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Mountain Bike Skills Courses

Mastering Red Trails - Trail Centre Skills

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Learn how to attack difficult technical trails with confidence, commitment & skill

Have you reached a plateau in your mountain biking and can't seem to ride faster on technical terrain without fear of falling off? Maybe you've tried a few red graded backcountry or trail centre trails, but lacked the confidence to hit technical sections as hard as you would like?

Our Mastering Red Trails course will build upon your Fundamentals to give you a toolbox of mountain bike skills that you can apply to any terrain, in any location, and any in conditions; be it a gnarly back country trail in The Lakes or classic red route at a Welsh trail centre?

Following training you will see an immediate improvement in your riding and a boost in your confidence on technical trails. You will be able to tackle rougher terrain and trickier corners with greater control and negotiate bigger trail obstacles and moderate drops with confidence and commitment.

Neil (the coach) very quickly identified and unravelled bad habits and described correct technique in a way that had instant results on the bike

Francis - South-East London

Course outline

The skills taught and practiced on a Mastering Red Trails course include:

Is this course right for me?

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

If this sounds beyond your current skill and fitness level, please choose our Singletrack Foundations day course instead. If a little basic, please choose our Singletrack Improver course instead or have a look at our choosing the right course FAQ page.

Typical programme

Morning or afternoon sessions are available usually keeping to the following programmes:

Morning programme
Afternoon programme
Great day today on the Singletrack Improver course, I can now manual with the best of them. Really enjoyed the guided ride too, although the legs are a spot achy now

Steve - Witney, Oxfordshire

At the end of your course you will receive

Session summary

  • Duration (half day) - 3½ hours
  • Duration (full day) - 5 hours
  • Coaching ratio - 1:1 up to 1:6
  • Fitness - Regular exerciser
  • Technical grade - Intermediate

Course grading explained

Half day pricing
Level 2-3 (blue/red)

Flat rate for the first participant

£199.00

Then please add £50 per each additional person

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Full day pricing
Level 2-3 (blue/red)

Flat rate for the first participant

£249.00

Then please add £75 per each additional person

Book Online

Available venues

Our professionally qualified coaches are available for private hire throughout the year in The Surrey Hills.

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About Singletrack School

Singletrack School provide mountain bike skills coaching, mountain bike technique courses, mountain bike skills weekends, women's mountain bike skills courses, private mountain bike skills tuition, off-road skills instruction for kids and families, guided singletrack rides and cross country bike adventures in The Surrey Hills and beyond.

We also organise and deliver team building and corporate entertainment events for corporate customers, and experience days and social events for schools, clubs, youth groups, stag parties and hen parties.

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