• Surrey Hills Guided Rides

  A thrilling challenge for the whole family

  • Guided Rides for Kids & Families
    For riders of all ages & ability

• Kids public group skills courses

  For complete off-road novices

  • Discover Mountain Biking Experience
    Day course for beginners including bike hire
  • Singletrack Skills - Foundations New
    Half day course for off-road beginners

• Private family skills courses

  Learn off-road riding with your kids

  • Family Foundations Skills Coaching
    Level 1 course for off-road beginners
  • Family Fundamentals Skills Coaching
    Level 2 course for rookie off-road riders
  • Family Improvers Skills Coaching
    Level 3 course for intermediate riders

• Kids private parties

  The perfect adventurous kids day out or thrilling birthday celebration

  • Kids Parties & Group Skills Sessions
    For kids aged approximately 7-11
  • Teens Parties & Group Skills Sessions
    For teens aged approximately 10-16

Family Fundamentals Coaching Sessions

Bring the whole family along to learn how to ride off-road with skill and confidence

If your kids have already had a go at riding off-road, perhaps on a school trip or holiday, we'll take their new found enthusiasm for all things rooty and rocky and teach them how to ride off-road in safety and with skill and confidence.

Our highly experienced coaches will take you all through the basics of riding off-road, get you moving confidently on the rough stuff and give you loads of advice on where to ride and with what equipment.

Course outline

Our Family Fundamentals Coaching Sessions are very flexible in what we can cover, but we recommend the following for most groups:

• Bike Set-up
  Pre-ride checks
  Choosing the right tyre pressures
  Setting your saddle height for off-road riding
  Cockpit/controls setup
• Mind Skills
  Relaxing on the bike and staying loose
  Riding within yourself to stay in control
  "The Looking Epiphany"
• Body Position & Movement
  The Ready Position & "The Standing Epiphany"
  Moving around the bike in three dimensions
  Dynamic weight shift
• Speed Control
  Braking safely and effectively
  When and where to brake
• Trail Obstacles
  Riding over large rocks and roots with confidence
  Steep terrain technique
  Rolling drops & bomb holes
• Trail Flow
  Reading the trail

Typical programme

Although the course is flexible it will usually keep to the following programme:

• 09:15-09:30 Arrival at course venue
• 09:30-09:45 Course commences, introductions and equipment check
• 09:45-10:00 Warm-up ride to skills area
• 10:00-13:00 Singletrack skills coaching and practice
• 13:00-14:00 Lunch (optional)
• 14:00-15:30 Afternoon guided practice ride (optional)

Kids & adult bikes available for hire

We have a small number of superb Specialized Hotrock kids bikes available to hire (see below) in additional to a large fleet of adult bikes if your group is short of a bike or two.

Specialized Hotrock

The Specialized Hotrock is built like an adult mountain bike with double butted tubing, grip shift 7-speed transmission and v-brakes. It is grown-up bike technology that's perfect for junior trail masters looking to hit the trails.

Bike Hire Pricing Per Day

Specialized Rockhopper/Hardrock	For heights 5' 0" - 6' 5"	£30.00
Specialized Hotrock	For smaller kids aged 5 - 10	£20.00

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