What is it?
Mountain biking is a sport where you ride a bicycle mostly off-road, often over rough terrain, Most mountain bikes share similar characteristics that underscore durability and performance in rough terrain: wide, knobby tires, large frame tubing, front fork or dual suspension shock absorbers. Mountain biking is roughly broken down into four categories: cross country, downhill, freeride, and trials/street riding. Each has differing levels of safety-consciousness with different types of mountain bikes and riding gear.
There are aspects of mountain biking that are more similar to trail running than regular bicycling. Because riders are often far from civilization, there is a strong ethic of self-reliance in the sport. This reliance on survival skills accounts for the group dynamics of the sport.
Why do it?
This individual sport requires endurance, bike handling skills and self-reliance, and can be performed almost anywhere from a back yard to a gravel road, but the majority of mountain bikers ride off-road trails, whether country back roads, fire roads, or singletrack (narrow trails that wind through forests, mountains, deserts, or fields).
Many people turn to cycling as a way of getting healthy and a means of strengthening their fitness levels.
It also provides benefits, such as:
Who can do it?
People of any age from 8 upwards
When can it be done?
We run courses all year round, please contact Vivienne Bailey 01325 246146, find out when the next course is on.
Minimum Number
Minimum 8 people
