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Mountain Biking & Trail Cycling

Mountain Biking is one of the fastest growing sports in Scotland and there's no mystery why. The Scottish landscape lends itself well to this exhilarating sport and there's much to offer right on your doorstep. Whether you're a beginner, intermediate or expert rider, Edinburgh, the Lothian's and Scottish Borders have much to offer.

Edinburgh's Pentland Hills offer some great beginner and intermediate riding whilst East Lothian's network of tracks & trails allow for a gentle beginning to off road trail cycling. Venturing to the Scottish Borders allows us to step it up a notch with the vey well known Glentress and Innerleithen trails. There is also a lot of more arduous wild country riding in this area. This said Glentress is also a very good venue for those with a little off-road experience and offers great scope for progressive skills coaching.

Skills Courses

Venturing Out offer introductory and intermediate courses. Below are brief descriptions of each with a link to further information.

The introduction to mountain bike skills course is structured to prepare you for confidently riding off road trails. The following elements are covered during the day. Bike set up and rider positioning, Brakes, gears and getting the most out of them, Choosing the right line, Climbing, Descending, Confident Cornering, Drops offs, Front wheel lifts, Trail side repair, Balance techniques to improve your riding.

This course is suitable for those new to mountain biking, but have some trail experience, or those who have little mountain bike experience and are struggling to find confidence.

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Course Dates - Adult

Course Dates - Children

 

The intermediate mountain bike course is structured to coach you more advanced mountain bike skills to build your confidence and competence allowing you to develop safely and reap the rewards of faster, smoother trail riding. The following elements are covered during the day. Bike set up and rider positioning - Cornering at speed - Drops - techniques including jumping these at speed - Bunny hopping - Climbing & Descending - advanced techniques - Balance techniques - Technical obstacles - plus much more to help you go faster and smoother....

This course is suitable for mountain bikers who want to ride faster and smoother with more confidence and want a choice of techniques to tackle obstacles.

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Course Dates - Adult

Course Dates - Children

Go Mountain Bike is a mountain bike proficiency course, designed by Cycling Scotland. This is an accredited, development course designed for progressive learning, allowing individuals to learn at their own pace.

The course covers 4 themes: riding skills; first aid; being independent and self-supporting; and sharing the outdoors. There are 5 levels of proficiency across these 4 themes.

Venturing Out offers all 5 levels of this course.
 

 

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