Equipment Basics
Making sure that you have the right personal equipment and compulsory is absolutely essential. Working from your toes to your head, if you’re kitted out correctly, you’ll definitely be better prepared.
Articles by AdventureLisa
Mountain Bike Setup for Girls
The BIGGEST frustration in AR for the guys on the team is usually the inability of the girl in the team to manage a MTB performance that comes close to the rock-hopping feats or death defying descents that the boys manage – I can think of more than one team that falls short (temporarily) of the 50(0) m rule on a good downhill.
Bike Brakes
A bicycle must perform three basic functions, namely: Drive the wheels forward; influence its direction of movement; and slow down. Virtually all bikes perform these functions in essentially the same manner. Pedals, chains, and gears allow force to be applied to the rear wheel.
Punctures!
Is the scene just too familiar? You’re out riding with your buddies, putting dirt under your tyres at a rate of knots; you’re fit, technically skilled and in your element – nothing can stop you… except for ANOTHER flat tyre! Your team is getting impatient, your rivals are waving cheerfully as they pass you.
Buying a Mountain Bike for Adventure Racing
We’ve all heard this one before, “I’m looking at getting into AR and was wondering what bike to buy?”. Get Dylan going on one of his favourite topics, mountain bikes, and this is the result. Thoughts on bikes… It probably isn’t worth buying an R8000 bike as a first bike.
S t r e t c h i n g
We run. We mountain bike. We paddle. But, do we all stretch? It’s the one training essential, like navigation, that is sorely neglected and should be considered an activity on its own, one that is incorporated into each and every training session. Just consider the benefits…
Proprioception and Balance
As anyone who has sustained a foot injury can tell you, building up your nervous and muscular responses, the most important part of your recovery program, is what literally gets you back on your feet. Proprioception refers to the connection between the brain and every structure in the body.