Reply With Quoteit sounds great! I need to find a course like that around here! there was one in the spring but I missed it- didn't even have a mountain bike at that time.
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09-07-2008, 09:13 AM #1
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I am now a licensed MTBer!
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Be afraid. Be very afraid.
This is, of course, not an official "license" that they might take away from you if you make a mistake.
Nay, it's a course that runs at a bunch of bike stores around the country, led by qualified instructors.
We learned about 25 things, amongst them doing a "flip turn" with your bike when you're stuck in a trail*, what to do when braking hard so to make your wheel lock, how to get up&click in on an uphill, how to ride a steep downhill, and most "scarifying" but fun when done, how to get down a set of stairs, which were thankfully very shallow. No, wait, the downhill was the scarificatedest.
*that's standing with one foot clipped in. hahaha if you thought it was something truly fancy :-)Last edited by alpinerabbit; 09-07-2008 at 10:02 AM.
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09-07-2008, 03:12 PM #2
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09-07-2008, 03:38 PM #3
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where are you?
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09-07-2008, 03:41 PM #4
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I'm near st louis. I missed the alpine shop one this year. I put my name on a list for a class at rte 66 cycles in rolla, but haven't heard of any being scheduled yet.
vickie
