Choose a course Our instructors UK course venues How we coach Holidays & tours Leadership training Contact or visit us Home
MTB skills training courses                   Singletrack Skills Jump, Pump & Drop Natural Terrain Courses Bespoke Courses           One-day trail centre courses: Get the most out of the fast, flowing singletrack trails that are now firm favourites in trail centres around the country. More details One-day trail centre courses: Master the manual, pump rollers and berms for speed, float over drops and fly off lips, roots and tabletops. More details Weekend courses in The Lakes: Head to England’s largest National Park – The Lake District – and learn on some of the world’s finest natural trails. More details Venues across the UK: Focus on your personal goals or come with your own group and get the benefit of dedicated coaching and skills analysis. More details   Choose your mountain bike skills training course                 Singletrack Skills Courses Singletrack MTB Skills Course - Level 1 If you’ve been riding for a while but not tried anything challenging, or are new to mountain biking – this is the course for you. Getting professional instruction early on means you learn the best ways to ride all parts of the trail, so your cornering, braking, flow through narrow or rocky terrain and overall bike control will get a huge boost in just one day. Get the most out of yourself and your bike with no bad habits! Singletrack MTB Skills Course - Level 2 If you mountain bike often but just ride the trails, rather than pushing through every twist and turn, attacking tight lines on technical trails or taking real control on fast descents – this is the course for you. We work on body and foot positioning, vision training, balance, brake control and then get into the detail of high and low speed cornering, berms, loose or rocky terrain, pumping for grip and for speed and possibly other skills (depending on time and group progress). This is probably the best course you will ever buy to improve your trail centre riding. Singletrack MTB Skills Course - Level 3 There is another step up from fast regular trail rider to the high speeds of the professional downhiller, 4X racer or pro XC rider. This comes from a combination of techniques that squeeze more speed out of every part of the trail, but also confidence and mental control. On this advanced mtb skills course we’ll work on pump, unweighting, vision, body control, traction control and apply these to a whole range of trail sections as we get you moving faster and faster. Where, when and how much… Jump, Pump and Drop Courses Jump, Pump and Drop Skills Course - Level 2 Drop-offs, lips, rollers and features that encourage you to get into the air are being built into more and more trails. The instruction on this course will have you floating the bike with confidence and style on any xc trail, including ways to perfect your manuals. We develop your body position and pumping techniques for perfect takeoffs, work with natural features for lift and consider landings on different trails and terrains. Jump, Pump and Drop Skills Course - Level 3 Most mtb riders fly off lips or over tabletops without considering the many other ways to ride these features. With techniques right out of 4X and BMX racing we’ll show you how to increase speed, control and style as you cover pumped and pickup manuals, pre-jumping, pre-manualing and coaster manuals for tabletops or doubles. We’ll also look at how to increase height and control on bigger jumps. It’s the ultimate development course for handling trail jumps like a pro. Where, when and how much… Natural Terrain Courses in The Lake District Get Started Skills Course - Level 1 This course teaches you the right core skills to get the most out of mountain biking - ideal for complete novices or those who are currently riding easier trails and want to progress to more technical terrain. You’ll learn the right body position for riding on descents and technical climbs, how to control your speed, handle corners, pick lines, control direction and vision, and blaze through difficult terrain. The aim is to make you a confident and safe biker, equipped to head out into the hills and really have some fun. Trials to Trails Course - Level 2 To progress as a mountain biker you need balance, control and the ability to move yourself and your bike around with confidence. This is where trials skills come in – as you learn the trackstand, power assited front wheel lift, manual, endo, rear wheel lift and bunny hop. These are the skills which will let you ride drop-offs, climb over step-ups, clear obstacles and balance in situations where you’d expect to tumble. By building the coaching into days out in the mountains you don’t just learn the techniques, you apply them in a whole range of trail situations. Mountain Rider Course - Level 3 This highly flexible course gets every rider testing their limits in a wide range of trail situations. We build the coaching sessions into full days out in the mountains and work on all aspects of bike control at high and low speed. If there are key areas you need to work on just let us know – our aim is to cover everything from steep terrain, rocks, drops and highly technical descending to high speed corners or riding up steep and loose climbs. Be prepared to push yourself, then enjoy the rewards. Where, when and how much… Bespoke courses and one-to-one instruction The best way to develop great skills, real confidence and superb bike control is through expert coaching. At CycleActive we employ the only team of joint SMBLA/CTC qualified instructors in Britain – these are the very best in the business and you’ll be amazed at what you can achieve in a day or a weekend under their tutelage. When you contact us to book a coaching day or series of days we’ll find out about the biking you do, the level of the different riders in your group and what you want to achieve. We’ll then bring together the best location, instructor and session plan to get your biking up to the next level. Options, venues and prices
CycleActive - The UK's leading travel and training company for mountain bikers, cyclists, cycle leaders, schools and families.  Copyright © 2009-2011 CycleActive Limited - All rights reserved.