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Mountain bike skills courses
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Guided mountain bike rides
Mountain Bike Skills Coaching: Core Skills - Fundamentals
Course description
Maybe you've reached a plateau in your mountain biking and can't seem to ride faster on more technical terrain without fear of falling off. Or perhaps you have never been taught the fundamentals of mountain biking and are just getting by on your road biking skills.
Our Core Skills - Fundamentals coaching course will give you the core mountain bike skills that you can apply to any terrain, in any location, in any conditions. Following training both total novices and intermediate riders should see an immediate improvement in their riding. Even advanced MTB riders will find the course helpful in guiding them to the next level by focusing on their fundamentals.
Course outline
The skills taught and practiced on the Core Skills - Fundamentals course will include:
- Core body position
- Dynamic weight shift
- Effective braking
- Negotiating small trail obstacles
- Cornering skill5
- 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 mountain bike 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
- 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
- Yorkshire Moors
- DF101 - 12 Sep 2010
- DF101 - 23 Oct 2010
- DF101 - 20 Nov 2010
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.
