[Closed] Best place for a skills course in December

We went with Great Rock at Gisburn last Jan/Feb time. Freezing, grim but trails were decent to ride and didn't get too muddy. Didn't matter with a pub at the end of each day either.

We operate all year round if the Welsh weather doesn't bother you 😉

www.forestfreeride.co.uk

I'd say give [url= http://www.dalesbikecentre.co.uk/ ]Dales Bike Centre[/url] in Swaledale a go. Fantastic natural trails and good range of skills courses available.

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http://www.mountainbikeskillscourses.co.uk/locationa.asp

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http://www.mountainbikeskillscourses.co.uk/locationd.asp

Thanks for the tips - all of these suggestions look ace.

still s8tannorm: YGM

knock,knock jedi has an all weather pitch now.

doesnt matter about time of year, just make sure you go to Tony. Herts shore is a sight to behold in itself. End of

can definitely recommend jedi aswell

http://www.ukbikeskills.co.uk

thanks for the recommend people.

jenny(keyeses2), i first coached you in december last year and love how far you have come with your riding 🙂

We went with Great Rock at Gisburn last Jan/Feb time. Freezing, grim but trails were decent to ride and didn't get too muddy. Didn't matter with a pub at the end of each day either.

Ed is also likely to retire to the Dog and Partridge for lunch as well and the food's pretty good. Sets you up for an afternoon's riding nicely.

You might want to consider what skills you want to develop as well. It's if Alpine decending then you need the Alps, if it's general trail skills then you actually don't need particularly challenging riding, in fact it can be a hinderance as you go into auto pilot and fall back on your old habits.

jedi, thanks to you my riding has changed completely and is still progressing 😀

high5 jenny! 🙂

You might want to consider what skills you want to develop as well. It's if Alpine decending then you need the Alps, if it's general trail skills then you actually don't need particularly challenging riding, in fact it can be a hinderance as you go into auto pilot and fall back on your old habits.

Stumpyjon do you really think that Alps and UK riding requires different set of skills? Obviously trails would be of different variety but riding in itself isn't any more different? Or maybe I didn't understand your meaning?

Literally it sounds like: riding off the kerb (UK riding), riding off slightly higher rad doode kerb (Alps riding).

You never stop learning how to ride, don't understand your saying of -setting back to old bad habits.

+1 for Jedi, been there done that. And now improved rider, Result!

Popstar is bang on. It's the same skillset - that's why going to Jedi is such a good idea. He will give you all the tools you need, if its a kerb or a higher rad doode kerb.

What I was trying to say is that you don't need difficult terrain to improve your skills in a teaching environment. In fact Ed does his basic course down on some of the blue trails at Gisburn. If you're already and advanced rider who wants to hone their DH skills then they probably will need some more serious terrain to practise on. Just trying to answer the OPs question as they didn't seem to know where to go for skills training.

The bit about old habits, many of us learn from just getting out and riding, we develop poor riding styles because no tells us not to. Often these riding habits will get you a long way but eventually you will find you stop getting better. To progress further you have to unlearn some of these bad techniques and it's a good idea to do this on less taxing terrain so you have time to concentrate on what you're doing.

The one thing I took away from Ed's training day was positioning on the bike, up until Ed stopped me doing it I was always hanging off the back of the bike and wondering why I couldn't steer around berms.

Being way back on the bike is a common problem with riders but most don't know how to manage their speed or how they should have their feet etc.

I spend most of my time working with people to get better body position.

Cheers for the recommendations. I've some courses on in December if anyone is interested.

🙂 🙂

I'm just back from a course with Ed and Pagey and it was fantastic. Ed's a v. good teacher and has a keen eye for detail and a knack for making hard things sound simple. The Dog and Partridge is a fantastic venue , really bike friendly although you're probably going to come back heavier than you went 'cos of the great food! The roaring fire works well if it's cold outside, especially with one of their real ales!

Jedi is a top guy and a great teacher although I haven't been on one of his courses but I've ridden with him and seen his teaching style and the results of his advice on some friends.

The Pyrenees will be cold around that time I would have said!

Another vote for Tony (jedi) here.

I was sceptical at first but so happy I did it now. My confidence has improved infinitely. Great teacher and great location.

Thanks guys! Ridelife