Mountain Biking

Mountain Biking is one of the most popular activities and undertaken by all. Challenging, adrenalin filled and fun packed.

Learn how to ride in the mountains and low hills of Ras Al Khaimah, achieve basic maintenance knowledge, bike handling skills and learn how to navigate using Garmin GPS.

Introduction to Mountain Biking (Full day or Half day)
Pre-Requisites: None required.
Learn how to handle a bike, basic maintenance, route selection and navigation in the mountain environment.

Mountain Bike Weekend (2 days)
Pre-Requisites: Prior experience of mountain biking.
We offer to explore the mountains with a scenic weekend which will build on the skills learnt from the Introduction course. This two-day course can be two separate days or include an overnight camp.

Mountain Bike Week (4 days / 2 weekends)
Pre-Requisites: Prior experience of mountain biking.
We can offer a comprehensive four day mountain bike week which will focus on a journey and include many cultural locations of interest.

Technical Riding (1 day)
Pre-Requisites: Prior experience of mountain biking.
This course will cover the following areas of technical riding which are focused towards riding routes with a medium level of technical difficulty; step downs, drop off’s, manual front wheel lifts, bunny hops, technical climbing and descending as well as other relevant areas.

Maintenance Skills (1 day)
Pre-Requisites: Prior experience of mountain biking.
This course is set up to have a more in-depth look at the most common areas of maintenance, including setting up gears, changing cables, problems with steering and brakes (rim, mechanical disc and hydraulic disc brakes).

Mountain Bike Navigation (1 day)
Pre-Requisites: Prior experience of mountain biking.
Getting from A to B on a bike can prove tricky, we will look at the typical problems of bike navigation, then spend time running through principles which will prepare you for future rides, be it an epic journey or a spin around a location you’ve never ridden before

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