Skills Coaching: Mountain, Road, Unicycle, Backcountry

Any skill can be learned by trial and error, but haven't you found it is usually faster and easier to have someone show you how it's done?

The Cycologist has developed programs to help you handle your bike better whether you are a first timer or an experienced rider who is ready to move to the next level. Mountain Bike instruction makes your riding more fun by enabling you to ride increasingly technical terrain with confidence. This is achieved by teaching you to conserve energy and ride with better technique and finesse.

All of the following skills courses are available on a Private, Semi-Private or group basis. The Cycologist guarantees results! If you don't feel that your mountain biking skills are improved after our instruction we will refund your money.

Beginner

If you are new to mountain biking or if you feel like you are walking your bike more than riding it, the Beginner Skills Clinic is just what the doctor ordered. Topics covered in this course include: equipment selection, using your brakes and gears to your advantage, effective climbing and descending techniques, and getting over obstacles

Intermediate

You've been riding mountain bikes for a couple of years now and you trail ride enough to know there are skills you would like to improve. You're not alone! This, our most popular course, entails: conquering steep hills – both up and down, navigating switchbacks, wheelies, manuals, bunny-hops, track stands, no-handed riding and how to use these skills on the trail to increase your speed and finesse.

Advanced

Your friends think you're sick but you're ready to learn the techniques to try more! This course will enable you to learn trials skills, help you increase the altitude of your jumps and drop-offs, find lines down the sickest descents, and climb stuff that other people won't ride down!

Youth

This course covers all the same skills as our beginner clinic but is geared for youth ages 10-17. Although not required, it is fun when parents attend the clinic with their children.

Skills Clinic Syllabus

All Clinics are specially tailored to individual.

Level 1/Beginner: Very little or no experience on a bicycle.
Level 2/Intermediate: Moderate experience on bike
Level 3/Advanced: Experienced riders who want to bring skills to higher levels

Skills Clinic’s Procedure: (Not including specifics covered in Clinic)

Get to know you session. Strengths and weakness on bike. Goals. Why you signed up for the clinic.
Basic Clinic
- Get to know bike
- Position on Bike (Fundamental athletic position and using it to your advantage.)
- Climbing (Getting up hill, techniques to make the climb as easy as possible.)
- Descending (The fun part of Mountain biking, Descending with control and confidence)
- Cornering (Efficiently handling high and low speed corners with smoothness and confidence.)
- Obstacle Clearance (How to deal with obstacles in the trail; rocks, logs, sand, drops, puddles.)
  - Wheelie
  - Manual
  - Bunny Hop
Intermediate and Advanced Clinics. Finding the Zone (Will Cover Specific Parts of basic clinic on a client need basis.)
- Pump track technique
- Stairs
- Drops
- Logs
- Cornering using berms
- Jumps –Table tops and gaps
- Rock Hockey
- Bridges and Ladders

Backcountry Preparedness

Nutrition
Hydration
Clothing Temperature and Moisture Management
Survival Kit
- Personal
  - Garbage bag
  - Nylon Rope
  - Fire starting kit
  - Knife
  - Water purification
  - Toilet paper
  - First aid kit
  - Map
- Bike Repair Kit
  - Tubes
  - Chain Tool
  - Pump
  - Multitool
  - Derailerhanger
  - Zip ties and duct tape