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On the morning of Sunday 24 September 2017, I met
up with some Scouts at Thornthwaite Scout Activity Day with my bike looking
forward to an action packed day on our mountain bikes. It was a lovely day – perfect biking weather!
Before we started the Instructors made sure, we
did an ‘M’ check, which was a maintenance check on our bikes to ensure they
were safe and road worthy. When this was
completed, we warmed up riding in circles and got used to changing our
gears. We then did some brake testing,
which involved us cycling up to a wooden stake and stopping using our back
brakes, then front brakes, riding over the stake and using all our brakes.
Following a snack, we did some more bike skills
and practised wheelies trying to lift our front wheels over objects like rocks
and wooden stakes placed on the ground and practised our balancing. We then headed towards the forest to the
single-track section, which the Leaders had built themselves over the
years. We first walked around the track
to check out all the obstacles. It
looked very tricky! We split into two’s and the two Leaders were at the tricky
sections waiting for us coming around ready to catch us! After a few times
around I managed to do it without putting my feet down. You really had to concentrate, look ahead and
use speed, skill and balance. After that,
we did a really fast downhill section which had a few rocks hidden in the grass
so you had to take care. After we
rattled down the hill, we had to pedal back up which was really tough. A few of the boys fell off but thankfully
were ok.
We were all shattered afterwards and had an
amazing day learning a lot about the technical side of mountain biking.
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