Feb 6, 2018 | Mountain Bike Skills tips, MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice, MTB Skills Videos, MTB Training Tips
Using your front brake effectively is one of the most important skills on a mountain bike. Proper use of the front brake gives you much more control making you safer, faster and more confident. Now, when braking to cut speed (the main reason we use our front brake)...
Jan 23, 2018 | Mountain Bike Skills tips, MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice, MTB Skills Videos
Mountain bike foot placement is a skill that will make you smoother and give you better balance. Check out my video below and then read my deeper break down of this important skill. I can’t stress enough how important this is! Greg Minnaar and Aaron Gwin have...
Dec 27, 2017 | Downhill, Mental Skills, Mountain Bike Skills tips, MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice, MTB Training Tips, MTB Videos
All mountain bikers can learn a lot from Aaron Gwin’s winning run at Mont Sainte Anne this year. You don’t have to be into downhill mountain biking or even enjoy it to learn from this amazing run. If you don’t know much about this incredible feat I...
Jan 14, 2015 | Mountain Bike Skills tips, MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice
There is a lot of misleading advice for cornering your mountain bike, often from top racers who aren’t actually doing what they say they are doing! Greg Minnaar and I got a kick out of Myles Rockwell’s announcing at the world championships a few years ago....
Nov 4, 2014 | Mountain Bike Skills tips, MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice
Setting up to rail a corner on your mountain bike! Interesting braking and 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...
