MTB Coaching | Am I Riding Mountain Bike Drops Wrong

MTB Coaching | Am I Riding Mountain Bike Drops Wrong

We’ve all been there are some point where we’ve asked ourselves “am I riding mountain bike drops wrong”? Maybe it’s a crash, pre-drop jitters, or even just a lack of confidence that caused us to self-reflect. All good – each and every one of us that ride drops now have either learned the hard way […]

MTB Coaching | How to Climb Technical Trails on a Mountain Bike

MTB Coaching | How to Climb Technical Trails on a Mountain Bike

In this series of the Drew Brothers MTB Coaching, we look at how to climb technical trails on a mountain bike. You might be a mountain biker that loves climbing, and lives for the challenge to go up everything. Maybe smashing uphills on Strava or eventually cleaning that tough climb is your huckleberry. You could […]

MTB Coaching | How to Manual a Mountain Bike with Rich Drew

MTB Coaching | How to Manual a Mountain Bike with Rich Drew

Next up in our MTB Coaching series, Ride Series Mountain Bike Coach, and Racing professional Rich Drew shows us how to manual a mountain bike. For many riders, including us, the manual is one of the hardest skills to learn on a bike. However, the manual can be one of the most useful skills to […]

MTB Coaching | The Ride Series How to’s: Technical Lifts on the Trail

MTB Coaching | The Ride Series How to's: Technical Lifts on the Trail

Technical lifts on the trail can be quite challenging. Even for an experienced rider it really takes a certain technique, and not just the brute force muscle up like it may appear. Rich Drew, of The Ride Series MTB Skills Clinics, takes us through the “lift and shift” technique. This skill is fantastic for getting […]

New Bike Day with Rich Drew | Pivot Mach 5.5 Long Term Review

New Bike Day with Rich Drew | Pivot Mach 5.5 Long Term Review

As Rich Drew puts it, “27.5 ain’t dead”. At 160mm front and 140mm travel in the rear, the new Pivot Mach 5.5 is an absolutely ripper. Pivot factory pro rider Rich Drew spent a considerable amount of time this year riding the Mach 5.5 on all sorts of trails. He even got rowdy on some […]

Video: New Soil Tac Slaughter Pen Downhill Trail at OZ Trails NWA

Video | New Slaughter Pen Soil Tac Downhill Trail | OZ Trails Rich Drew

Slaughter Pen Downhill Trail – OZ Trails NWA This new Slaughter Pen Downhill Trail development on the far west side of Slaughter Pen is really something special. Northwest Arkansas (NWA), and specifically Bentonville in this case, continues to push the envelope on what’s possible when a mountain bike community and City, come together with focused […]