One can learn to mountain bike or take one’s skills to the next level with the upcoming co-ed mountain bike clinic from 3-4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 14 at Oxbow Brewing Co., 274 Jones Woods Road, Newcastle.
The clinic is geared towards males and females ages 16 and up with at least one year of cycling experience who ready to learn to mountain-bike. The clinic is also great for more experienced riders who have no or very little skills-training experience.
Included in the clinic are 90 minutes of coaching with Lindsay at the trails of Oxbow Brewing Co.
One will learn:
– Body position and other foundation skills to improve balance and traction
– Proper braking methods to prevent skidding and going over the bars
– Techniques for slow, high-speed, flat, and berm corners
– How to lift the front wheel and ride off a small drop
Sign up at bikereg.com/mountain-bike-skills-clinic-at-oxbow-brewery. Clinic fees: $79.
Lindsay has been coaching mountain-bike skills camps since 2012. A mountain biker since the late 1990s, she grew up in New England and migrated to Northern California in 2005 to follow her mountain biking dreams. She has taught women at many world-class mountain bike destinations: Northstar; Squaw Valley; Mammoth Lakes; Santa Cruz; Downieville; Bootleg Canyon, Nev.; and in Southern Utah, at the original location of the Red Bull Rampage. Lindsay is a mother, a lover of all things outdoors, and holds a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences.
