How We Roll
Curious
Playful
Confident
Progression not Perfection
You’ll hear us say these four things over and over again during a clinic or lesson. Whether you’re brand new to mountain biking or have been riding for decades, your riding, your love for singletrack - and dare we say your life - will benefit from keeping these concepts at the forefront!
Group Skills Clinics
Our group skills clinics focus on the fundamentals.
Whether you are a true beginner, a double-blacks shredder, or anywhere in-between, our skills clinics will improve your riding by getting you dialed in on fundamentals. Many of us have never had any formal instruction, and rely on “just pedaling” to get up, down, and around on the trail. Our instructors are certified by internationally-recognized cycling organizations and have spent years learning how to teach the fundamentals in a way that is easy for you to apply out on the trail.
Community Group Rides
The mountain bike community is a special one.
Whether you want to join us on one of our session rides, meet new like-minded friends, get dirty at a volunteer trail-building day, or just join us for a beer after we ride, we want you to become part of our Western Slope mountain biking community!
Events & Retreats
Get away from it all!
Riding on your local trails is like snuggling up with your favorite stuffed animal, but who doesn’t want to get away and try something new once in awhile? Our retreats range from low-key primitive camping with a focus on campfire conversation and fun group rides, to intensive skills camp weekends focused on making you the best rider you can be, to all-inclusive multi-sport adventure retreats.
Our Coaching Philosophy
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Curious
The thing that makes mountain biking so much fun is that the terrain is constantly changing. We encourage you to be CURIOUS about how your bike responds to those changes. There is no “right” way to mountain bike. Be curious about how little changes to your body position, speed, focus, pressure and line choice change how you experience the trail. We remind you to play with little adjustments to feel what works - and doesn’t work - for you, your body, and your riding style.
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Playful
Do you remember zooming your banana-seat coaster-brake bike with the handlebar tassels around the neighborhood as a kid? Mountain Biking should be FUN! During our instruction, we’ll remind you again and again to “get playful”, because when you focus too much on all the techniques and doing a maneuver the way you think you’re “supposed to”, your body stiffens up, it all goes to hell, and that’s not fun. Keep it playful. Have fun!
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Confident
A little instruction goes a long way toward building confidence - and confidence goes a long way toward better riding. It’s a cycle. If I get all up in my head and convince myself that I can’t make a technical climb, I’ll quit before I even give it a real go. Being confident means you get out of your head and try the challenge that’s in front of you. We’ll never let you try any feature we don’t think you’re ready for - so have confidence in our assessment and believe you can do it! The other side of confidence is developing the skillset needed to ride the trails you want to ride. Once you learn and practice the foundational skills until they become muscle memory, you’ll have the confidence to put them to the test on the trail.
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Progression not Perfection
This is a tough one for most women/femmes to embrace. Who doesn’t want to be perfect? No matter how long you’ve been riding, you’ll never be “perfect”, so why make that a goal? The aim in our coaching is to show you PROGRESSION. Get a little bit better as the season goes on - that’s it. Our curriculum for both group clinics and individual lessons is based on the science of progression. We introduce skills as building blocks - one at a time, and we don’t add another building block until you’re ready for it. This style of coaching aims to prevent overwhelm and frustration, and makes sure mountain biking is still FUN!
