How To Ride Rock Gardens

LEARN HOW TO BE A MASTER OF ROCK GARDENS

Dynamic Cycling Adventures offers tips on riding rock gardens

What's the key to speeding up on the trail? The truth is that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to becoming 'fast,' but there are a variety of tactics and recommendations that can help you improve your speed.

When riding your mountain bike, you will stumble across unexpected rock gardens at some point during your life. One of the most difficult aspects of discovering an unexpected rock garden is being calm and focusing on the outcome rather than the problem.

It will take some practice to perfect this technique, but Dynamic Cycling Adventures will teach you the fundamentals to get you started on your journey to getting some genuine smooth trail speed.

7 EASY STEPS TO MASTERING HOW TO RIDE ROCK GARDENS

1. As you spot a rock garden on the trail, keep your body in neutral attack position.

2. Scrub speed in the smoother sections of trail before the rock garden.

3. Spot your line through the rock garden, remembering that the obvious line may not be the best – don’t be a sheep!

4. Aim to regain traction in the smoother sections of the rock garden and go light/unweight over the rougher sections.

5. Maintain as much speed as possible through the rock garden, skipping over the rocks will be much smoother than tracking the profile of each individual rock.

6. If required, use short sharp pedal kicks to produce extra speed/momentum.

7. Reduce any unwanted excess speed on the smoother section after the feature.