Steep & Rocky Riding Skills Course

Our Steep and Rocky mountain bike riding skills course is aimed at riders who really wish to develop their riding skills on Natural Trails in a stunning landscape.  Steep and Rocky is what we encounter a lot when riding Trail Centre's and Natural Trails, we'll unravel the mystery on how to  ride it confidentley and put method into your ride.

This carefully structured mountain bike riding skills course will help you develop and improve your technique, skills and confidence on steep and rocky terrain. We always start easy, build your knowledge and techinque then as you develop and gain confidence we progress to steeper and rockier trails. If you're not sure then give us a call!

Course Content

• Bike set-up
• Body position / weight distribution
• Line Choice / Visual Cues
• Braking - which when and how much
• Power assisted front wheel lifts
• Climbing small rock steps

Typical Course

Friday:	Optional Friday Mountain Bike Maintenance course
Morning:	Bike set up and safety checks. Body position, weight distribution, visual cues, braking, climbing.
Afternoon:	Small front wheel pedal lifts, developing your techniques on Steep and Rocky terrain, line choice, braking etc.  End of day informal group evaluation tea/coffe and homemade cake at Dales Bike Centre.

To enable you to get the most from your Mountain Bike Riding Skills Course we limit course size to a maximum of 6 participants.

Why not beat the Friday afternoon rush and sign up to our

Friday Maintenance course

• You get to learn how to service your bike 

• Save a fortune in future maintenance bills

• Beat the friday traffic by coming up Thursday

• Win Win Win!

Check Availability and Book Here

 

Some Testimonials:

"As someone who never wins stuff I was pretty chuffed (and astonished) to land one of the skills day prizes at the inaugral Dales Bike Centre Cinema Night.  However walking away at the end of the night somewhat coveting some of the other prizes I did start to wonder whether this old dog could be taught any new tricks.  After 20 years riding you kind of like to think you've got your technique pretty much sorted.  Thinking that the Steep and Rocky course would be a good day out anyway and with new elbow pads tucked in my pack I booked the course date.

Riding with friends tends not to be a critical or developmental exercise (unless you fall off of course) and those old tricks tend to be very much stuck in a skills rut (excuse the pun).  Having an experienced pair of eyes watching you riding and giving constructive feedback made me make subtle changes that have definitely improved my riding.  I've spent years sticking with what's comfortable, a few subtle changes combined with some new skills has made a huge difference to my downhill speed and technique - all practised in a real every day riding environment as opposed to a fabricated trail centre one.

I will definitely now take a more serious look at the other courses available and fail to see why anyone would travel miles to a trail centre to do a course that is right here in the Dales.  A great course with great instruction.  Thanks Stu, Brenda and Nicola."

Mark

 

"I attended the one day 'Steep and Rocky' skills day at DMB on Saturday 23rd May.  Met by extremely happy and friendly people I knew we were in good hands.  Nicola is great, fair and knowledgeable.  I particularly like the part when a couple of us were 'freaking out' (beating ourselves up for not being able to do it) on the rocky section, and with her calm and positive attitude; she sat us down, calmed us down and picked us back up again.  Excellent for reassuring riders developing and learning new techniques.  She makes you feel good and keeps it fun.

The groups are kept small so you feel like you are getting one-on-one tuition which is what I need!  I've now booked Jumps and Drops in June.  Watch out boys, here I come! :-)

I would just like to add a big thank you.  The team at Dales Mountain Biking are excellent and I would not worry about recommending them to anyone who wishes to grow and develop their mountain biking abilities.  The cafe is also a little hidden away gem for riders, especially those home baked cakes!  See you soon Dales Mountain Biking."

Elaine