{"id":2022,"date":"2015-09-29T14:01:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T12:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tatonka.com\/?p=2022"},"modified":"2019-07-17T16:16:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T14:16:17","slug":"riding-techniques-for-mountain-bikers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tatonka.com\/en\/riding-techniques-for-mountain-bikers\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding techniques for mountain bikers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Riding techniques in the shadow of Neuschwanstein Castle, or: What you can do on a mountainbike.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mountain biking is definitely one of my favorite hobbies. Roughly calculated I have been doing it for more than 20 years. I never thought about the technique but just rode – and if this wasn\u2019t possible – alighting is always a possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not long ago both of my sisters joined my enthusiasm for mountain biking – I am delighted. But unlike me, both of them wanted to learn the riding technique properly and under professional supervision. Since it was now and again time for a siblings-weekend, we ended up in the course \u201cBiking technique\u2026entirely female\u201c by the small but fine team of Alpine deluxe<\/a> in F\u00fcssen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Snake<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The stomach on the saddle?!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At the moment of our departure on saturday morning the weather didn\u2019t really look like outdoor-sports and we were afraid, that the whole adventure would fall through rain. One could hardly see Neuschwanstein Castle through the heavy clouds and we were already thinking about F\u00fcssen\u2019s shopping opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But exactly in time for the start at 10 a.m. the air cleared and our course composed of eight highly motivated women could beginn. Verena and Bojan (our coaches) introduced us to the planned process and we startet with the first exercise on a soft lawn (in case of an accident).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now it meant only to keep your balance and find the basic position. After several braking exercises we practiced every possible positions on a bike – besides sitting. We even had to lie on our bikes with the stomach on the saddle. Verena explained in detail all the matters and the aim of the exercise.She demonstrated everything practically until even the last understood – THANK YOU for your angelic patience, Verena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Riding<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After this training session we got cracking the first hazards. One pallet was too low for us, so we all started with two pallets placed on top of each other. First we were a bit timid, but soon we acquired a liking for it and raised to three. To ensure our safety Bojan stood at the hazards in order to provide assistance if required. Besides being our mechanic in case of technical defects, this was his job the whole two days through. At this point also a big THANK YOU for your support, Bojan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Riding<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After the three pallets we naturally came to the exercise \u2018Cycling down the stairs\u2019and we could not tear us away until lunch. At this point (if not before) everyone had tasted blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n