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Join me for a clinic in Berkeley

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Hey all, there might be room in my NICA coach training session this Friday. I’ll be doing a classroom session (explaining my teaching model) plus three hours of drills on the bike. This is the nitty gritty — the keys to the kingdom. You’ll learn how to ride your bike better (and you’ll learn how […]

Breaking chains

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This summer I’ve been teaching some new pedaling kung fu, thanks to BMX coach Greg Romero and a winter of study on my trainer and neighborhood hills. My clients and I been focusing on developing high torque while maintaining perfect balance on steep terrain. Everyone one is pretty stoked, but we’ve been breaking chains. Just […]

Lots of learning this week

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I am pinning it hard to finish the NICA coach training manual before my clinics in NorCal next week. So far the book is 90 pages long and full of my best coaching kung fu. (Yes, I will make it available to everyone.) As part of this adventure, yesterday I interviewed the crew at the […]

Which foot forward?

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Hi Lee I just finished reading your book “Mastering mountainbike skills 2nd ed” Great read. My first ride after reading about attack position was way better than ever b4. In the attack position does it matter which foot is in front and which foot is in the back? For youe buyer demographics I am a […]

Poof!

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Solid ride from the house last weekend. Climb 70 minutes then hit a steep/rocky DH trail. Find it blocked halfway down, hike out then pin the dirt road back to the house. Full speed laying it out through a gravel hairpin, drifting drifting, WRX appears in the dust — aimed right at me. Spot a […]