Our Eastern Oregon Women’s MTB Skills Weekends are designed to take you from feeling unsure and hesitant to riding with confidence, strength, and excitement no matter what your current level of riding abilities!
You’ll learn the skills, build your fitness, and have a supportive group of women to cheer you on—so you actually enjoy the ride instead of stressing over it.
Friday, Aug 22nd from 5:30-7:30pm - Meet your fellow participants, learn about bike maintenance, bike safety and finding the right gear (Trailhead Bike Shop, Baker City).
Saturday, Aug 23rd - Two Clinic Options to Choose from depending on your skill level! (Location: Anthony Lakes)
8am to Noon - Learn the foundational skills of mountain biking in our 4-hour MTB Foundations Clinic, designed to take you from nervous beginner to confident rider! Our clinic will wrap up with a short, beginner friendly ride to explore the beautiful trails at Anthony Lakes. Skills we will cover in our Foundations Clinic:
Safely mount and dismount, Single finger braking, Riding out of your saddle with level pedals, Bike body separation, Shifting: Surge shifting, anticipating shifting/uphill shifting techniques, How to let the bike absorb features, How to safely increase your speed.
1pm-5pm - Tech Skills: Rock Gardens, Roots, Drops and More!
Learn the tools of bike/body separation, ratcheting, wheel lifts, etc to feel confident on technical terrain, rock gardens, roots, etc.
This clinic is for women who have completed a MTB Foundations Clinic and are able to confidently demonstrate these skills:
Safely mount and dismount (tripod dismount)
Single finger braking
Riding out of the saddle with level pedals
We will wrap up our clinic with a short, guided group ride on some techy trails! Pack a lunch or grab lunch at Anthony Lakes to hangout with your fellow riders afterwards.
Sunday, Aug 24th - Let’s Ride!
Optional bonus ride on Sunday at Anthony Lakes at 10am! This ride will be all levels (no instruction on the ride provided).
Gear required: A mountain bike in good working order and a bike helmet. Don’t have a bike? Contact us for details on how to rent a bike for the weekend!
Registration is now open!