Why You’ll Love This Course
This course is one evening per week for four or five consecutive weeks. During each week we will focus on a different maneuverer. The lesson will start with a skills development followed by a trail ride to apply what we’ve learned.
Our weekly strong intermediate program is the perfect way to improve your skills, add some style to your riding, be more confident on your bike, and have fun while connecting with like-minded Shred Sisters.
Skills & Fitness Level Required
- Rider must be comfortable on all blue trails & ready to do some black trails
- Must be able to lift front, rear, and both wheels at the same time.
- All participants should have a cycling club membership where their program is taking place. Click on location below to get the information on which club you should have a membership.
- Your bike should have disc brakes, in good working condition that were serviced within the past year, and ideally dual suspension.
Strong Intermediate
You have taken lessons before and can ride almost anywhere. All green and blue trails are ridden with a high level of confidence and you feel comfortable riding some black runs. You are familiar and at ease on a variety of terrain including roots, rocks, and technical trail features. You are looking to up your game and improve your style, getting more comfortable with steeper trails, doing jumps and drops, high speed cornering. Skills you want to learn: Jumps, Drops, Wheelies, Advanced Braking.
Example of trails you can ride:Â 727, Family guys, Race of Spade, Prospector, Kloosifier, Blue Trails on Mountain Shadows, Flowdown, Loggin Leftovers, Fifty Six Twenty, Tantrum south
Example of trails that will take your skills up a notch:Â Jean Guy on the Rock, No homers, Terminator, Rock the Flume, LSD, 3K, Cliff Side, Super Happy Fun, Sex on The Beach, UFC, UpperBoondocker, Hula Girl
FITNESS LEVEL 5
- You are capable of riding for multiple days in a row at a moderate pace for an average of 2-3 hours of pedal time each day. You could handle adding a day requiring up to 4-hours of pedal time.
- You are confident climbing up to a total of 300 vertical metres (1,000 ft.) in a day.
- You exercise on average 6-7 hours per week.
- Your exercise regime includes a combination of endurance training like riding a bike and strength training.
Skills Covered
Review of Basic Body Positions
Review of Wheel Lifts
Intro to Jumps
Intro to Drops
High Speed Cornering
Descending Strategy /Line selection
Pumping / Pressure Control
Advance Braking
Trackstand
Technical Climbing
Booking Information
- Must have read our booking information prior to booking our programs
- Must have Read & Agreed to our Waiver
- Cancellation policy: Â Read Cancellation Policy Here
- Written cancellation 14 days or more prior to the program will receive a full refund minus an administration fee of $85.
- Cancellation in writing less than 14 days prior to the program start date will not be refunded or credited.
Program Dates, Time & Location
The 2025 schedule will be released in mid-January 2025.
Trail Cycling Club Membership Golden Cycling Club
The 2025 schedule will be released in mid-January 2025.
Trail Cycling Club Membership Kimberley Trails Society
The 2025 schedule will be released in mid-January 2025.
Trail Cycling Club Revelstoke Cycling Association
*This course can be offered on customized dates for groups of 4+ who want to learn with their friends.
Course Details
- Length: 2.5 hours each week for 4 to 5 weeks
- Ratio: 6 riders per instructor
- Cost:
- 4 Week: $345
- 5 Weeks: $415
*We require a minimum of 4 participants to run a program.
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Would recommend it to anyone!
I’ve been mountain biking for about 6 years but never had real instruction on how to do things, so I kind of bashed my way through a lot. Now I have the tools to stop bashing through stuff as much! I’m more confident on drops and I’m getting more air on jumps.