Cyclocross Skills: Cornering - Technique + Drills

Cyclocross is a game of skills! and endurance, but a lot of it is skills. Let's chat about the most important skill - cornering! Find your limits, keep your momentum and just keep practicing!  

4 pointers; 

1 - Look through the turn / anticipate 

• watch the exit
• anticipate what’s coming and be prepared 

2 - Stay relaxed, loose

• ready to react
• find when you can pedal, then accelerate!  

3 - Tire pressure

• experiment!
• keep a log for different conditions  

4 - Use the course and adapt!

• know your lines
• don’t focus on burned in lines
• adapt as the course changes - find the green! Green means go!  

Drills;

• basic corner w/ variations
• circle of death!
• peanut drill
• tight cornering  

Get out and practice!