We have teamed up with FOD MTB in offering a number of dedicated ‘Coaching & Guiding Days here in the fabulous Forest of Dean.

Half day advanced coaching and half day guided ride discovering the steep and natural “secret spots” in the Forest of Dean.

Over 16’s only

LADIES ONLY!

Ever fancied tackling some of the downhill trails? This course will help you get over the technical and mental barriers and give you the confidence to start riding those downhill tracks

You will do specific training on the skills required to safely tackle the downhill tracks, practicing some of features you expect to find.

Enduro Tech Coaching Day

This full day coaching is designed to give you the rider an insight into the MTB discipline of Enduro racing. The aim of this coaching session is to give you the confidence to move onto more progressive mountain bike features such as Steep and Natural

This course is a full day of coaching, will include lunch, small learning groups, and video analysis which will be reviewed over lunch in the classroom.

Why not come and do our FOD Thursday? Sponsored by TroyLee Designs it is timed runs against yourself or your mates with proper live chip timing, good food, a cider or beer thrown in once you have finished riding, what’s not to like?

One gravity based course per month, no higher than a bikepark 2 dot rated (so it will all be rollable), come and have some fun on a Thursday.

Dates for 2019 are 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th June, 4th and 11th July

Timing goes ‘live’ from 5.30pm and closes at 8.30pm. £10 including a celebratory drink at the end (£15 on the day)

The aim of the coaching day is to get you confident in riding red trails and also one dot downhill tracks. The types of things you’ll be learning includes;

Advanced cornering including Line choice
Advanced weight shift i.e. manuals and rear wheel lifts
Small drops

Why not come and do our FOD Thursday? Sponsored by TroyLee Designs it is timed runs against yourself or your mates with proper live chip timing, good food, a cider or beer thrown in once you have finished riding, what’s not to like?

One gravity based course per month, no higher than a bikepark 2 dot rated (so it will all be rollable), come and have some fun on a Thursday.

Dates for 2019 are 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th June, 4th and 11th July

Timing goes ‘live’ from 5.30pm and closes at 8.30pm. £10 including a celebratory drink at the end (£15 on the day)

Aim of the coaching day is to get you confident in riding blue trails and breaking down the basics including;
– Braking
– Basic Weight shifting
– Using the gears
– Basic Cornering
– When to be in and out of the saddle

Duration 3 hours

Why not come and do our FOD Thursday? Sponsored by TroyLee Designs it is timed runs against yourself or your mates with proper live chip timing, good food, a cider or beer thrown in once you have finished riding, what’s not to like?

One gravity based course per month, no higher than a bikepark 2 dot rated (so it will all be rollable), come and have some fun on a Thursday.

Dates for 2019 are 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th June, 4th and 11th July

Timing goes ‘live’ from 5.30pm and closes at 8.30pm. £10 including a celebratory drink at the end (£15 on the day)

The aim of the coaching day is the final step before you are ready to take on the Jumps and Drops course offered by Pedalabikeaway. This course brings together the above two courses to cement all the skills needed to progress to the next level. The course will be based on down hill routes, our purpose built jumps and drops course, situated at the Cannop Cycle centre.

Session is 5 hours (including lunch break) and starts at 10am. Please be ready to ride for 9.45am.

Maximum of 6 participants for the session.