Bend Bike Clinics
Join us in beautiful Bend, OR for one of our many weekly mountain bike skills sessions. These are a mix of two or three hour sessions (depending on the class description) where we'll focus on specific skills but cater to participant's goals and skill levels. Our flexible scheduling allows you to sign up far in advance or the day before.
Whether you're visiting from out of town or you live in Bend, join us once or on a regular basis to gain new skills and confidence for your mountain bike journey!
Whether you're visiting from out of town or you live in Bend, join us once or on a regular basis to gain new skills and confidence for your mountain bike journey!
Wednesdays | Women's Foundational Skills
Calling all ladies new to mountain biking! In just two hours, we will help you dial in fundamental skills to set you up for some fun trail rides! You’ll feel more confident setting up your bike, shifting, braking, and navigating small trail obstacles after instruction from the skilled coaches at Grit Clinics. This is the perfect, no pressure, no judgement environment to feel more comfortable on your mountain bike and meet some new friends! When: Wednesdays | 5:30 - 7:30p Where: 7th Mountain Resort Cost: $75 Suitable for: New riders / Beginners, Women, 18+ Saturdays | Beginner/Intermediate Skills
We’ll begin by dialing in our bike set up and body position, then work on skills throughout the afternoon. Examples of some of the skills we will work on include braking, shifting, cornering, switchbacks, wheel lifts, line choice, technical descending and getting up and over logs and rocks. Join us for two hours of skill building fun!
When: Saturdays | 11 - 1p Where: 7th Mountain Resort Cost: $75 Suitable for: Beginner & intermediate riders, Men & Women, 18+ Sundays | Skills & Ride
We’ll start with dialing in our bikes and body position and progress through several more skills before hopping on the nearby trails to test our new skills on a fun ride. Examples of skills we might work on are braking, cornering, switchbacks, wheel lifts, line choice, technical descending, getting up and over logs and rocks and line choice. Join us for three hours of skill-building fun while you take your riding to the next level! When: Sundays | 10 - 1p Where: Inn at 7th Mountain Cost: $99 Suitable for: Beginner & intermediate riders, Men & Women, 18+ |
Fridays | Bend Trail Sessions
What trail are we riding this week? Every Friday we’ll spend several hours progressing on a tricky section of the trail of choice. Check out the schedule below to pick your poison! Do you struggle with the loose, sandy corners? Are you ready to learn how to pump and jump? Do the rocks on COD have you squirming in your saddle? Are you ready to learn to go a little faster, safely?
Join Grit Clinics at a new trail each week to work on specific skills needed for the features you will encounter. We’ll tackle jumps and corners on Whoops, technical climbing and descending on Funner, swooping descents on Tiddlywinks and more! Our weekly trail choice will be determined ahead of time, but may occasionally change based on trail conditions and weather. We will slow down and take a look at features and lines and get to know our trails a little more intimately. Finish off your week with a fun mountain bike lesson so you can shred with more confidence all weekend! When: Fridays | 4 - 6:30p Where: TBD, new trail each week Cost: $89 Suitable for: See trail of the day for skill level, Men & Women, 18+ What trail will we be tackling? (exact meeting location TBD in pre-clinic email) July 2: July 9: July 15: July 23: Saturdays | Cornering & Switchbacks OR Intro to Jumping*
Cornering and Switchbacks (odd dates of the month): The best way to get good at cornering is to practice practice practice. We’ll begin by dialing in body position, leaning the bike and understanding how to handle different types of corners. Next we’ll take it to the trails where we will practice bermed corners, flat loose corners and switchbacks until we are all dizzy with progression! Intro to Jumping (even dates of the month): Anyone can catch air! It’s LANDING that usually causes problems. Learning to jump is no joke. Things can go wrong quickly if you don’t have a proper understanding of how to take off, stay balanced in the air and land the bike safely. We’ll start by practicing fundamental skills in grass that lead to jumping, (like body position, wheel lifts, level lifts and bunny hops) then take it to small jumps to dial in your air-time. We start small and teach you to land on top first. If you’re not ready to fly to the landing, no big deal. The great thing about these sessions is you can take it as far as you want. If you just want to learn how to take off and land on top so Whoops trail isn’t so intimidating, that’s fine, you can end there and watch others, or you can take it all the way to the landing! When: Saturdays | 1:30 - 3:30p Where: 7th Mountain Resort Cost: $75 Suitable for: Intermediate & advanced riders, Men & Women, 18+ *Cornering and Switchbacks will occur on odd dates of the month and Intro to Jumping will occur on even dates of the month. Bend Custom Bike Clinic
If you have four or more riders interested in dialing in specific skills like jumps, drops, cornering, line choice or are interested in learning skills for a particular trail in Bend, contact us and we can set up a custom clinic.
When: 2-3 hours | open availability Suitable for: All riders, Men & Women, 18+ |
More information:
- After your 5th Bend Bike Clinic with us, your 6th is FREE! Drop us a line and we will send you a coupon code.
- Bend Bike Clinics require a minimum of 3 participants to run. If the minimum is not met you will be contacted with the option to transfer into another clinic or receive a full refund. Maximum 7 participants per coach.
- Cancellation Policy: Cancellations made at least 24 hours in advance will receive a full refund less a $15 admin fee or credit for a future lesson. Cancellations made within 24 hours or no show will not receive a refund.
- Contact us with any other questions or concerns.