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Looking at the essentials of Mountain Biking:
– Vertical Range of Motion
– Passive vs Active Movement
– Bike Angulation
– Bike-Body Separation
– Front vs Back Brake
Understand why body position and using your full range of movement is such an important mountain biking skill, and its impact on traction, control and conserving energy. We’ll get you driving the bike so you’re not a passenger through increasingly advanced terrain. Add in when and how to brake to maximise its effectiveness and you’ll have the base building blocks for smashing all of your riding goals. You will come out of this session a whole lot more confident on the bike.
This clinic is aimed at intermediate riders wanting to push themselves to more advanced terrain, but is also suitable for beginner riders learning the base techniques. We’ll focus on how to maintain traction and control to achieve flow down a trail, with each participant able to choose how much to challenge themselves. Beginner participants must be able to ride up and down green trails without needing to stop or put a foot on the ground; this is not for first-time riders.
This course is targeted at adults but we allow children to come along if they are accompanied by a parent who agrees that the clinic will be run as if it was only adults, and find this works well. Our 12-15 year olds version of this clinic does however cover the same content.
Coach: Elijah
[Requires 3 attendees for event to run, or event will be rescheduled]
The clinic will include mostly green trails (Gottysnobble and Flaccid Ashback) with a dip into a blue (Horny Devil) for some focus on corners. Typically riding 10-15km over the 3 hours.
Not a Race – clinic registration is $90 per person for the full 3hrs
(08) 6336 9688
The State Government through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and Lotterywest are major supporters of WestCycle in Western Australia. Sport and recreation creates vibrant, inclusive and connected WA communities.
Elected Director | Off Road
Tim has been in senior leadership and strategic development roles for more than twenty years. He is currently Director of Executive Education in the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University and is a past Assistant Commissioner and General Manager in the public service. He is an Accountant (FCPA) and sits on the Divisional Council of CPA Australia.
Tim has been involved in racing mountain bikes, BMX and triathlon for many years, both as a father of two children who race and as a past and current bike racer. Tim is the current over-50 State Champion in downhill mountain biking. He is also a very regular and enthusiastic transport cyclist; frequently seen in a suit and tie riding to meetings in the city on a mountain bike.
Chair | Governance & Risk Committee
Denise Sullivan has a career spanning over twenty years in senior management and executive roles in the state public and not-for-profit health sectors.
In her usual role of Director Chronic Disease Prevention with the Western Australian Department of Health, she leads the development of state chronic disease and injury prevention policy and planning frameworks and contributes to the shaping of the national preventive health policy agenda.
Her professional interests cover many aspects of chronic disease and injury prevention encompassing health communications, health promotion and research, public policy on health and workforce planning and development.
She has a particular interest in furthering collaborations with other sectors with a mutual interest in promoting a more active and healthier WA community, and creating and sustaining environments that support this. Denise is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Leadership WA Signature Program, and an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian College of Health Service Managers.
Denise is a recreational cyclist and recent convert to mountain biking (although trainer wheels still on!).
