Mountain Biking for Beginners

Following on from the previous sessions but still open to complete beginners

The session will be based around Ashton Court and Leigh Woods and will include a fun group training session at the beginning on how to complete the basic manoeuvres on a mountain bike.

It will last about 1.5 to 2 hours depending on how people feel.

Different to road riding the basics will include:

Standing whilst riding, changing gear on the move, easier cornering, how to position yourself on the bike, better braking actions, tackling obstacles and many other techniques to help you have fun on the trails.

Absolute Perquisites:

You have ridden a bike before in the recent past.

You have a helmet that fits.

Water to drink on your bike or in a back pack.

Bike shoes, Trainers or rubber soled light walking shoes. The stiffer the sole the better. Very thin soft soled shoes are not good.

Nice to have:

Bike gloves full or fingerless. Road bike gloves are fine. Light thin fitted gloves would help if you don’t have cycling gloves. You can ride without but it is better to have some protection.

Cycling, Walking, tech tee shirt.

Padded shorts, normal shorts, running leggings. Comfortable and easy to move in.

Wet weather gear if it looks a little wet.