Advice for parents:
- Children must be able to ride a bike independently-for their own safety and the safety of the group.
- If you are unsure which group to place your child in, generally the easier group is best (based on our experience)-it is better for a child to be at the top end of a group rather than feel they are just hanging on in a harder group. We always run our groups based on 2instructors to a maximum number of 8children-this means that a) they are safe and b) they will receive maximum input in terms of skills.
- Our courses are skills sessions not guided rides.
- Skills take time to be absorbed and practiced-if you book your child onto a green course one day; they generally won’t be ready for a blue the next. If kids ride regularly and practice their skills then booking them on a green at Easter and then a blue in the summer may be more realistic. Each group is different so booking 2green courses won’t do them any harm and Tracy and Emma can cater for their individual needs to make sure they keep progressing.
- Emma and Tracy are also available after each session to give feedback on your child’s progress if required.
- Bike hire is included in the cost of the session. We use Islabikes.co.uk for our green, blue and red sessions-all bikes are prepared to a high standard and fully checked by a professional mechanic. Islabikes are designed specifically for children and offer the best equipment available for learning mountain bike skills.
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Green trails are aimed at beginners or novice cyclists. So if this is your first time off road or you’ve never visited a trail centre before then this course is for you.
Our blue course is aimed at kids that have some basic off road skills-on this course you will learn how to look ahead and stay safe, how to ride small trail obstacles and some good tips on how to make going up hill easier and coming down more fun and controlled.
Trail centre red trails are classed as ‘difficult’-so some good existing mountain bike skills and fitness are required. On these courses Emma and Tracy will look at riders core techniques and iron out any bad habits-looking to develop good technique that will stay with them forever. Skills wise we will be teaching kids how to handle their bikes over drop offs and step ups, how to corner fast and smooth, and how to ride rocks and roots-all the features you would find on a red trail.
Our Freeride courses are all day courses (10-4) and starting with the basics we look at the skills needed to ride the Freeride-from the nuts and bolts of jumping to understanding how to ride wall rides and North Shore.
