Why Improving Your Standing Start will Make You a Better Rider

So many skills will grow once you begin rolling smoothly from a standstill
When I am coaching bike skills, I begin lessons with some variation of standing-start sprints. Most riders, regardless of their level, struggle with the transition from being stopped to riding along. If you have ever fallen at a traffic light, struggled to get a foot out to save a crash, found yourself in the wrong gear while stopped at the bottom of a hill, missed a pedal on a race start or felt uncomfortable riding near other cyclists, you’ve actually experienced situations that you could . . .