November Ninja Newsletter
In this Newsletter… • Skills Tips for November – Steep Descents • Ninjas are Heading to Orange County • Professional Bike Fits – What You Need to Know • Team Ninja Information Meeting • Zumwalt’s Bike Shop Year End Clearance • How to Host Your Own Skills Clinic • Women’s Only Skills Clinics • Ninja […]
Does Your Bike Fit?
By Kristen Gross (Team Ninja) I mean really fit. Because let me tell you, there’s a lot more to it than a couple measurements and turns of the allen keys. I haven’t had a fit in a few years, and with a nagging pain in my left knee I thought it would be best to […]
Ride Like a Ninja
By: Kristen Lake :: This weekend was another great installment with San Diego Mountain Bike Skills clinics where I’ve been helping out, coaching. While I’m enjoying a transitional period in my life, it seems I have finally got to the part where I get to give back to the sport that’s given me so much. […]
San Diego Mountain Bike Skills Heads to Arizona, October 12-13
If you’re in the Phoenix area on October 12-13, come out and learn to Ride Like a Ninja. San Diego Mountain Bike Skills is offering special Arizona Edition basics classes, a women’s-only clinic and a full-day intermediate/advanced workshop for our friends in the state next door. Mountain biking is about getting outdoors, sharing some adventure […]
“Freedom 50” Racers and Chasers Event Has the Ninja Seal of Approval
Put Your Skills To The Test This Saturday, August 31 The San Diego Mountain Bike Skills team is proud to announce the “Freedom 50” Racers and Chasers event has the Ninja seal of approval. Take your skills to the racecourse for this super fun, off-road 50-mile extravaganza. You’ll need the skills you’ve developed in high-speed […]
Ninja Mountain Bike Race Team
ANNOUNCEMENT Ninja Mountain Bike Race Team You already train together. You suffer up Z-climb repeats together. You do standing Pershings together. You all face “The Wall” together. You already cheer each other on at the monthly TT/Fitness Tests… And now, we’re making it so you can race together… Yes, that’s right! You asked for it […]
One-On-One Mountain Bike Skills Sessions
Have you already attended one of our skills clinics and now want to focus on mastering just one or two specific skills? Is your schedule jam packed and preventing you from attending the scheduled group clinics? Or maybe you’re even a one-man (or woman!) wolfpack that just doesn’t like being in a group setting at […]
Secret Techniques to Effective Braking
Much of a Pro mountain biker’s control, skill and speed lies in the way they use their brakes and the way they set-up their brake controls on the bars. Modern mountain bikes with hydraulic disc brakes, have brake levers that are specially designed to be used by one finger only in all situations. Moving your […]
Balboa Park TT (Time Trial / Fitness Test) 06/20/13
Results: Spoke Grenade Balboa Park TT (Time Trial / Fitness Test) 06/20/13 Place Rider Name Start Time Finish Time June TT Time Personal Record Men 1 Kyle Wills 6:44:00 6:56:23 0:12:23 2 Benjamin 6:45:00 6:58:07 0:13:07 3 Todd 6:47:30 7:00:41 0:13:11 4 Steve 6:48:30 7:01:51 0:13:21 5 Ryan Brown 6:42:00 6:55:40 0:13:40 6 Joe YoungLincoln […]
Results from the Spoke Grenade Balboa Park TT (Time Trial / Fitness Test) 05/23/13
Results: Spoke Grenade Balboa Park TT (Time Trial / Fitness Test) 05/23/13 Place Rider Name Seed Order Start Time Finsih Time TT Time Overall Place Men 1 Justin Taylor 1 6:45:00 6:55:57 0:10:57 1 2 Devin Young 5 6:47:00 7:00:10 0:13:10 2 3 Nicco Salvador 2 6:46:00 6:59:29 0:13:29 3 4 Scott Schwartz 11 6:50:00 […]