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Women only singletrack skills course special

Our most popular skills courses just for women & guaranteed football free

If you're fed up with all the football, cricket, tennis, motor racing and lawn bowls on television this June, why not get away from all that incessant sport coverage and participate in the best sport to hardly ever feature on TV - Mountain biking!

In this month's newsletter we're covering our women only singletrack skills courses in The Surrey Hills, introducing our two brand new 'hard' guided singletrack rides and as ever we have details of our last minute availability for all our June scheduled courses at the foot of this email.

We've also released a fresh batch of ex-hire bikes for sale if you're looking for a bargain to get your off-road adventures started.

Hope to see you out on the hill soon.

Happy trails!

Danielle Sheridan
Principal - Astounding Adventures Limited

Perfect your off-road skills in an all women group

If you're looking to improve your existing off-road skills and to start tackling some tougher, more challenging terrain, why not join one of our two women only singletrack skills course in The Surrey Hills?

Our women only Singletrack Fundamentals skills course will let take your existing bike handling skills and help you adapt them for tricky off-road terrain so you'll feel more comfortable and confident on rough trails and steeper terrain.

For intermediate riders our Singletrack Improver course builds upon your existing off-road skills to move your skills to a level where you'll feel ready to tackle blue and red graded trailcentre trails with confidence and commitment.

We also combine these two courses over a single weekend with our women only Fast Track Singletrack Skills Weekend course.

Singletrack Fundamentals

Learn the fundamentals of mountain biking and develop all-round off-road confidence and commitment

Maybe you're completely new to mountain biking, or perhaps a little more experienced, but you've never been taught the fundamentals of riding off-road. Possibly you've tried some technical trails, but lacked confidence and scared yourself a few times?

Our women only Singletrack Fundamentals coaching course will give you the core skills to get out in the woods tackling technical trails with confidence and commitment.

Following training you will see an immediate improvement in your riding and a boost in confidence. You'll understand how changes in your body position, footwork and where you are looking affect the way your bike behaves on singletrack trails. You'll be able to tackle steeper terrain, corner with greater control and negotiate small trail obstacles with ease.

Course Overview

Forthcoming course dates

• Saturday 18th June 2016
• Saturday 16th July 2016
• Saturday 20th August 2016
• Saturday 17th September 2016
• Saturday 15th October 2016
• Saturday 19th November 2016

Pricing Options

• £80.00
  Four hour morning skills course only
  
• £110.00
  Four hour skills course with three hour afternoon guided ride
  

Visit our web site to find out more or drop us a line on 0333 121 2125 if you have any questions or wish to make a booking.

Singletrack
Improver

Take your blue graded trail skills and progress them to riding rougher red graded terrain with confidence

Have you reached a plateau in your mountain biking and can't seem to ride faster on technical terrain without fear of falling off? Maybe you've tried a few red graded backcountry or trail centre trails, but lacked the confidence to hit technical sections as hard as you would like?

Our women only Singletrack Improver coaching course will build upon your Fundamentals to give you a toolbox of mountain bike skills that you can apply to any terrain, in any location, and any in conditions; be it a gnarly back country trail in The Lakes or classic red route at a Welsh trail centre?

Following training you will see an immediate improvement in your riding and a boost in your confidence on technical trails. You will be able to tackle rougher terrain and trickier corners with greater control and negotiate bigger trail obstacles and moderate drops with confidence and commitment.

Course Overview

Forthcoming course dates

• Sunday 19th June 2016
• Sunday 17th July 2016
• Sunday 21st August 2016
• Sunday 18th September 2016
• Sunday 16th October 2016
• Sunday 20th November 2016

Pricing Options

• £80.00
  Four hour morning skills course only
  
• £110.00
  Four hour skills course with three hour afternoon guided ride
  

Visit our web site to find out more or drop us a line on 0333 121 2125 if you have any questions or wish to make a booking.

Fast-track Singletrack Skills Weekend

Develop your skills to trail centre standard over a single weekend

So you've been mountain biking a while and have probably realised that there's more to this incredibly exciting sport than simply being able to ride a bike.

On our women only Fast-track Singletrack Skills two day course our expert coaches will take what you have learned so far to the next level and beyond. We'll tell what you're already doing right, so you can do more of that, and what you're doing wrong.

On Day One we'll polish your fundamentals, iron out any bad habits you may have picked up, get you moving around your bike and show you how to tackle trail obstacles with style and finesse.

Then on Day Two we'll take these fundamentals to the next level and teach you some trail skills that will have you riding your local loops faster and tackling larger obstacles more confidently than ever before.

After the course you'll find your enjoyment of the sport will increase dramatically. You'll no longer feel like you're just surviving trails, you'll feel in more control and ready to ride the most technical of trails.

Course Overview

Forthcoming course dates

• Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th Jun 2016
• Saturday 16th - Sunday 17th Jul 2016
• Saturday 20th - Sunday 21st Aug 2016
• Saturday 17th - Sunday 18th Sep 2016
• Saturday 15th - Sunday 16th Oct 2016

Pricing Options

• £185.00
  Two day skills course only
  
• £230.00
  Two day skills course only with Saturday night accommodation*
  

*Based on two people sharing. £45 single occupancy supplement.

