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Mountain Bike Riding & Racing

The right bike set up properly, a repair kit and ride plan you trust, weekly rides and maintenance, coached skills from cornering to drops, and a route from your first bike park day to cross-country and enduro racing.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for Mountain Bike Riding & Racing, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

Before you start: this plan is general information, not medical advice. Check with a doctor before starting a new training programme, especially if you have a health condition, are pregnant or are coming back from an injury, and stop if you feel pain, dizziness or chest discomfort.

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🏋️ Fitness & Sport

Mountain Bike Riding & Racing

Building mountain biking skills, fitness and confidence on trails, from skills courses to enduro and cross-country racing.

  1. Choosing a mountain bike for your local trails
  2. Helmet, gloves and eyewear that fit
  3. Suspension sag and tyre pressure starting setup
  4. Cockpit and saddle setup for trail riding
  5. Flat or clipless pedals decision
  6. Local trail map with grades and favourite loops
  7. Trailside repair kit and riding pack
  8. Solo ride plan and emergency contacts
  9. Ride log for rides, skills and setup changes
  10. Home loop benchmark for fitness and skills
  11. Weekly trail ride routine
  12. Post-ride wash and drivetrain care
  13. Monthly bolt, brake and tyre safety check
  14. Suspension servicing by riding hours
  15. Tubeless sealant and tyre wear routine
  16. Midweek skills drill session
  17. Off-bike strength and mobility for riders
  18. Winter and wet-season riding routine
  19. Monthly riding and skills review
  20. Trail conditions and closures check before rides
  21. Coached skills course on core techniques
  22. Cornering and berm technique
  23. Braking control on steep descents
  24. Drops and jumps progression
  25. Technical climbing technique
  26. Manuals and bunny hops
  27. Line choice through roots and rock gardens
  28. Home workshop maintenance skills
  29. Outdoor first aid course for riders
  30. Tyre choice for your terrain and season
  31. Suspension tuning beyond sag
  32. Upgrade priority list and budget
  33. Electric mountain bike or analogue bike decision
  34. Bike transport on a car rack or in a van
  35. Bike security, frame register and insurance
  36. Riding club or group ride to join
  37. Coach or self-coached race preparation
  38. First bike park uplift day
  39. Night riding with lights
  40. First cross-country race
  41. First enduro race
  42. Mountain bike riding holiday
  43. Endurance relay team race of six to 24 hours
  44. Riding trails with your children
  45. Rebuilding confidence after a crash
  46. Time-crunched riding on five hours a week
  47. Trail building and volunteer dig days
  48. Cross-country race season with structured intervals
  49. Enduro race season with stage practice and protection
  50. Multi-day mountain bike stage race

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Choosing a mountain bike for your local trails

Mountain bikes range from 100 mm cross-country hardtails to 170 mm enduro sleds, and the right one depends on what your nearest trails actually ask of you, not on what the magazines are testing. Matching travel, geometry and frame size to your terrain and budget avoids the commonest mistake: an expensive bike that is either overwhelmed or dull on the riding you do most.

First tasks

  • List the three trail networks you ride most and their typical grades
  • Decide between hardtail, trail and enduro based on that list
  • Shortlist three bikes with travel, reach and frame size for your height
  • Book a demo day or hire bike to ride one of them on real trails
  • Record the frame size and serial number of the bike you buy

Helmet, gloves and eyewear that fit

Head injuries are the crash outcome that matters most, and a helmet only does its job if it fits snugly, sits low on the forehead and has not already taken a hit. Getting a properly fitted trail helmet, full-finger gloves and clear or tinted glasses sorted before riding more often costs an hour in a shop and removes the most avoidable risks on the trail.

First tasks

  • Measure around your head just above the eyebrows with a soft tape
  • Try on two or three trail helmets in a shop and adjust the fit
  • Buy full-finger gloves and riding glasses for wet and dry days
  • Write the helmet purchase date in your ride log
  • Inspect the helmet shell, straps and buckle for damage @recurring(yearly)

Suspension sag and tyre pressure starting setup

New bikes usually leave the shop with the suspension set for nobody in particular and tyres pumped hard enough for the road, which makes them skittish, harsh and slow on roots. Setting sag for your kitted-up weight and finding a starting tyre pressure takes an afternoon with a shock pump and a gauge, and it changes how the bike rides more than any upgrade.

First tasks

  • Weigh yourself wearing your riding kit, pack and full bottle
  • Look up the sag range and pressure chart for your fork and shock
  • Set sag with a shock pump and record the air pressures
  • Ride a familiar loop at two tyre pressures and note which grips better
  • Write every setting on a setup card in your ride log

Make it yours.

Install Mountain Bike Riding & Racing, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Blueprints are general information to help you organise your own work. They are not medical, financial, legal or other professional advice. See the Terms.