Body Weight, Muscle And Riding
Mountain bike riders come in all shapes and sizes. Thankfully, mountain biking seems to cater nicely to all riders no matter of age, gender, physical size, shape, weight, fitness or …
Newbies Guide To Seat Adjustment
When you buy an MTB there are probably 3 things that stand out as more important than the rest. Firstly, it should be the right type of MTB for your …
Newbies Guide To MTB Pedals
It’s not long before beginners to MTB are faced with the ongoing pedal debate of whether to clip in or not. Looking around them, they’ll likely see riders using both …
Newbies Guide To Cleaning Your Bike
Keeping your bike clean is much more than just wanting it to look it’s best. However, for the newer riders to mountain biking, exactly the best and safest way to …
Newbies Guide To MTB Tyre Pressures
Here’s another subject that most new riders to MTB have little idea about. We see them turn up to our coaching sessions and social rides with tyre pressures that are …
Newbies Guide To Social Rides
As a newbie to the world of mountain biking, the prospect of going along for a ride with people you don’t know is a daunting thought. Exciting on one hand, …
Newbies Guide To Buying A New MTB
For someone new to the world of mountain biking, choosing a new mountain bike can be a daunting task, especially when you don’t really know what you are looking at …
The MTB Rider and Fatigue – Pt 2 Managing Fatigue
In our previous article we talked about what your riding fatigue actually was and a little about how it occurs within your body. Now we look at what we can …
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The MTB Rider and Fatigue – Pt 1 What’s Happening?
Whether you are a beginner mountain biker or have many years of riding under your knobby tyres, with the effort of riding comes fatigue. That burning sensation in your muscles …
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MTB Endurance Races – 4 To 24 Hours
MTB Endurance Races 4 To 24 hours MTB Endurance races such as 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24 hours sounds like a daunting undertaking on an MTB, especially to someone …