Trailriding Tips & Techniques

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TRAILRIDING TIPS & TECHNIQUES
from Glentress, Essentials

From the pros behind Glentress, the most popular mountain biking centre in Scotland, comes this guide to gaining the essential skills you need to get the most out of your mountain bike.

Written by Emma Guy & Tracy Brunger - former World Cup Riders

Based on the back-to-basics philosophy that has got Emma and Tracy to the top of the mountain biking game and has become the Glentress mantra in their acclaimed skills courses. From pre-ride checks and trailside repairs to perfecting weight shift, effective gearing and cone of movement, then moving up a gear to climbing, downhill, jumps, rolls and cornering. Presented in five easy chapters with loads of great photography, this is the only guide you need to start you off looking and riding like a pro.

Published by Pocket Mountains
80 Pages, Pocket Size, 14.7cm x 10.5cm
ISBN 978-0-9554548-4-4

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Everything you need to know if starting out and everything you thought you knew (but didn't) if you're an old hand.

Starting with advice on choosing and then setting up a mountain bike the pages that follow outline fundamental techniques that will transform your riding and take you to a much higher level than you will ever have thought possible.

Crucially, developing a foundation layer of skills also helps remove much of the fear factor when riding - regardless of experience.

As such this book will give you the knowledge and technical ability to cope with almost anything that the trail throws at you.

CONTENTS:

Introduction (5 pages)

Practice, Fit to Ride, Fuelling up, Trail Etiquette, Riding Safety.

Chapter 1: First Gear (14 pages)

Whether new to mountain biking and wanting to start on the right track or if you have been riding a while and have a hunger for additional knowledge then this chapter will point you in the right direction: Choosing your Mountain Bike, Saddle Height & Rails, Handlebars & Brake Levers, Pedal Power, Understanding Tyre Pressure, Pre-ride Checks.

Chapter 2: Trail Side Repairs (10 pages)

For the world cup racer and the beginner alike there is nothing more frustrating than having your ride cut short by some kind of equipment failure (or mechanical). At best a mechanical is an inconvenience that may result in a long walk back to the car, but in failing daylight and dropping temperatures it may be much more serious: Changing a Flat, Mending a Broken Chain, Cleaning & Maintenance, Creative Repairs - sometimes a little imagination and creativity is required to get you out of trouble.

Chapter 3: The Basics (14 Pages)

Trailriding is often instinctive but as the best riders will testify this instinct also needs to be backed up with technique - something that is often forgotten when the adrenaline starts to kick in: Cone of Movement, Perfecting Weight Transfer, Using Natural Suspension, Looking Ahead, The Art of Braking, Effective Gearing.

Chapter 4: Essential Skills (18 Pages)

Now that you have the core skills in place it is now time to add a layer of skills that will allow you to tackle many of the common obstacle found on trails. The skills in this chapter will really make you think about your riding and how the application of weight transfer and carefully applied power will help you negotiate particular sections of trail: Look and Attack, Squashing the 'O', Ski Cornering, Weighting, Manual Front Wheel Lift, Power Assisted Front Wheel Lift, Climbing Best Practice, Downhill Best Practice.

Chapter 5: Theory into Practice (16 pages)

Now it's time to apply the skills learnt in the preceeding chapters to specific obstacles: The Safe Roll, Larger Drop Offs, The Steep Roll, The Mechanics of Jumping, Push & Spring Jumps, Tackling Akward Terrain, Creating the Flow.

By putting all the skills together that you have learnt you will be in total control and all set up to have the rides of your life!