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Geoff Fox’s Fun-D-Mentals skills course. Starts 24/6/17

07/06/2017 by DORC

DORC MTB Fun ‘D’ Mentals Six Week Training Programme

Week 1. 24th Jun,  Basic Bike Maintenance, Bike set up, Body position, Easy ride through   the old pine forrest.

Week 2. 1st Jul, Revise week 1, Braking and cornering, easy ride through old pine forrest.

Week 3. 8th Jul, Revise week 2, Wheel lifts,  Negotiating obstacles, easy ride through the new pine forrest.

Week 4. 15th Jul, Revise week 3. Pressure control, Climbing and switchbacks. Easy ride Charles Darwin.

Week 5. 22nd Jul, Revise week 4. Drops, Jumps, Stairs and urban obstacles. Urban ride Darwin City.
Week 6. 29th Jul, Culmination of all skills incorporated in a ride at the Hanging rock and etch-a- sketch loops at Humpty Doo.

All sessions will start at 8:00am Saturday and will be two hours in length, except for week six.

Week six will take between two to three hours to complete.

Participants are required to arrive 15 minutes before the start time to ensure that they are ready to start at 8am.

All participants must be DORC/MTBA members to participate.

Basic requirements will be as Follows:

a.         mtb in a safe working condition,

b.         safety gear including Helmet, gloves, shoes and eye protection,

c.         spare tube, puncture repair kit, multi/bike tool, pump,

d.          minimum of 2 litres of drinking water, and;

e.         Proof of current MTBA membership.

As always, these courses fill up fast!! Don’t delay enter today!!

CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE SKILLS COURSE

You must be a MTBA/DORC member to do these course day licences will not be accepted.

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