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Adventure race skills courses
Adventure Race Skills: Mountain Bike Fundamentals
Course description
Are you fed up with being overtaken on technical descents after you've spent tons of effort passing the same racers on the climb? Or perhaps you lack confidence on steep terrain or on rocks and roots?
Our MTB Fundamentals coaching course will give you the mountain bike core skills that you can apply to any terrain, in any location, in any conditions.
With the help of our highly experienced coaches, both total novices and intermediate adventure racers, should see an immediate improvement in their riding and, more importantly, their race speed.
Course outline
The skills taught and practiced on the AR Skills: Mountain Bike Fundamentals course will include:
- Core body position
- Dynamic weight shift
- Effective braking
- Cornering skills
- Negotiating steep terrain
Typical programme
Although the course is flexible it will usually keep to the following programme:
- 9:00-9:30 Arrival at course venue
- 9:30-10:00 Course commences, introductions and equipment check
- 10:00-10.30 Warm-up ride to skills area
- 10:30-13:00 Core skills coaching and practice
- 13:00-13:30 Review and next steps
- 13:30 Course ends
Any questions?
If you wish to discuss our adventure race skills courses or have specific requirements, please call our team of experts to discuss your needs on 0800 756 6999.
Course information
Pricing
£60.00 per person
Course dates & locations
- The Surrey Hills
- SH100 - 04 Sep 2010 - Full
- SH100 - 18 Sep 2010
- SH100 - 02 Oct 2010 - Full
- SH100 - 16 Oct 2010
- SH100 - 30 Oct 2010
- SH100 - 13 Nov 2010
- SH100 - 27 Nov 2010
- SH100 - 11 Dec 2010
- SH100 - 08 Jan 2011
- SH100 - 22 Jan 2011
- SH100 - 12 Feb 2011
- SH100 - 26 Feb 2011
- SH100 - 12 Mar 2011
- SH100 - 26 Mar 2011
Bike Rental
£25.00 per day
Duration
Half day course (4 hours)
Teaching ratio
3-6 students per coach
Previous experience
No previous mountain bike experience is required, but you must be able to ride a bike with gears.
Preparation and fitness
The good news is that you don't have to be ultra-fit to get the most out of this course.
We will be riding our bikes for about four hours, though not constantly and at an easy pace.
We'll also be stopping regularly to coach skills.
Consolidation and practice
We recommend that you take what you've learned straight out on the trail and practice the skills as much as possible before moving up to the next course.
Riding once or twice a week will help cement your new skills.
Don't forget to session the bits you have the most difficulty with as this will help them become natural.
Equipment required
Please refer to our equipment page for a complete list.
You won't need to carry tools, a trailside repair kit or a first aid kit as your coach will have all of these.
