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

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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...

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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.

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

How to wear your helmet like a pro... 📹 http://gcn.eu/2icf7Eb
How to set your saddle height 📹 http://gcn.eu/2hX0sgz
Can you improve your cadence? 📹 http://gcn.eu/2hQEL22
Improve your FTP... 📹 http://gcn.eu/2hRKIyl
Nairo Quintana vs Chris Froome cadence test 📹 http://gcn.eu/2h7gyG1
Behind the scenes at Zwift 📹 http://gcn.eu/2hEyIjg

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