There are many MTB training devices on the market right now. I keep seeing an ad for a “Brake Trainer” that tells you when and where during your ride you used the brakes and how hard you applied them. I applaud the designers for trying to create something to help...
Inspiring Mountain Biking Students from 20 Years of Coaching, Part 1 As you can imagine in my 20 years of coaching mountain bike skills I have had a lot of interesting and inspiring people take my camps. Some of these people have gone on to become famous racers, some...
Mountain Biking 10 Ways To Calm Your Fear and Ride at Your Best 1. Create a pre-ride routine to get you in the right mental space to ride your best! Nothing kills confidence liked a busy, cluttered mind. Don’t just a hop than bike after a stressful day, start...
As I mentioned in my last post, I love what 30 years of practice and modern mountain bikes allow me to do! So what exactly do modern bikes allow us to do? Well, one of my readers summed it up well, “Hi Gene! Enjoyed your musing on old vs. new mountain bikes....
Challenging Mountain Bike Trails Should be Ridden with Skills, Not Balls Sorry for the use of the term “Balls” but this a common comment on some of my riding videos and I wanted to address this comment (that is often thought or said as a compliment). I...