Skills Courses

If your are new to riding or maybe you have been riding a while but want to improve on the skills you already have, then our basic skills course will benefit the way you ride and your approach to mountain biking.

The two most commonly asked questions about our skills course is, how hard is it and how fit do I have to be. Well firstly do not be fooled into thinking that basic means easy. Our courses are aimed at challenging and improving peoples riding ability with the instructor demonstrating a skills task and then participants encouraged to correctly repeat that task. We also tailor the course to suit the individuals riding skills.
The better your fitness levels are the more you will enjoy the course, we suggest that a couple of months prior to the course participants take part in two hours aerobic activity a week combined with one or two 2 hour+ rides if you are not already doing so . If you have any questions regarding the course or you fitness levels then please contact us and we will try out best to answer your questions.

AIMED AT : Riders new to mountain biking with little or no mountain biking experience and wishing to improve on there riding skills enabling them to ride off-road on more technically challenging terrain or riders that have been riding a while who may need the reassurance that they are riding to the best of there ability, this normally involves going back to basic to make sure that you have not picked up any poor riding habits along the way.

OBJECTIVES : To introduce commonly used mountain biking skills and enable the riders to have the confidence to cope with off road trail conditions. On completion of the course, rider will be familiar and competent with the following aspects of mountain biking.

  * Mountain Bike safety check.
  * Clothing & Equipment.
  * Common trail side repairs.
  * Trail Etiquette.
  * Riding Position setup.
  * Single Track techniques
  * Improving Fitness

COST & ITINERY : The cost of the Skills Course is £79. You will start at 10.00am with the morning session concentrating on developing the skills and techniques listed above. We will break for lunch and the afternoon session will be a full riding session covering terrain that will test and put into practice the skills and techniques learned during the morning session, with the aim to finish around 4.00pm.