If you’ve spent some time at trail centres and would like to head out onto natural cross country routes. This course will give you not only the biking skills but also the ability to navigate on ordnance survey maps and keep your bike going if it breaks.
Prerequisites – Confidently ride a bike off road
- Bike set up
- Kit to carry
- ‘Ready Position’ Bike, Body & Balance
- Efficient and effective braking
- Technical descent
- Efficient climbing
- Confident cornering
- Efficient riding, pumping and using terrain features to keep speed
- Drops
- Bike maintenance and trail side maintenance
- Navigation (ordinance survey mapping)
- Weather forecasting
