The Beginner’s Road Cycling Playbook
The Beginner's
Road Cycling
Playbook
Buy the right bike, skip the expensive mistakes, and ride farther than you thought possible in your first 90 days. Road cycling for beginners, start to finish — from the coach who rode across America and has spent five years teaching nervous beginners to clip in without falling over.
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26 pages. About forty minutes to read. Yours to keep
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Road cycling for beginners, start to finish
Thirteen chapters. 26 pages. Written to be read in one sitting and screenshotted on the road.
The $2,000 mistake almost every beginner makes
Choosing the wrong bike, and how to avoid it — road, gravel, or hybrid, matched to how you actually ride.
Bike fit you can do yourself in 20 minutes
The four adjustments that prevent knee pain, back pain, and numb hands from ride one.
Why your crank is the reason hills hurt
Gearing and cadence, explained so climbing stops feeling like punishment.
The gear that matters — and the gear that doesn't
What to buy, what to skip, and what your local shop is quietly upselling you.
Your first outdoor ride
A step-by-step walkthrough — traffic, turns, group etiquette — so you leave the driveway with a plan.
A 90-day plan to your first 50-mile ride
The exact weekly structure that gets a total beginner ride-ready in three months.
Road rules and etiquette
What every beginner needs to know before joining their first group ride.
Nutrition basics for cyclists
What to eat and drink before, during, and after your rides — no supplements, no gimmicks.
Coach Dwayne Burgess
Road and adventure cyclist from New York, now based in Coconut Grove, Miami. In 2014 he rode across the United States and wrote a book about it called Believing Is Everything: Cycling Across America. He's logged 10,000+ miles since, races gravel, and has spent five years coaching beginner cyclists in NYC and Miami. He's also the creator of Dwayne Pedals, where 10,600+ riders follow him for tested-over-time gear reviews and straight answers to beginner questions. He built Velo HIIT during the pandemic to help everyday people find confidence on two wheels. His position hasn't changed since: the biggest barrier on a bike isn't fitness, it's fear.
Stop guessing. Start riding.
Everything I wish someone had told me before I spent money on my first road bike.
Quick answers
How fast do I get it?
Instantly. The download link appears on screen the moment you check out, and it’s in your email a few seconds later. It’s yours to keep — download it again any time.
Is this for complete beginners or do I need experience?
Complete beginners. No experience required. The Beginner’s Road Cycling Playbook is written for someone who has never touched a road bike — or who bought one and it’s still gathering dust in the garage.
What format is the guide?
Instant PDF download. Works on your phone, tablet, or desktop. Read it in one sitting or use it as a reference as you go.
What if it's not for me?
30-day money-back guarantee once it launches. Read the whole thing. If it doesn’t help you, email me and I’ll refund you — no questions.
There's free cycling content everywhere. Why pay $29?
I’ve made hundreds of free videos and I still couldn’t hand a beginner a playlist that answers what bike, what size, and what to do for the next 90 days in order. That’s what this is, the Velo HIIT curriculum in sequence, in forty minutes. The channel stays free. This is for when you want it in one place instead of forty tabs.
How long is it, honestly?
26 pages, about forty minutes. I kept it short on purpose. You could read a 300-page cycling encyclopedia, or you could read this and go ride. Riding is where the learning actually happens.
Don't buy that bike without reading this first.
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