build it up and actually
start weaving the bike.
So, just get used to moving the bike as you walk.
And then, if you like to, you can start
picking that pace up ever so slightly,
go for a jog and then into a run.
(upbeat instrumental music)
And that is the walking or running
with the bike through transition
to get ourselves to the mount line.
So, now for the important part,
the mounting of the bike.
We've kind of got a few options for you here.
So, the first and probably the easiest
is the simple stop over or past that mount line
and just put your leg over and get onto the bike
as you normally would when you're starting out
a ride, a training ride, from your home.
The next option, which is slightly more advanced,
is what we call the scoot and go,
or that's what I've coined the term as anyway.
So, for this all we want to do
is literally put our outside leg onto the pedal,
and we're going to practice this to start off with
just to get our confidence.
Using then the inside leg, both hands on the handlebar,
we're going to push ourself along.
Just find that balance in the bike,
lean your way into the saddle a little bit
just so that you find yourself nice and balancing,
get yourself in a nice straight line.
Then we're going to advance that a little bit,
again this is just to build our confidence up.
We're going to tilt the bike over, much further,
and we're still going to scoot along,
find that balance point.
And this goal is just build our confidence up
and it's going to help for all of our transitions
going forward.
Okay, so once you've mastered that,
you built all your confidence with it
and perhaps even played around
with moving direction once you're doing it.
We're now ready to pass it all together,
make this into a seamless action
as we come from T1, over that mount line,
onto our bike.
So, obviously we've been running or walking
with the bike by holding it by the saddle,
we then need to transfer our hands
onto the handlebars.
So, just do that one hand at a time,
get a nice grip of that, and then once you're over
the mount line, then put your foot onto the pedal,
and then use that inside leg to scoot yourself along.
Now, you may have worked out on the previous stage
which side you prefer.
I, personally, like to mount the bike
from the left-hand side of the bike,
so then I've got my left-hand foot onto that pedal.
If you do the other side, that's absolutely fine,
maybe try them both out and find which one you prefer.
Again, just build up your speed with this,
so saddle, handlebars, foot on the pedal,
scoot yourself along, and then leg over
and off you go.
(slow jazz instrumental music)
Okay, so once you're completely comfortable
with that, it's now time to bring
the bike shoes back in and we have a couple
of options here for you.
So, you can either wear your bike shoes,
so you can put them on before you grab your bike,
or you can have the bike shoes
on the bike all ready and clipped in.
So, if we're going to wear our bike shoes through transition,
we'd put them on before we grab our bike,
run through and as we go over that mount line,
we would put our hands on the handlebar,
clip that outside foot into the pedal
and then leg over and clip in
on the other side as you go.
If you want your bike shoes on the pedals already,
we're going to run through transition barefoot
as we get over that mount line,
it's a case of putting that barefoot
on top of your shoe, pushing down,
starting to scoot, and then leg over
onto the other shoe.
And then, as you get your momentum up,
you can then slide your feet in
and strap them up and clip them up,
but just make sure you got your momentum up
before you start to do that.
(slow jazz instrumental music)
Right now, we're onto the stage
that everyone's been waiting for
and probably quite daunted by.
It's the flying mount,
but honestly you needn't be daunted,
because if you have mastered the past couple of stages
then you should be really comfortable
by this point at maneuvering your bike
and the whole feel of the transition
of mounting the bike.
Now, I would still recommend,
no matter how confident you are,
that you do it on a soft surface
just so if anything does go wrong,
which it shouldn't do, that you're not worried
about falling onto a hard surface.
Now, contrary to what everyone suggests
and believes, a flying mount isn't a case
of jumping five feet in the air
and landing really hard down onto the saddle.
It's actually just a little skip
and onto the saddle.
Now, if I demonstrate holding onto my handlebars,
I can literally put my leg over and onto the saddle.
And it's literally just a case of doing that at some pace.
Okay, so when I'm starting out with this flying mount,
again just start out with your normal trainers
before bringing the bike shoes.
Now, as we're going through transition
and approaching that mount line
you want to go from holding the bike by the saddle
and transfer your hands down onto the handlebars.
And once you've passed that mount line,
you can then start going up onto
the ball of your foot, and then bring
that opposite leg around the back of the saddle
and plump yourself on.
So, it's just a little skip up on,
we're not going too far into the air.
We just slide ourselves onto that saddle.
Now, once you're more comfortable with that,
and you start to increase the pace of it
we can start bringing the bike shoes in.
And again, we've got a couple of options here.
You can put the bike shoes on
before you grab your bike, run through transition,
and still exactly the same movement
just obviously be wary that you do have the cleats,
which can be a little bit awkward at times.
If you want to have the bike shoes
on your pedals already, you can also use elastic bands
which would just hold the shoes in a nice good position
that you can apply for straight away.
And again, exactly the same movement
just barefoot now, so up onto the ball of the foot,
and then leg around and on.
And bring that other leg around the back,
over the saddle, sliding yourself on,
and then you want to quickly put your feet
on top of the shoes.
Some people have mastered putting their feet
straight into the shoes, I've never been able to do that.
Maybe it's just cause my feet are quite big.
But, yeah, I always put my feet straight
on top of the shoes, start pedaling,
get some momentum up, and then foot by foot
I just put them into the shoes
and fasten them up.
Well there we go, there's a step by step process
for mounting your bike in T1.
Obviously, a lot of you out there
are very eager to do the flying mount,
but do make sure that you've comfortably conquered
each stage before you get yourself
to the flying mount, because it will make
a lot of difference.
That said, if you can get yourself
to do a flying mount, it's amazing how much time
you can save.
Equally, if you get it wrong,
you could lose a bit of time,
so do make sure you've nailed it
to get to that point.
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