A perfect day
Today I shared DH shuttle rides with a bunch of dudes in the hills above Florence, Italy. Them: No English. Me: No Italian. But we did reach a consensus.
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/0 Comments/in Uncategorized/by leelikesbikesI’ve been rocking some big park designs and teaching almost every day, which is rad but leaves little time for the site. I’ll post more goodness as soon as things slow down. In the mean time: Build your own pump track Ebook: Welcome to Pump Track Nation Fabien Barel rides the sine wave of lateral […]
Skills clinics in Utah with LLB instructor Judd Zimmerman
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized/by leelikesbikesSuper stoked to announce that Lee Likes Bikes certified coach Judd Zimmerman will be teaching kung fu skills in Utah. The first sessions: • Aug. 21, 6 to 8 p.m. at Trailside Bike Park in Park City • Aug. 24, 10 a.m. to noon at Trailside Bike Park in Park City Learn more and sign […]
Fabien Barel rides the sine wave of lateral love
/0 Comments/in Ask Lee, Skills/training/by leelikesbikesHi Lee, I thought this might be a good question for you. In this segment with Fabien I’m wondering if you could shed some light on what Barel is doing different from Tobias at 5:40 – 5:48. In watching some of the pros (Loic, Nico, etc) corner on switchbacks and really tight turns I feel […]
Sweet left turn at Valmont Bike Park
/1 Comment/in Riding, Skills/training/by leelikesbikesThe Valmont Bike Park trail crew has been doing great work maintaining and refining the park. The last left turn on the dual slalom course was tight, inconsistent and flat. Now it’s wider, smoother and steeper. Check out this video of an early test run. Easy flow!
Big is so very relative
/0 Comments/in Dirt jumping, Skills/training/by leelikesbikesThe week I finally conquered Valmont Bike Park’s Whale Tail — so STOKED! — the Colorado Freeride Festival went down, and, well, so much for thinking I’m rad.
Mountain bikers: are you dead below the waist?
/0 Comments/in Skills/training/by leelikesbikesBy Andy Somerville Like any mountain biker with a 50 hour/week desk job, 10 hour/week commute and limited free time on the weekends, my idea of “play” always includes a mountain bike. My free time focus is so narrow that I’ve had the same pair of running shoes for 5 years now. They still look […]
Kung fu is kung fu
/8 Comments/in Skills/training/by leelikesbikesAs some of you know, I’m working on the grand unified theory of shred. This week I got the opportunity to work with Reed Whiting, a racer on the Red Bull Crashed Ice Series. I taught him kung fu at Valmont Bike Park on his inline skates, and — well — all of the same […]
Living in the sweet spot
/18 Comments/in Life with a capital L, Skills/training/by leelikesbikesAs you might know, fun happens at the intersection of challenge and skill. Today I found the sweet spot on the Whale Tail at Valmont Bike Park.
Certifying high school coaches to teach the Lee Likes Bikes Training Method
/2 Comments/in Coaching, Skills/training/by leelikesbikesWhen I started this whole adventure 10 years ago, I envisioned a community of bicycle skills instructors teaching a shared curriculum — just like “real” sports. This has taken some time, but it’s happening. In June, NICA executive director Austin McInerny and I certified a half dozen instructors to teach the Lee Like Bikes Training […]
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