December 2016

Improve your fitness with our 30 minute high intensity indoor cycling class. This workout is designed to boost your cycling endurance and strength.


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The GCN team of professional cyclists take on this 30 minute workout on indoor bikes. Designed by elite triathlete Paul Ryman, this intense training session can be done on an indoor trainer such as a turbo trainer or even on a set of rollers. The efforts are designed to boost your climbing, strength, endurance and fitness – Paul calls this workout the 'Interval Explosion'. Some of the efforts are very tough and will help you to power over climbs on your bike, or – if you're not a cyclist and are using this workout for fitness – this session will empower you to take on whatever fitness challenge is on your radar in 2017.

Thanks to Lucy Martin (@LUCYMARTIN05), Jessie Walker (@jesiwak) and Emily Collins (@EmilyCollins_NZ) for joining us!

Many thanks to The Club & Spa at Cadbury House for the use of their studio


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We hope that you enjoy this workout – let us know your thoughts down in the comments 👇, and LIKE and SHARE. The ad breaks in this video are designed to fall during the breaks between intervals.

Not all exercises are suitable for everyone - there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach. As with any strenuous exercise, you should take into account factors such as your flexibility, strength and overall health to determine if an exercise is appropriate for you, and consult a doctor/physician before beginning a programme of exercise. Discontinue your exercise session immediately if you experience any pain, dizziness or discomfort. 
Partaking in training sessions following GCN's video instruction is entirely at your own risk, and Global Cycling Network, its partners and its affiliated companies cannot be held responsible for any injuries which may occur as a result of these exercises.

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Music (in order of appearance)
Wordsmith - The Waiting Game (Instrumental): 


Affairs - Cours La Reine (Instrumental): 


Wordsmith - The Waiting Game (Instrumental): 


James Elsey - The Greater Good
Matt Fax - Late Night (Original Mix): 

 
Flite - Featherfall (Rameses B Remix): 

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Fast Fitness Workout – Get Fit With GCN's 30 Minute High Cadence Bike Workout

Ride 100 miles? Increase your power output? Go and watch your favourite pro race? Here are just a few things that we think make great New Year's Resolutions for cyclists.

1. Go and watch a pro race
It could be the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix, the Tour of California or even just a race local to you. But, for us, nothing quite beats the experience of spectating at a professional bicycle race. Take Dan's advice and catch the Tour of Flanders.

2. Enter a charity ride
There are many fantastic charities who promote challenge rides. Find one that resonates and sign up!

3. Help a younger or less experienced cyclist
We were all there once. Like many other sports, road cycling often relies on the goodwill of volunteers. So, why not give back in 2017 and volunteer to help out yourself?

4. Increase your power
Whether you're aiming to increase your FTP (functional threshold power), sprint power or maximum minute power, training with a power meter gives you a quantitative and comparable means by which to judge your improvements in performance. A great way to become a better cyclist.

5. Start a group ride
Get your road cycling (and even mountain biking) friends together and start a group ride. Just don't take Matt's advice on naming it...

6. Set a distance challenge – why not ride 100 miles or 100km?
A century bike ride – riding for 100 miles is an incredible – yet achievable challenge. Try this one if you're aiming to take your cycling to the next level.
 
7. Write down your weaknesses
You can't progress if you're not aware of what you need to work on. For Matt, this could be: clipping in, unclipping, clipping in...

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Simon Richardson talks through his customised Canyon Aeroad CF SLX 9.0 and his reasons for choosing the non-standard parts.

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From the Fizik Arione saddle to the Rotor 2INPower chainset, we are sure you agree, it's a beautiful bike. Leave your comments below.

Frame and forks: Canyon Aeroad CF SLX 9.0 and Canyon Aeroblade SLX forks
Wheels: Zipp 404 NSW 
Tyres: Zipp Tangente Course
Handlebars: Canyon H11 Aerocockpit CF
Stem: Canyon H11 Aerocockpit CF
Seatpost: Canyon S27 Aero VCLS CF
Saddle: Fizik Arione
Shifters: Sram Red eTap
Brakes: Shimano Dura-Ace 9000 Direct Mount
Front Mech: Sram Red eTap
Rear Mech: Sram Red eTap
Chainset: Rotor 2INpower
Pedals: Look Keo
Chainring size: 39x52
Powermeter: Rotor 2INpower
Cassette: 11-28


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Music
Gravity's Shadow
Marc Adamo, Tico Zamora

Simon Richardson's Canyon Aeroad CF SLX 9.0

Believe it or not, it doesn't always go according to plan on GCN! Here are our best bloopers of the year.

