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Bikeskills is the culmination of many years of experience, observations, and planning. While one of Bikeskills' objectives… [more]

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Bikeskills NorCal offers Mountain Bike Skills Coaching for riders in the Bay Area looking to develop… [more]

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April 28th Clinic Gallery: Tamarancho

May 12, 2013 Bikeskills Clinics and Events

Enjoy this gallery of photos from April’s Bikeskills clinic at Camp Tamaranch with Instructors Jason Van Horn and Ian Massey.  

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March 17th Clinic Gallery Recap

April 12, 2013 Bikeskills Clinics and Events

Gallery of photos from our March 17th Clinic at Tamarancho- with Bikeskills Instructors Jason Van Horn, Ian Massey and Mike Haderer. Enjoy!  

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Bad-Ass Bikes, Back-to-Back-to-Back: 2013 Trek Remedy 9 vs. 2013 Santa Cruz Tallboy LTc

March 11, 2013 Cycling and Sports Technology Reports

How do refined bikes, 10 years in the making, like the 26″ wheeled Trek Remedy, hold up against the likes of a new skool, 29er AM rig, like the Santa Cruz Tallboy LTc? You might be surprised. If nothing else, if you’re in the market for a new mountain bike, make sure you ride a [...]

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February 3rd MTB Clinic Gallery

February 27, 2013 Bikeskills Clinics and Events

Our January date was pushed back a few weeks due to rain, but our February date on the trails featured great trail conditions. We can certainly use a bit more rain out at Tamarancho, with trail building efforts on the new flow trail close to being finished. If you haven’t ridden out at Tamarancho before, [...]

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November 11 Tamarancho Clinic Gallery

December 2, 2012 Bikeskills Clinics and Events

We’re getting our first major downpour of precipitation here in the Bay Area, and our indian summer is now definitely a thing of the past. On the flip side, it’s the perfect time to change a routine that has possibly gotten a bit stale. For us it’s time to tap into our indoor options a [...]

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September 16th Trail Riding Clinic Gallery

September 24, 2012 Bikeskills Clinics and Events

This month’s trail riding clinic gallery was brought you to courtesy of my new 40mm “pancake” Canon prime lens. Who says you can’t carry an SLR camera with you on the trail and still have fun riding? For our camera buffs out there, these photos were shot with my backup camera body, a Canon 40D.

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August 12th MTB Clinic Gallery

August 15, 2012 Bikeskills Clinics and Events

Wendy gets the prize for best cornering form in our August Clinic recap. Note her body position in the photo above; she’s got elbows out, her head up with her center of gravity low. She’s looking down the trail, ready for anything, and looking fast! It can take some time before we begin to adopt [...]

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July Clinic Gallery

July 28, 2012 Bikeskills Clinics and Events

We had a nice sized group for July’s mountain bike skills clinic at Tamarancho, and as usual, we all had a great time working to get everyone dialed in. We recorded everyone’s neutral position and looking at our gallery below, it is interesting to see how the different cockpit configurations effect where one’s neutral point [...]

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