Maximize your learning experience with a private mountain bike lesson.
If you're a new comer to mountain biking, starting to catch the bug or more an experienced rider looking to develop their riding and sharpen their skills, you’ve come the right place. We share our tips and riding advice that we have accumulated over years of riding and racing bikes. We love taking people out and seeing them progress through our packages. Take a look.
Core Skills Development
Duration: 6 hours spread over 3 lessons
Cost: €90 per session or €240 for package of three
Bike: provided if necessary.
What's Covered?
- We build your foundation of mountain biking
- Dial in the importance of the attack position
- Gearing and climbing
- Braking
- Cornering
- The cone of movement
- Track stand.
Ray Duffin: ‘The only place to go for a mountain bike session... the guys are great, guiding or accompanied lesson highly recommended...’
Intermediate Rider
Duration: 6 hours over three sessions
Cost: €90 per session or €240 for package of three
Bike: Provided if necessary. For this package it's recommended to have your own bike.
What's Covered?
- Application of core skills on the trail
- Introduction to carrying speed over more technical sections of trail
- Slow speed control exercises, to build confidence slowing down to speed up, looking at a trail differently
- Looking at fast, technical and steeper trails
- Switchbacks, root sections, drops and line choice.
Racer / Enduro Rider
Please note, this is for advanced riders only. This can only be booked when all the above can be done with confidence by the rider.
Duration: 6 hours over 3 sessions
Cost: €90 per session or €240 for package of three
Bike: Must have your own bike.
What's Covered?
- Line choice and body position on steep technical trails
- Ride with more control, flow and confidence
- Design a training and skills plan suited to your riding style.
Location
The location varies depending on your level and ambitions. Generally, the first lesson is at Ballinastoe Mountain Bike Trail.
Cost
- 1 lesson: €90 per person
- 2 lessons: €170 per person
- 3 lessons: €240 per person.
Multiple lesson packages must be paid in full, before or at the time of the first lesson.
Booking
Classes are organised to fit around your schedule, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to discuss.
