Kids & Juniors Int./Adv. Mountain Bike Camp Details
Below is a sample schedule of a typical day, along with a listing of skills that will be covered, and on/off bike activities that campers may experience. Each registered participant will receive email correspondence two weeks prior to the event with a detailed daily schedule and a list of “what to bring.”
Typical Intermediate/Advanced Full Day:
| 8:30 | Arrival
& Bike Maintenance: Safety Check Bikes |
| 8:45 | Trail Ride & Stretch |
| 9:15 | Mountain Bike Skills Lesson |
| 10:00 | Snack |
| 10:15 | Mountain Bike Skills Group Trail Ride & Lesson |
| 11:30 | Activities & Games |
| 12-1:00 | Lunch and Free Time |
| 1:00 | Bike Maintenance |
| 1:30-2:30 | Free Ride |
| 2:30 | Snack |
| 2:30 | Mountain Bike Skills Games & Activities |
| 2:45-3:45 | Mountain Bike Skills Group Ride |
| 3:45-4:00 | Bike Maintenance: Daily Clean & Lube |
| 4:00 | Pick-up |
| 4-5:00 | After Camp quiet activities and games |
Mountain Biking Skills Covered:
This camp is built experienced riders in mind. The next level in skills and thrills. Timely instruction to move the rider forward with their skills, with plenty of skill-level specific instruction and rides.
- Review of fundamentals: Anticipation, Shifting, Braking, Hovering
- Obstacles – on flats, turns and hills
- Cornering – fundamentals of turns plus banks and burms
- Climbing and Descending – review plus techniques for the super steeps
- Air and Safe landings
- Wednesday & regional racing
Mountain Bike Skills Games:
Learning is the best when you are playing, even at this age! Each of these games holds a variety of mountain bike skills at its core, and they are brimming with fun!
- Dab (and variations such as team dab, woods dab, etc.)
- Trivia Relay
- Slow Race
- Hurdle hops
- Mountain Bike Limbo
- Mountain Bike Polo
Bike Maintenance:
We love to ride. We need to love our ride. Age-appropriate introductions to bicycle mechanics will be covered during the week.
- Safety Check
- Cleaning & Lubrication
- Tools of the trade (and what to bring on the trail)
- Flat tires
- Chains
- Break alignment and adjustment
- Derailleur function and adjustment
Activities and Games List:
These engaging off-the-bike games provide balance to our program allowing campers to recover and let loose.
- Asteroids
- Paranoid Tag
- Camouflage
- Willard Ball
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Capture the Flag
- Team Building / Cooperative Games and Challenges
- Info: Clubs & regional rides