Tag Archive: jimbo

Mar 03

Bobster’s coaching session

Bobster came to me looking to brush his skills up and to make himself smoother and faster in the singletrack. I knew it would be an interesting session because a) I’ve known him for a long time and b) like myself he’s been riding for a long time and had some ingrained bad habits. We …

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Jan 09

Steve’s coaching session

Steve got in touch because he wanted to tune his skills up for a trip to Coed y Brenin in the spring. It was a chilly morning and after a large cappuccino we headed off into the singletrack. Doing my skills check as we rode down the first few sections it became clear that there …

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Dec 04

Alasdair’s coaching session

We headed back to Houghton Forest for a very snowy skills session. Lots of slippy trails and deep snow made for an interesting experience!

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Nov 06

Rob’s coaching session

Rob was already a fit and capable rider, but was looking to find that elusive ‘flow’ in the singletrack.

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Oct 10

Matt’s coaching session

Matt got in touch looking to brush up on his singletrack skills, technical climbing and hopping over stuff. After a skills check through the first few sections of singletrack I identified that his footwork and looking needed some attention, but first we took it back to basics and checked out his position on the bike. …

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Sep 26

Busy times

Well it’s been a really busy couple of months, what with all the bike launches I’ve been to for the shop, guided rides and other stuff, things have been really busy round these parts! This weekend we had our yearly duties to perform and we decamped to the top of Truleigh Hill to marshal the …

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Jun 27

New Site News

Hi everyone! There are some major site changes going on over here. We were SussexMTBTours, but now we are www.SouthDownsMTBSkills.com! Over the last couple of months redundancy has given me the opportunity to retrain myself and as a result I have done a series of courses with the CTC to gain their trail leadership qualifications …

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