The Road to Enduro 2024
The Road to Enduro course has one purpose - to make you a more confident and skilled rider in various types of terrain.
You may be thinking of entering your first Enduro with your friends, you might have already ridden a couple of Enduros and loved it or you may be a keen racer. This course is designed for all riders, male and female, young and old, who are looking to improve their riding techniques and get on The Road to Enduro.
The sessions start by looking at the fundamentals of riding, ensuring you have the basics embedded and are using them on every ride. Right through to more advanced techniques to ride steeper terrain with control, confidence and flow.
Session 1-4 is carefully designed to build on to the next session with new skills and techniques to take away and practice, giving you time to progress as a rider. Session 5 is a 20 - 30 kilometre ride with the coach you have been working with throughout the course to put into practice your new skills out on the types of terrain you would find at any Enduro race.
SESSION 1 - THE FUNDAMENTALS
The first day the coach will start by gaining an understanding of your current riding style and techniques. We will be focused on getting the basics right, from there we have a solid foundation to build more advanced riding techniques.
We will cover techniques such as: body position, body movement, bike movement, foot placement, braking, bike setup, corners, pumping, bunny hops and overall control.
SESSION 2 - FAST AND FLOWING
It's important to be able to read the trail, generate speed and link features together while riding fast and in control for Enduro.
We will cover techniques such as: pumping, flat corners, point of commitment, body positions, braking, bike setup, finding flow, line choice, drops, jumps and how to carry speed .
SESSION 3 - ROOTS AND ROCKS
Riding more technical terrain such as roots and rocks can often mean that flow is harder to find, and as such, momentum is hard to achieve and sustain down the trail.
We will cover techniques such as: body position, bike movement, line choice in technical terrain, braking in technical terrain, corners, pumping and grip points
SESSION 4 - YOU LIKE IT STEEP
Many Enduro's will have steep sections of trail and some of these can be long and technical. In order to ride steeper trails we need to alter they way we ride and approach these with some specific techniques used to maintain grip, speed and control.
We will cover techniques such as: body position on steep terrain, body movement, bike movement, braking on steep terrain, bike setup, corners, pumping, using grip points and slow speed riding.
SESSION 5 - Lets put this into practice
The final session of the road to enduro helps you put all of your new skills into practice under the watchful eye of a coach, allowing for that all important feedback loop in a real ride context.
PRE-REQUISITES
Comfortable riding red graded trails (Sherwood Pines doesn’t count).
16+ years old
For each session, YOU WILL NEED
A fully functioning bike fit for purpose
Appropriate safety gear including a helmet
You will need flat pedals and appropriate shoes (I generally ride clipped in but there is good reason for flat pedals on this course)
Appropriate riding gear to keep warm dry
DETAILS
Each of the five sessions will start at Grenoside woods 9.30, finishing at approx 3.30
Cost £325 per person for all five sessions
Course Dates - 2025 dates TBC
For cancelations, a minimum of two weeks is needed for a full refund before session 1. If you are unable to attend any of the future sessions (2-5), no refund is able to be offered, however missing one session does not mean you cannot attend future sessions. Any queries, please contact ALine.
Note: * the Road to Enduro course refunds are subject to a small admin fee of £6.
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The above link allows you to pay for the course in full. One time payment, done, so you don’t have to think about payment anymore, just focus on the progression!
The Road to Enduro Payment plan, allows you to spread the cost over the 5 sessions. Payment must be made for the relevant session before attendance at any one of the 5 sessions. If you sign up to the Road to Enduro course, you are expected to pay for all 5 sessions, regardless of if you are unable to attend one of the sessions.