• 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 Foundations Coaching Sessions

Experience the thrill of riding off-road with the whole family

If you are looking for a family activity for the school holidays or would like to try out the sport of mountain biking before committing to buying a fleet of bikes for the whole family, why not book your family in for a private foundations session?

Our highly experienced coaches will get you started learning the basics of riding off-road, get you moving safely and confidently off-road, before taking you on a short ride down some tricky trails to put your new skills to the test.

Course outline

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

• The safe mountain bike
• Getting to know your mountain bike
• The 'Ready position'
• Correct gear selection
• Effective braking
• Negotiating small trail obstacles
• Short off-road guided practice ride

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

Is this course right for me?

Please read the following description. If this sounds like you, then you're perfect for this course:

• You're new to mountain biking, may have never tried riding off-road or have tried just once or twice
• You can already confidentally ride a bike, but may not know how to use your gears or brakes correctly
• You can already ride comfortably on the road or smooth off-road trails such as tow paths, forest roads or easy bridleways
• You participate in formal exercise at least once per week, though not necessarily on a bike
• You can ride on flat or moderately steep terrain at a steady pace
• You can ride for at least an hour comfortably

If this sounds sounds a little too basic, please choose our Singletrack Fundamentals course instead or have a look at our choosing the right course FAQ page.

Kids & adult bikes available for hire

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

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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