moderate
1 day
Participants should be in moderate physical shape, able to handle short technical sections and sustained pedaling.
Level up your mountain biking at Blankets Creek with a focused skills clinic designed to boost confidence and technique. Perfect for riders ready to tackle more technical trails.
Join our fundamentals clinic to enhance your mountain biking skills, regardless of your experience level. Over two days, you'll learn essential techniques, including body positioning, braking, and cornering, before hitting the trails to practice. Connect with fellow riders and coaches, culminating in a celebratory toast to your newfound skills.
Our fundamentals clinic is appropriate for all skills and abilities. It’s the ‘foundation’ of mountain biking.
Join other participants and your Dynamic Cycling coaches at a local venue for a meet and greet.
It’s all about becoming a more dynamic rider. We start by dialing in the fundamentals.
• Stability through proper body position and developing our range of motion.
• Operational controls learning how to modulate our brakes while on trail (trail braking),
• Emergency stopping techniques
• Proper shifting techniques.
• Cadence and vision and how to read a trail.
• We continue to build on these fundamentals as we learn our ‘ACE’ gear, reading the trail with the ‘now and next; and introduce maneuvers such as a ‘peek n push’ and cornering.
• We end our morning session on different types of corners; applying the fundamentals we learned. We further develop proper body position and angulating the bike, modulating our speed and looking through corners.
We hit the trails!!! Practicing what learned. Sessioning features on trail is essential to becoming a better rider. • We find features that we can allow us to further develop our fundamental skills; rock gardens, rock rollers & steeps, technical climbs/descents, and more! • We practice cornering on trail; Using the different style corners available on trail and how to flow through corners without braking.
We finish back in the parking lot to wrap up the day. After our wrap up we head back to the meet and greet location to have a toast with our new riding buddies.
On trail coaching and sessioning is dependent on the trail network and features available.
Use sturdy mountain biking shoes for better grip and control during technique drills.
Drink plenty of water before and during the clinic to stay energized and focused.
Get to the trailhead early to gear up and warm up before instructions begin.
Focus on your stance and body leverage during drills for better maneuvering.
Blankets Creek has been a popular biking destination since the early 2000s, with continuous trail improvements enhancing the riding experience.
The area supports local efforts to maintain sustainable trail use and minimize habitat disturbance.
Critical for safety and protection during trail riding and drills.
Improve grip and protect hands from blisters and branches.
Carry water and small tools while on the trail.
Shield your eyes from dirt, bugs, and sunlight.