Our Coaching Options
1-to-1 Coaching
A private coaching session that provides the best coaching experience. You have the full attention of our coach who can tailor the session to your specific needs, allowing you to push your own boundaries throughout and gain the most experience.
Group Coaching
A session with friends or with other people of a similar skill level. Work as part of a team in order to overcome the challenges of the session. Great for socialising with friends, or making new ones who share a passion for mountain biking.
Our Coaches
All of our coaches are deeply passionate about mountain biking, in more cases than not actively pursuing this as a hobby outside of work. As such, they understand the difficulty of picking up mountain biking for the first time having never tried it before, and also understand the desire to get better and better at the sport. As such, our coaches put their all into helping you develop your skills in our coaching sessions- from complete amateur to professional standard.
What makes our coaches qualified?
All of our coaches at Roots & Rubber are are MIAS Level 3 Certified Instructors- an accreditation awarded by the Association of British Cycle Coaches (ABCC) and recognised by several British Cycling Bodies including the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA) and the Association of British mountain Bike Guides (ABMG).
This accreditation focuses on the skills and knowledge required to be a mountain biking instructor on terrains of all types and instructing people of all skills levels safely and effectively.
As part of the accreditation our coaches have relevant first aid training which is re-verified yearly along with the rest of the accreditation, to ensure all necessary skills and knowledge is kept up-to-date and relevant.
Meet our coaches
David Gear – Age 31
One of the founders of Roots & Rubber, David has been an avid mountain biker since he was 12 years old. He grew up loving the outdoors, and found mountain biking to be the best way for him to experience the thrill of being active in the great outdoors.
David has competed in various mountain biking competitions over the years, even winning the National Mountain Bike Championships in 2018.
Carly Crank – age 25
Carly is a founder of Roots & Rubber. A natural thrill-seeker, she discovered mountain biking at age 14 and fell in love with the sport immediately. She was the main driving force behind the creation of Roots & Rubber, since she longed to share her enthusiasm for mountain biking with others, and make the sport as accessible as possible for all people.
Carly is looking to compete nationally for the first time in 2025.