Name: Mountain Bike Core Skills Course
Price: 179.00 AUD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (3 reviews)

Highlights

Bike checks and set-up
Correct balance, weight shift and movement on your bike
Braking, climbing and descending techniques
The four key MTB skills- Manual front wheel lifts, Power-assisted Front wheel lifts, Rear wheel lifts, and track stands

This mountain biking course in the Adelaide Hills is specifically designed for the weekend rider who is looking to improve their general skills. It focuses on improving your current abilities, teaches you better ways to approach your bike riding, and learning the basics correctly.

What's included?

5 hours of tuition from a qualified bike instructor
Fully qualified local mountain bike guides

Do you want to learn to ride smoother, faster, and with more confidence? What about learning to tackle more technical terrain or harder obstacles. Well, we can show you, by going ‘back to basics’! We will focus on some of the most important skills you can ever learn. This begins with us briefly covering bike set-up and your body position and stance on your bike, so you are totally comfortable on your bike before we start getting too technical! We cover techniques such as track stands, manuals and wheel lifts, and we will also go riding to attempt these skills ‘on the trail’. You may be surprised what bad habits you had picked up, or how much your riding improves by going back to basics! Our skills training is suitable for most riders, from the brand new rider just getting out on a mountain bike for the first time, through to the more confident, advanced rider who wants to hone their skills and look at improving their riding ability.

PLEASE NOTE: Mountain bike and helmet hire are available at additional costs.

Important information

Session Length

The course runs from 10am until approximately 3pm.

Guidelines

This experience is suitable for any reasonably active person Participants must be 16 years or older.

Cancellation

Change your booking up to 48 hours before the start time of your experience
Changes are not permitted within 48 hours of your experience
Late arrivals or no shows may result in you forfeiting your experience

Numbers on the Day

The trip runs for groups of 3-6, with one guide.

Weather

In periods of extreme heat and fire bans this activity cannot occur. Your tour will be rescheduled.

Dress Code

Suitable comfortable clothing for riding a bike off-road. Enclosed shoes are essential. Also consider a lightweight jacket if forecast looks wet and an extra layer in case it gets cold

Other Info

We recommend that you bring your own mountain bike

Location

Adelaide.

Reviews

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Great skills, great location and great fun

Jeff 2 April 2017

Highly recommend this course. A relaxed and very competent instructor, nice environment and great content. A1

Mountain Bike core skills course was both fun and

Simon 21 November 2016

The mountain bike core skills course was a great day out. The instructor was fantastic and everyone learnt useful skills, which was a great achievement as going into the day there was a wide skill/experience gap in the participants. The course was well structured and a great pace. The instructor was very skilled in mountain biking and also good at teaching skills to participants. There was a 40+ year age gap between the youngest and oldest participant, and the instructor was able to make things relevant to everyone. The drills and demonstrations were done well and everyone learnt new skills. We were having so much fun, people didn’t mind getting a bit wet when it rained.

Great day

Alex111 20 July 2014

This was a good introduction to mountain biking in a great location - beneficial for anyone who wants to learn/consolidate skills as well as beginners. Initially we did a few trails with Ian giving useful feedback and demos. After lunch we worked more on specific skills with a few games and a bit of friendly competition thrown in. Overall it was a really fun day and it was great to get tips and be taught some skills to incorporate into riding.