Comments on: The Secret to the Cyclocross Remount: Herb Brooks Knows It’s Not a Miracle

By: chris

chris — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:49:33 +0000

out of ten my stats are still the same
but… I can run faster than most and do a smoking dismount.

I’ll keep trying though.

By: plum

plum — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:47:11 +0000

This is funny as hell. I was doing these same laps last night until my crotch turned into hamburger. Then I found this site today.

By: Cyclocross Bikes

Cyclocross Bikes — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:57:51 +0000

I love this post…the visualization of you out there practicing over and over and over again is excactly what I do when the autumn crisp nights arrive. Kill the double tap by launching from your left foot.

By: chr15

chr15 — Wed, 05 May 2010 08:32:59 +0000

Thanks :)

I’m watching… U-toob… wend… 9-ball diaries… USGP footage… everything i can find.

It’s coming. But still…
out of 10 tries

1 – I nail it
2 – It nails me
7 – that damn douple tap really bugs me

it’s moving in the right direction.

Practice and patience, it’s still 4-5 months til the start of the season :)

By: snarkypants

snarkypants — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:36:19 +0000

Watch everything you can get your hands on, ask people for tips, look at instruction videos online. But – at the end of the day?
Repetition repetition repetition repetition.
There’s no black magic, just practice (not patience, practice!) : )

My breakthrough moment came when I started doing the remount from the drops instead of the hoods. I don’t know why that worked but for some reason it helped me get my hips in the right place.

Of course, that was after about 100 slow walking practice attempts. All the people who teach it recommend starting slow to get your footwork down and then gradually increase speed.

By: chr15

chr15 — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:00:02 +0000

So, I’m trawling the net looking for advice on nailing this darn remount and I saw “the-secret-to-the-cyclocross-remount” by my fave (that title is reserved for who I am repling to :) ) blogger…

So the only advice you can offer (or Sal can offer) is to be patient??? My inner thigh is black and blue!!!

Maybe I should watch that film. Are there any clues in there?

By: John C

John C — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:40:54 +0000

I’ve had a really tough time learning the remount. I finally made a breakthrough by thinking about launching off the right foot.

I checked out some YouTube videos of pros remounting and I noticed they were launching off their right foot. I took some screen grabs and posted a some of the shots here (along with a stick figure remounting animation, and subsequent fall):

http://messyboy.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/cx-remounts-its-the-right-foot-stupid-john/

Congrats on the new bike!

By: Linda J.

Linda J. — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:22:40 +0000

I love that movie. Congrats on the remount!

By: Aimee

Aimee — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:14:40 +0000

So, I am totally not a runner, not a fitness girl, not anything. This year I decided to try something new…signing up for my very first half marathon. The furthest I have EVER run in my life is 3 miles in freshman gym class. That’s it.
I am so inspired listening to you learn a new sport, I’m ready to try, at the ripe old age of 33!

By: MattD

MattD — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:22:06 +0000

I’m still trying to get the remount going on my ubertall VF as well :) Good work!