A question I get nearly every week is, “Wait, you use the ____ trail system; I can ride those trails fine! What could you teach me? I want advanced skills!” I understand that. You can ride blue and green trails fine but struggle with black and double-black...
Two decades ago, bike fitness trainer James Wilson and I got into a discussion on whether skills or fitness were more important for mountain biking. In the end, we realized that even though he was MUCH fitter than me and also enjoyed the advantage of being about 15...