The Elusive Remount

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Permalink Reply by Carlos Matutes on March 11, 2015 at 3:43pm

Well, you have about 5 months to work on your flexibility before you really need to work on remount training! 

Without being overly glib, it really might be as simple as spending 15-20 minutes, 3x a week on stretching.

I'm not terribly fast, and am usually the only single speed moron in Cat 3s, but I generally finish midpack because of my dismount/remounts. Definitely worth working on until you can comfortably slide your thigh onto the saddle at walking,then jogging, and finally racing speed.

Los

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Permalink Reply by Jeff McCachren on March 19, 2015 at 7:36am

When in doubt, always check with the skills section on here:

http://www.cxmagazine.com/technique-tuesday-cyclocross-get-rid-of-s...

Its a really good how-to.  And yes, stretching a couple times a week will help you with everything.

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Permalink Reply by Timmy R on March 19, 2015 at 8:12am

Awesome.  Thanks much.  I work on mobility almost every day focusing on hips, shoulder and back. As the weather warms I intend to make this my technical focus for the summer.  I am lucky to have a local MTB trail near my house to ride which also provides a great place to work on bike skills and conditioning.

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