subject: Mountain Bike Skills - Helps You Well For Learning Mountain Biking [print this page] Chris Ball, a former UCI World Cup competitor knows all about the cutting edge of downhill racing. He was competing for a long while and then continued racing alongside studying for a degree in sports science and then fell into coaching really. He got a knee injury and it sidelined him so then he started working with Ruaridh Cunningham He has drawn on his knowledge of the sport and contacts with leading riders to author a new MTB skills and technique guide: Mountain Bike Skills: The Manual.
A lot of normal riders could learn a lot of really basic Mountain Bike Skills to make their riding more enjoyable. There's a lot of knowledge out there some of which he picked up during his sport and exercise degree which is involved in cross country, and is starting to come into downhill. These are techniques which are already being used in rugby and most major sports. Actually simple things like psychology, nutrition, making sure you eat the right amount of the right food. The basic mountain bike riders don't have to be measuring amounts of food and drink like the top riders and it's not meant to be an academic text book, but he tried to write the book to get the message across that the basic rider who's just out and about can get a really good overview of these Mountain Bike Skills they should be doing health wise to increase the level of their riding. It's a wide ranging sport with a range of abilities and backgrounds.
Mountain Bike Skills - Helps You Well For Learning Mountain Biking
