Mountain Bike Skills
Over the half term week ten young people from our Clubs took part in the Mountain Bike Skills course at the High Row Residential Centre in the Lake District. Day one saw the young people look at a whole range of Trail Side Repairs including indexing gears and how to change a punctured tyre in under five minutes! A special mention to Keith who when practising the inner tube change for a puncture managed to puncture his tyre for real! The afternoon was spent looking at mountain biking techniques including riding down hill, front and rear wheel lifts ending with some fast down hill on the side of West Fell.
The second day was spent in Greystoke Forrest riding the tracks and putting into practise some of the techniques that had been learned as well as learning a couple of new skills including drop offs and track stands. The final day saw the young people take on the weather and also a tricky stretch of the Cumbrian Way whilst also navigating, which was both hard work and rewarding. It certainly made everyone appreciate being back on the road for the final stretch of the journey!
Congratulations to all the young people that took part including Sean Brennan (St Joseph YC), Matthew Byrne (St Joseph YC), Tom Evans-Green (IBOC), George Jordan (St Joseph YC), Ross Kelly (St Joseph YC), Matthew Long (St Joseph YC), Luke Potter (St Joseph YC), Ben Redman (Chalvedon ABC), Jake Redman (Chalvedon ABC) and Haydn Walters(IBOC).
