101 Core Skills & Knowledge [3hrs]: MTB Skills

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• Essentials
• Neutral & Attack Body Positions
• Cockpit Setup
• Other Equipment
• Energy Management
• Bike Setup
• Controlled Braking

Join us for a focus on how to ride in control while conserving energy and feeling good. Covering body position, how to most effectively use all of your controls, the critical techniques to apply, and important bike setup/simple tuning. We will stay on green trails, with challenges where each participant is able to choose how much to push themselves.

Learn the skills that will allow you to more confidently ride up and down the trails, especially over rocks and roots or once it gets slippery. We will customise to the desires and skills of the class, progressing to the techniques for front wheel lifts and rear wheel lifts (yes, this is possible with flat pedals too). We will discuss how to set up your bike (and yes, tyre pressures) to work the best for you (and get performance improvements for free!).

(This clinic has also been known as "Starter Skills & Knowledge")

This clinic is suitable for beginner riders wanting to learn the skills of mountain biking that they may not have been exposed to in their previous riding, and also for intermediate riders who haven’t had coaching and want to break some bad habits or get a detailed understanding of the core points for riding a mountain bike. It is…