Name: 5 Descending Mistakes You Didn’t Know You’re Making!
Uploaded: 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
Description: Descending on a road bike is an important skill but one which many of us haven’t fully mastered. Conor takes you through five common mistakes that cyclists make when riding downhill and explains how you can avoid doing them, helping you to ride descents faster and more safely.

Logan Jones-Wilkins

Junior Writer - North America

Logan Jones-Wilkins is GCN’s North American junior writer. From Denver, Colorado, he covers North American and European cycling for the website.

Descending on a bicycle is a delicate business. Assisted by gravity and protected by a mere helmet and lycra, the risks associated with riding downhill are, potentially, grave.

Almost every cyclist knows this to be true, with crashing on a downhill being something of a right of passage for any beginner with a bicycle. Nonetheless, these risks are not things a rider cannot manage and fear shouldn’t get in the way of letting anyone feel the euphoria of a screaming descent down tarmac.

To help master the art of the down hill, 

Conor Dunne, formerly of the WorldTour and currently being almost certainly taller than you, has put together a video outlining five tips to help you get over the yips and get downhill, faster, safer and with more joy. 

In this video, you will learn the importance of things like body position, braking technique, mental framing and confidence which all will help any rider feel more at ease at speed.

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Conor Dunne

Descending on a road bike is an important skill but one which many of us haven’t fully mastered. Conor takes you through five common mistakes that cyclists make when riding downhill and explains how you can avoid doing them, helping you to ride descents faster and more safely. 

0:00 Intro
0:29 Braking hard in corners
1:13 Brakes set up wrong way
1:52 Not relaxing
3:48 Not pedalling
4:21 Not getting low

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Conor Dunne explains the art of descending and the mistakes you might be making