Share a Great Mountain Bike Riding Experience with other Women
"The camp was challenging and also very supportive, with encouragement from you and the campers and this environment will only lead to success. I wish I had a similar opportunity to learn these skills 10 years ago!" Melanie - Womens Camp
BetterRide women’s only Mountain Bike Camp, Clinic and Skills Coaching covers the same core skills as the co-ed camps in a supportive, non-judgmental atmosphere. This can be very beneficial as it invites students to push their limits without feeling intimidated.
Spend a three day weekend with us and we will teach you the physical and mental skills on how to ride balanced, efficiently, fast and smooth. You will also be given drills to help you master your new skills. Please, do yourself a favor and end the frustration of not riding up to your potential. For less than upgrading a wheelset you can upgrade your skills and start riding with ease and more confidence.
Core Mountain Biking Skills Learned In Camp
- Correct Body Position
- Balanced Weight Placement
- Vision - How to Look Ahead Correctly
- Bike Set up for Optimal Riding and Control
- Cornering Technique with Take Home Drills
- Advanced Cornering Technique
- How to Brake Effectively
- How to Use Your Brakes for Speed
- Correct Technique for Uphill and Downhill Switchbacks
- How to Clear Large Obstacles
- How to Interpret the Trail to Ride Fast and Smooth
This is the most fun and informative mountain bike skills coaching, camp or clininc you will ever attend
Starting in a safe learning environment we explain the skill, demonstrate the skill and have you practice the skill utilizing drills that you will continue to use long after the camp. Once you understand the skills we then apply them on the trail. Here at Better Ride we really enjoy helping others and would love to share with you the techniques, core skills and the skill building drills for you to continue to practice and eventually master.
Each day are camps start at 9:45 am with 3-4 hours of skills instruction and drills in a local park followed by 2-3 hours of on trail practice and riding on trail. A typical day runs from 9:45 am until 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Day 1
- How to ride in balance, in control and efficiently. Learn correct body position, balance and weight placement for climbing and descending
- How to set-up your bike for optimal riding: tire pressure, tire type, stem length, bar height, seat height, brake level reach/adjustment, suspension set up to riders weight and riding style
- How to look ahead correctly- Everyone one knows to look ahead but few actually do it! No matter how rough and rocky the trail you need to be looking ahead with both the trail and your goal in focus. This is easier said than done! We will teach you where and how to look ahead, how this effects your riding and how to improve your vision skills.
- How to wheelie over small obstacles, up and down, efficient wheelies relying on technique, not upper body strength and how to use them over different obstacles
- How to fall safer
- Break for lunch and hit the trails to work on morning skills
- Wrap up and reveiw of the days skills
Day 2
- Review of day 1, questions?
- How bikes corner, how to corner in balance, using vision to corner faster, easier with more control
- Advanced cornering with drills
- How to brake effectively (no skidding!)
- how to use your brakes to go faster
- How to start/restart on an uphill
- Break for lunch and hit the trails to work on morning skills
- Wrap up and reveiw
Day 3
- Review of both days and questions, review drills
- How to balance on a bike, how to improve your balance, how to trackstand
- How to do switch backs (up and down) in balance and in control with my 100% technique (as opposed to the popular momentum method that works well 50-60% of the time)
- How to clear larger obstacles, lift your rear wheel correctly and easily (not yanking up with your cleats), clearing logs/log piles, doing drop offs safely and smoothly
- Campers’ choice, skills the campers want further work on
- Break for lunch and hit the trails to work on morning skills
- Wrap up and reveiw
We have designed our Women Only mountain bike skills camps to help you with both the mental and physical sides of mountain biking. Our goal is to help you reach your potential by teaching you the core skills of mountain biking and the drills to master these skills. These are the non-intuitive skills that eluded Gene Hamilton, Better Ride Head Coach after 15 years of riding and kept him from reaching his potential. Learning and becoming proficient at these skills will allow you to ride in balance and in control making you a more efficient and confident rider.
