How To Ride Faster On Flat Pedals | MTB Skills

Flat pedals win medals! It seems that most riders have been moving over to clipless in recent years, but there are a few who are still using flats like Sam Hill and Morgane Charre. They are able to keep the bike pinned and even get on to elite-level podiums, but how do they do it? Rich Payne is out in Finale Ligure - Italy to share his pro tips for riding your mountain bike faster using flat pedals. ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Pedal Choice 3:15 - Shoe Choice 4:52 - Foot Placement 5:56 - Drop Your Heels 6:57 - Clamp The Cranks Useful Links: Watch The UCI MTB World Series Elite Racing On GCN 👉 🛍 NEW MTB Bike Maintenance Book 👉 Racing Highlights & More On GMBN Racing 👉 Watch Shorts on GMBN 👉 Submit your Photo and Video to us 👉 Sign-up to our newsletter 👉 Do you ride flat pedals or clipless? 👇 Let us know in the comments! Watch more on GMBN... 📹 How To Manual Your Mountain Bike 👉 📹 Watch our Editor’s Choice Playlist 👉 📹 Watch our weekly show, The Dirt Shed Show 👉 🎵 Music - licensed by Epidemic Sound 🎵 Lolo Wednesday - Curli Loxx Hidden Madness - Toby Tranter Maximalism - Ballpoint New Moon Energy - Sarah, the Illstrumentalist #GMBN #GlobalMountainBikeNetwork #MTB #MountainBiking #flats #pedals The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community – and your destination for the best mountain bike content in the world. GMBN is dedicated to inspiring and unlocking your riding potential. Our videos cater to fans of every mountain bike discipline: from mile-munching cross-country (XC) riders, through adrenaline-fuelled dirt jumpers, gravity-hungry downhillers or aspiring enduro racers, and beyond. Every day of every month, our ex-pro presenting team are on hand to entertain and inspire you while also providing a uniquely qualified insight into the world of mountain biking. Every week we deliver original daily videos that include: Adventurous and entertaining features Mountain bike skills coaching Technical advice and guidance Mechanical know-how to keep you rolling A place for the riding community with our weekly Dirt Shed Show Thanks to our sponsors: Canyon Bikes: Nukeproof Bikes: Orbea Bikes: Park Tool: Smith Helmets & Eyewear: Crankbrothers Pedals: Shimano Footwear: Ergon: Vittoria Tires: FSA: Spank: Topeak: Garmin: Peaty’s Products: Wahoo: Worx Power Tools: CamelBak: Watch our sister channels: GMBN Racing - GMBN Tech - Electric Mountain Bike Network - GMBN auf Deutsch - Global Cycling Network - GCN Tech - GCN Racing - Global Triathlon Network - GCN Italia - GCN en Espanol - GCN auf Deutsch - GCN en Francais - GCN Japan - GCN Training -