Youth Mountain Biking
Mountain Bike Maintenance Class
Love riding your bike, but need some help taking care of it? Check out our basic bicycle maintenance class, taught by a 12 yr bicycle industry veteran, and our very own mountain bike instructor, Phil Harwood. This class will cover everything from cleaning your chain to how to set up your own toolkit! Be prepared for springtime with a bike that is ready to ride!
When: Sundays, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, beginning January 26
Where: Buchanan Park Rec Center, Birch Room
Ages: 12+
Register:
Register for Mountain Bike Maintenance Class
Mountain Bike Winter Tire Studding Class
Hit by a case of the winter bike blues? Missing carving turns on sweet singletrack, or too cautious to risk that commute ride? Check out our Make Your Own Studded Bicycle Tire class, taught by 12 year bicycle industry veteran and our very own mountain bike instructor, Phil Harwood. We will cover materials needed, overview, and demonstration of how to stud your own tires, for a fraction of the cost of buying one new! Keep those wheels turning and gripping instead of slipping all winter long!
When: Sundays, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, beginning January 12
Where: Buchanan Park Rec Center, Birch Room
Ages: 12+
Register:
Register for Mountain Bike Winter Tire Studding Class
Calling all Middle School Mountain Bikers! This awesome program will help you take your mountain biking to the next level with technical skills training, bike maintenance tips, and endurance building. Focusing on learning and following the rules of the trails while practicing to clean and conquer features like rock gardens, switchbacks, off camber turns and more, all while riding with and making new friends in the process.
Volunteers are needed to help lead these individual groups!
Will return summer 2025
Join our biking group as they ride the trails of the local open-space parks. The group meets Wednesdays and Sundays at Buchanan Park Recreation Center. Participants will be divided into groups based on age and ability. Volunteers are needed to lead these individual groups. Riders must have at least a 24-inch wheeled bike and helmet for all rides.
Will return summer 2025
- No make-up classes or refunds are offered for missed classes
- Class refunds must be made at least 1 week before the session begins
- No refunds are given once the session has begun
- Exceptions will be at the Program Supervisor's discretion
