Welcome To Fluidride Online
Welcome to our online learning page. With this tool, you can greatly enhance your riding by unlocking your true potential. We teach The Fluidride Method, and Simon Lawton, the Owner and Founder of Fluidride, will be you personal guide in this journey. Be ready to progress rapidly as you learn new skills and remove habitual patterns which aren't serving you.
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Learn how the fluidride method builds consistency
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Discover your ability to surpass your own self perceived limitations
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Develop the skills to diagnose your own riding
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Progress your riding more safely and confidently
Build Confidence And Consistency.
Riders often feel like they need to heap on layers of really complicated movements in order to progress. With The Fluidride Method, we've found that keeping things simple is the best way to help riders grow. We've also discovered that removing incorrect movements can greatly enhance a riders game. Riding well means riding more safely - and more quickly - with less conscious thought.
Recent Skills Articles
Core Skills
Body Position - Braking - Steep Descents - Cornering
Using Double Footwork to Ride Switchbacks
One of the scariest parts of mountain biking for new riders is often tight, downhill switchbacks. While most riders can make a simple flat turn on the road, these tight-radius turns on the trail can be tricky to master.
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Pre-Turns On Trail
Using pre-turns on trail can help open up tricky corners and enable you to find flow.
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Step Down Gap Jumps
Step-down jumps often take the form of what look like drops, but are in actuality jumps. The sequence below is a great example of this.
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Featuring Into a Corner
Sometimes an obstacle we want to jump over on the trail is directly followed by a change in direction.
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Progressive Trail Skills
Bunny Hops - Manuals - Wheelies
Featuring: On-Trail Lesson
Featuring: On-Trail Lesson in the Alps
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Discussion: Learning Wheelies with Coach Linnea
Simon sits down with coach Dave to discuss snapping turns.
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Manualing Off Terrain
Once you have learned to manual into terrain, you can start manauling off terrain.
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How to Ride Wheelies
Anyone who has spent a lot of time on bike can either ride a wheelie, or wants to be able to. This elusive skill isn’t used a lot on the trail, but it’s a great tool for working your balance.
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Air Skills
Drops - Featuring - Jumping
Squashing / Racer Style Drops with Jason
As our trail speeds progresses we need to modify our drop technique in order to not overshoot landings. This is especially important for racers who are trying to beat the clock.
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