Mountain Bike Cyprus Skills Course

Mountain Bike Cyprus have teamed up with Flattyres MTB Routes to bring you Mountain Bike Skills courses.
Our courses will consist of , 5 days instruction and riding with Colin, a fully qualified SMBLA Guide and Instructor along with the Mountain Bike Cyprus Guides in and around the Akamas Peninsuler and high up in the Spectaculer Troodos Mountains. During your course you will experience every style of riding Cyprus has to offer.

Mountain Bike cyprus will supply everything you need for this course, Full suspension Bike , Helmet and Hydration, Instructors. All you need are your pedals and shoes!!
Course No's Maximum 6 persons so book early to secure a place.

Body position
Neutral (sitting & standing)
Climbing
Descending (attack)

Cornering
Slow speed slalom
Medium & High speed cornering
High speed slalom
Technical slalom
Trackstand

Wheel Lifts
Front wheel lift(Standing/Sitting)
Rear Wheel Lift
Combined Front & Rear wheel lift
Manual

Drops & Jumps
Bunny Hop's
Riding through a depression/hole
Rolling a drop
Climbing a short, steep rise
Jumping a drop
Jumping

Trail Maintenance

Technical Climbing & Descending

E-Mail: info@mountainbikecyprus.com

To Book

Tel: 00357 26432033 Office 08:00Hrs to 21:00 Hrs

Mobile: 00357 96518061

Course Dates

Week one 04 Oct 2010-09 Oct 2010 6 Spaces available

Week two 11 Oct 2010-16 Oct 2010 No Spaces available Fully Booked

Includes:
5 Days Tution- Guided Rides
Full suspension Marin Alpine Trail Bike/Helmet
Hydration Pack & Lunch (Daily)
Tranfers
Accommodation 7 Nights Self Catering
Airport Tranfers

Day 3
Big Ride Day
A longer ride to practice everything from the previous two days. We will stop on a variety of climbs, descents and flat trails to talk through line choice, how to tackle obstacles, where to look on the trail, braking and how to combine/modify the techniques taught to fit the terrain.

Day 2
Powered wheel lifts
Manual
Rear wheel lift
All of the above combined
Rolling a drop & Climbing a short, steep rise.
Afternoon Ride (Practice)

Day 1
Bike safety checks & bike set up.
Neutral position
Pedalling
Braking, medium speed
Standing Neutral Position
Braking, high speed
Slow speed slalom
Medium & High speed cornering
High speed slalom
Technical slalom
Afternoon Ride (Practice)

Day 6
Bunny Hop
Jumping a drop (start with a 1ft rollable drop that you can also jump off then progress up to 2ft)
Jumping
Technical climbing & descending

Day 4 Rest Day

Day 5
A technical singletrack ride on Mt Olympus, to practice all the skills taught during the week, with oppurtunity to spend more time on any of the training you wish to focus on.