Here's a few clips that the GCN presenters had hoped we'd 

, just for you, we've pulled out some of the funniest moments that we managed to catch while the camera was still rolling. Enjoy! 

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Feel the burn with our 20 intense hill climb workout. Thumbs up if you try it!

This 20 minute indoor cycling workout is perfect for the time crunched cyclist. Filmed on the stunning Passo Campolongo in Alta Badia, this is a brutal, short blast. Climb with former professional cyclist Matt Stephens who will guide you through a series or searing functional threshold power and maximal intervals.

LIKE, SHARE and let us know how you get on down in the comments!

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It's one of the big road cycling debates, and we answer it on Ask GCN Anything About Cycling this week...

Matt goes for never, ever up, Dan doesn't usually wear them. How do you wear your cycling cap?

Ask GCN Anything About Cycling is the weekly show where we take your cycling questions and answer them – sometimes with the help of a few of our cycling videos.

This week's questions tackle a diverse range of topics including cycling caps: peak up or peak down, ways to improve your FTP (basically, ways to get fitter) and how to get your saddle height right.

Ask GCN is all about YOU. So, let us know your questions for the next episode down in the comments or on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram using #TorqueBack!

All of the GCN videos that we mention in this one are linked down below.

How to wear your helmet like a pro... 📹 


Nairo Quintana vs Chris Froome cadence test 📹  

Cycling Caps: Peak Up Or Peak Down?! | Ask GCN Anything About Cycling

Fitter, Stronger, Faster. Improve your cycling fitness with our 6 minute bodyweight workout. Try it today!

Train with Simon and complete our 6 minute realtime workout. It will keep your training fresh, challenging and help you ride faster out on the road. 

Start with mountain climbers, move to squats and challenge yourself with many more fantastic exercises. You might recognise Paul from our very popular training videos, Paul has designed a perfect bodyweight training session for cyclists who want to improve their overall fitness, this session can be completed anywhere and with no equipment required!

Try this today and let us know how you get on in the comments! 💪

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Celebrate in style with these signature finish line moves.

From the simple one finger salute to something a little more theatrical, we've got 10 brilliant ways to post up when celebrating a race win, or even just a town sign sprint.

What's your favourite celebration? Let us know in the comments down below!

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Music:
Arthur Pochon - Springtime Feeling

10 Classic Finish Line Celebrations

From Bike of the Year to tech of the Year, the GCN Tech Awards presents the best new road bike tech of the year and the best pro road bikes of the year, as voted for by you, the GCN viewers.

We absolutely love bike tech here at GCN, and we're pretty sure that you do too. This year, instead of rolling the tech of the year award into our annual awards show (watch this space!), we decided that road bike tech needed its very own set of awards. And, of course, the GCN viewers and subscribers needed to vote.

We opened the awards up across categories including Pro Bike of the Year, Custom Bike of the Year, Best New Tech of the Year and Best New Bike of the Year.

Are you (the GCN Viewers right), or did your favourite not win?

Let us know what you think down in the comments and don't forget to LIKE and SHARE this one!

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Music
Ulas Koca - Turn This Mother Out
George Nakas, Per Ljunqvist - Just For You
Tico Zamora, Marc Adamo - Title Fight Dreams

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The cycling poker face can easily be used to trick your riding friends into thinking you are invincible. 

The GCN presenters explain how to use facial and body expressions to really fool your cycling friends into thinking you are at the point of exhaustion.

The poker face can easily be trained and the results can be oh so rewarding! With our tips you can start dropping the rest whilst secretly you are suffering.

Masters of the poker face in the pro peloton include Miguel Indurain, Nairo Quintana, Alejandro Valverde, Laurent Jalabert as well as the British twins Simon and Adam Yates.

In contrast there are riders who play on the reverse "Poker Face". The modern day master of this is Thomas Voeckler. As soon as he leaves the team bus the face is on and the grimace game begins.

How To Ride With A Poker Face

Welcome to Where Are They Now? Vol 2.
Our latest series where we find out what six previously-high-profile riders are now.

What do pro cyclists do after their careers are over? If you're anything like us, you may well want to find out.

In the second instalment of the series, we take a look at the post-cyclocross careers of:
 - Adri van der Poel
 - Richard Groenendaal
 - Niels Albert
 - Roger Hammond
 - Erik De Vlaeminck
 - Sven Nys

Let us know in the comments below who you want us to feature next!


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Where Are They Now? Vol 2 - Cyclocross Special

We give out the most prestigious awards in cycling, including the best hacks and bodges of the year.

Thanks to all of you who voted in this year’s GCN Awards. But as well as rewarding some of the best riders in pro cycling, we also give a shout out to the people that truly make this channel great…you guys!

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December 2016

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