Saturday, 17 April 2010

Matt and Diane's session at Lotts Wood

On a gloriously sunny morning Diane and Matt turned up for a singletrack riders course.
After covering the basics of bike setup, we worked through the basics of body positioning on the bike, taking extra care to ensure they were both getting their foot position correct.
We moved through the series of bends at Lotts practicing cornering technique. Ensuring that Matt and Diane were kepeing their outside foot down and dropping the heel for additional grip.
After playing in the big bombhole building confidence we moved over to the main bombhole and ran through the main route a number of times letting the guys get used to the quick changes in direction required on the entry.
Moving round the course we built on the early learnings unitl we got to the final descent where there are a series of tight trees to get through, letting the guys practice riding through not using the brakes and really building some speed.
We finished the session with some climbing practice and i was particually mean by adding additional obsticles to the climb and after a couple of goes both riders were tired but succesfully clearing the section.

All prepared for the Summit65, will see you both there 



Thursday, 15 April 2010

Fun mountainbike trails in Maidenhead


Just outside of Maidenhead, Berkshire i have found a great little gem of a riding spot. Its a very contained spot in an old brickworks quary so there are plenty of drops but the surprise was the swooping bermed corners. This makes it one of my favorite riding spots at the moment, especially as its 5minutes from my house, meaning i can ride there fairly often.

Here are some shots of riding the trails and a few jumps thrown in for good measure.