What we teach

What we will teach you during the skills sessions at rideCAMP

Our aim is to help you improve the following aspects of your riding:

• Improved bike handling skills various trails and features.
• Maintaining flow and speed on the bike.
• Smoothness and efficiency over all terrain.
• Building your confidence for trail riding or even racing.

To achieve those aims, we work on these specific elements of mountain biking:

• Negotiating all types of technical terrain.
• Riding fast, but safely and smoothly uphill and downhill.
• Cornering at speed (these are the most popular sessions).
• Riding smoothly and flowing over rocks, roots, bumps, jumps, drop-offs and other obstacles.
• Using the trails and its obstacles rather than being hindered by them.
• Advanced braking techniques.
• Efficient and effective pedalling over all terrain types.
• Body positioning and ‘working the bike’ to get more out of your body and bike.
• Line choice ‘on the fly’ to get more out of the trail.
• Bike and equipment set up for safety, comfort and performance.
• Bike tuning, maintenance and repairs.
• Suspension tuning and advice.