Mountain Biking Beginners Course

MTB Skills Courses

Fundamentals 1 – Course costs £50 if you book 2 weeks before the coaching course day.  £75 for last minute mountain bikers.

Our Fundamentals course is run at the world class 7stanes trail centre, Kirroughtree. Home to some of the sweetest single track in the UK, what better place to hone your bike skills.
Here is an idea of what is covered in our beginners course. To a certain extent it will be tailored to those taking part.

• Bike Set up

• Effective Gear Choice

• Controlled Braking

• Dynamic Balance

• Static Balance

• Lifting Front Wheel

• Effective weight shift

Our beginners mountain bike course starts at 10am and finish at about 4pm.

We meet at The Breakpad bike shop which is on the 7stanes site of Kirroughtree (DG8 7BE for all those Tomtom lovers) There is a café on site for lunch and please bring your riding kit – please drop an email if you aren’t sure what to bring.
The cost of the course is £50, if booked two weeks before course day.  Please contact us to arrange payment and to book onto one of the course dates below. 

The price for later course bookings is £75, so make sure your an early bird biker. 

Testimonial from Claire Eldred

I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the course today.  It was great and I'm so glad that I came along (I was quite nervous and bottling out would not have been totally out of the question!) as I feel that you taught me some really useful stuff I can put into practice.  Your help and encouragement, particularly your little pep talks really helped put me at my ease and encourage me to try things I would not have thought of attempting before.

2012 Dates
Kirroughtree, 7stanes, Scotland

Our 2013 dates Kirroughtree:

21st of April

12th of May

23rd of June

15th of September

We are also planning some new venues!
Please contact ruth@bottlegreenbiking.co.uk to book your place, or to find out more about the courses.

All our courses are run with the bike shop on site at Kirroughtree The Breakpad

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