Visit our web site to find out more or drop us a line on 0333 121 2125 if you have any questions or wish to make a booking.

Leith Hill Singletrack Explorer

Learn the challenging Leith Hill singletrack trail network

The Surrey Hills are home to some of the finest forest singletrack trails in the South-East of the England. Many of the very best trails can be found on Leith Hill, including the superb Summer Lightning.

Come along for a tough three hour Leith Hill guided singletrack ride down some of these classic trails; all cleverly joined up by your experienced local mountain bike guide.

The ride will consist of a combination some of the following singletrack:

• Holmbury Hill
  • Yoghurt Pots
  • Secret Squirrel
  • Telegraph Road
  • Mutiny
  • Wet & Wild
  • Crackpipe
• Leith Hill
  • Summer Lightning
  • Crooked Furrow
  • Regurgitator
  • Lust for Life
  • Waggle Dance
  • Wind in the Willows
  • Will-o'-the-Wisp
  • Caspers
  • The Garden
  • The Mother

Time permitting we may also visit the Dippers area at the top of the hill where you can test your roller coaster riding skills.

Course Overview

Forthcoming ride dates

• 14:00 Saturday 16th July 2016
• 14:00 Saturday 20th August 2016
• 14:00 Saturday 17th September 2016
• 14:00 Saturday 15th October 2016
• 14:00 Saturday 19th November 2016

Pricing Options

• £40.00
  Three hour guided ride
  

Visit our web site to find out more or drop us a line on 0333 121 2125 if you have any questions or wish to make a booking.

Pitch Hill & Winterfold Woods Singletrack Explorer

Explore the hardest, most technical singletrack trails in The Surrey Hills

The Surrey Hills are home to some of the finest forest singletrack trails in the South-East of the England. The most technical trails can be found on Pitch Hill and in Winterfold Woods.

Come along for a tough three hour Pitch Hill and Winterfold Woods singletrack guided ride down some of these classic trails; all cleverly joined up by your experienced local mountain bike guide.

The ride will consist of a combination some of the following singletrack:

• Pitch Hill
  • Doug’s Trail
  • Champagne Supernova
  • Rad Lane
  • MBR Trail
  • Curly Wurly
  • Hound Trail
  • The ‘T’ Trails
  • John the Baptist
  • Deathstar
  • Eric
  • Thick & Creamy
• Leith Hill
  • Christmas Pud
  • Secret Santa
  • Three Kings
  • Three Amigos
  • Fly Tipper
  • Northern Monkey
  • Evian
  • Bullethead
  • Area 51

Course Overview

Forthcoming ride dates

• Sunday 19th June 2016
• Sunday 17th July 2016
• Sunday 21st August 2016
• Sunday 18th September 2016
• Sunday 16th October 2016
• Sunday 20th November 2016

Pricing Options

• £40.00
  Three hour guided ride
  

Visit our web site to find out more or drop us a line on 0333 121 2125 if you have any questions or wish to make a booking.

Specialized Rockhopper 29s for Sale From £325

We pride ourselves on maintaining the best fleet of hire bikes in the whole of Surrey. Our hire bikes are of the highest quality and are replaced after just 30 rides. This means, when we come to sell them, they're still in excellent working and cosmetic order.

Our ex-hire Specialized Rockhoppers are swift singletrack machines equipped with hydraulic disc brakes, 29-inch wheels, and 3x9 gears, allowing you to ride tricky technical trails with confidence and commitment.

Specialized Rockhoppers retail at £650. We sell them for £325.00 (£350.00 for card payments) after they have been hired a maximum of 30 times so there's plenty of life left in the components before they'll need replacing.

Each bike is fully serviced and deep cleaned before it is handed over. Excessively worn/damaged parts are replaced if necessary.

Bikes can be picked up from our office near Guildford or shipped at cost of £30.00 per bike. Payment can be made by credit card, bank transfer or physical cash on collection. Bikes are only shipped once we have cleared funds in hand.

We currently have the following models available:

Interested in picking up a bargain? Call our office on 0333 121 2125 for more information.

We're currently looking for qualified coaches to join our team

Singletrack School are currently looking for suitably qualified and experienced mountain bike coaches to join our team delivering our rapidly expanding Surrey Hills mountain bike skills course programme in 2016 and beyond. We're looking for people who have lots of infectious energy and enthusiasm and a friendly, easy going personality.

For more information please visit our website:

• Freelance Mountain Bike Coaches
  
  
  

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Here are the places we have left over the next few weeks

We have the following courses and rides with last minute places still available in June. For availability beyond this please check our web site where our programme up until to end of December 2016 is already published.

Please note that, dependant on coach availability, we add additional parallel courses when demand is highest. This means it's always worth calling; especially if there are several of you in a group wishing to book.

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