How to ride on cobbles (video)

Cobbles bring out the supreme bike handlers of the pro peloton, here are a few useful hints to help you join them.

The cobbles of Paris-Roubaix

(Image credit: Russ Ellis)

Riding on cobbled roads can be somewhat intimidating to riders facing the pavé for the first time. But applying a little bit of tactical nous will slowly increase your confidence and see you floating over the cobblestones in no time at all.

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Paul Knott is a fitness and features writer, who has also presented Cycling Weekly videos as well as contributing to the print magazine as well as online articles.  In 2020 he published his first book, The Official Tour de France Road Cycling Training Guide (Welbeck), a guide designed to help readers improve their cycling performance via cherrypicking from the strategies adopted by the pros.