OK, so I'm that person in a triathlon who gets their bike at T1, puts on their shoes, then trots over to the mount line and slowly swings one leg over the top tube, clicks in one foot, then slowly starts moving forward, clicks in other foot, and tries not to get in anyone's way as everyone else flies out of T1.
T2 isn't much better. I manage to get one foot out of the shoe before arriving at the dismount line, but I have to come to a complete stop (making sure no one else is behind me), unclick my other foot out of the pedal get one leg over the top tube again, and trot back to rack my bike.
I figure it's time I learn how to properly mount and dismount a bike. I know everyone learned this when they were five years old, but I never learned how to get on a bike by swinging my leg over it from a walk, or dismounting by simply swinging my leg back as the bike slowed down. I'm actually terrified (genetic predisposition to extreme clutziness and total lack of balance.) So....has anyone ever learned how to do this? YouTube is all I've got and I think all I'm doing is getting even more scared watching videos. What are the steps or building blocks to learning this, or do you just try the whole movement on the first shot?
T2 isn't much better. I manage to get one foot out of the shoe before arriving at the dismount line, but I have to come to a complete stop (making sure no one else is behind me), unclick my other foot out of the pedal get one leg over the top tube again, and trot back to rack my bike.
I figure it's time I learn how to properly mount and dismount a bike. I know everyone learned this when they were five years old, but I never learned how to get on a bike by swinging my leg over it from a walk, or dismounting by simply swinging my leg back as the bike slowed down. I'm actually terrified (genetic predisposition to extreme clutziness and total lack of balance.) So....has anyone ever learned how to do this? YouTube is all I've got and I think all I'm doing is getting even more scared watching videos. What are the steps or building blocks to learning this, or do you just try the whole movement on the first shot?