Fear when mountain biking is good. Probably never thought of it that way but often fear can save you from injury and it can create a great feeling of accomplishment when you overcome it (through practice and baby steps) and fear can make you step up your game! Fear...
Three Issues Keeping You From Mountain Biking at Your Best, Part 3 Your body has NO idea how to ride a mountain bike correctly! Your brain might know some skills but your body doesn’t preform them. A great example of this is looking ahead, we all know to do this...
Issues Keeping You From Mountain Biking at Your Best, Part 2. Fear, the killer! Fear is a topic we deal with a lot in our skills camps. Even with new and/or greatly improved skills from our camp fear can still hold you back. With this in mind I will share some ways we...
Most mountain bikers know that they get stronger through cycles of physical stress and recovery. A 100 mile ride wears you down, good nutrition and good sleep after that ride helps you recover and grow stronger. What I never realized (until I read “The New...
MTB Cornering, Braking and Setting Up to Corner Interesting braking and mtb cornering question asked by one of our students: “Just a quick follow up question. I have been having a problem getting out of position before cornering, primarily caused by hard braking...