MTB Skill & Fitness
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MTB Skill & Fitness Rating
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By helping us understand your riding ability and fitness we can make sure you are booking the correct product. We want to take you to the right terrain to maximize your learning in workshops or camps and ensure you have a great experience if you are on a tour with us.
We understand everyone has their own thoughts as to where they are with riding ability and fitness so below is some information to help you let us know where you are. There will always be mixed ability levels in a tour group but we do our best to group people of similar skill together to help keep the flow of the tour or workshop at the right pace for everyone.
Skill Level
Level 1 - NEWBIE
You have never ridden a mountain bike before
Level 2 - BEGINNER
You have little experience riding a mountain bike off-road
Level 3 - NOVICE
You like riding off-road and wide dirt trails (logging tracks, doubletrack), but don't yet have the skills and confidence to ride terrain with roots, rocks, tight corners, tight trees and steeps. You have yet to experience single track.
Level 4 - NOVICE +
You have taken a few rides on real singletrack and enjoy the flowy mellow trails. You often still find that the trees feel too tight, the climbs come too quick to shift to the correct gear so you end up walking, and the obstacles have you a bit surprised as you have never really thought about riding over logs!
Level 5 - INTERMEDIATE
Terrain - At a controlled speed and on mellow trails, you are comfortable riding a variety of singletrack which may include tight trees, mud, loose rocks and sand.
Obstacles - Comfortable and confident rolling over small obstacles (a couple of inches high) like roots, rocks and small rollable drops. You do not take your wheels off the ground.
Bike Parks - If you have ridden a bike park, you are comfortable on all green trails and easy blue trails. You roll over obstacles with ease, although keep both wheels on the ground.
Bike Skills - You are comfortable executing the following basic bike handling skills on mellow singletrack:
Level 6 - INTERMEDIATE +
Terrain - Comfortable riding a range of singletrack which may include tight trees, mud, loose rocks and sand. You are also comfortable doing so on more challenging terrain.
Obstacles - You are comfortable with a front wheel lift and rear wheel lift to get up and over larger obstacles (up to 6 inches) such as roots and rocks that are not rollable.
Bike Parks - Comfortable on all green and blue trails.
Bike Skills - You are comfortable executing the following bike handling skills on a variety of singletrack:
Level 7 - ADVANCED
Terrain - You are comfortable riding tight trees, mud, loose rocks and sand and do so on aggressive terrain with little braking.
Obstacles - You often hop over obstacles that others may wheel lift over. You are comfortable with a front wheel lift and rear wheel lift to get up and over larger obstacles and can hit small drops( 1-2 ft) with confidence.
Bike Park - Comfortable on all green, blue and black trails.
Bike Skills - You are comfortable executing the following bike handling skills on a variety of singletrack:
Level 8 - ADVANCED +
Terrain - You are comfortable riding tight trees, mud, loose rocks and sand and do so on aggressive terrain with little braking. No need to walk for you!
Obstacles - You actively seek obstacles to hop over and drops to jump of just for fun.
Bike Park - Comfortable on all green, blue black, double black trails.
Bike Skills - You are comfortable executing the following bike handling skills on a variety of singletrack:
Level 9 - EXPERT / PRO
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Fitness Level
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
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