Tackling the fundamental principles of Torke Cycling’s Body Positioning, we delve into the correlation of these elements with a cyclist navigating rough terrains. This exploration addresses the distinctive requirements of off-road cyclists, encompassing disciplines such as XC Mtb, Enduro, Downhill, and Cyclocross.

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Course Outline

The course delves into the distinctive requirements of off-road cyclists, encompassing XC Mtb, Enduro, Downhill, and Cyclocross. Off-road cycling presents a significantly broader array of challenges to the human body and exposes the cyclist to a greater variety of forces than any other cycling genre.

  • Indepth knowledge of MTB/Off Rd position
  • Experience needed
  • Participant from all over the world
  • Small groups
  • Theoretical and practical (50/50)

Torke Cycling Off Road Positioning takes the fundamental principles of Torke Cycling Body Positioning and looks at how these elements relate to the cyclist traveling over rough ground.

Course Outcome

The bike fitter will gain practical expertise in evaluating the cyclist’s capacity to handle off-road forces and will learn positioning techniques to effectively address challenges specific to different types of off-road cycling.

This course also provides an introduction to bicycle handling, geometry, and component selection, recognizing the cyclist’s heightened need for confident off-road bike control.

  • Control – comfort – performance and their relation
  • Variation in terrain
  • Muscle activation to keep balance

Course Length 1 day, can be combined with other 1 day courses

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Day 2: Torke Cycling Off Road positioning @nordicbikefit . An advanced course looking at applying Torke Body Positioning principles to off road cycling situations. We are interested in the physiological stresses that off road terrain imposes on a cyclist and how to best resolve these. When riding up steep mountain trails on dirt both traction and system inertia are significantly reduced. This results in cyclists having to remain seated to stop the rear wheel spinning out. However remaining seated at 12-16percent gradient often creates a significant postural stress on the cyclist. Photo 2 of the rider – see how he is pulling on the bars with his arms. What you don't see is the increased phasic hamstring activity as the quadriceps are working posturally to hold the position. (Leads to premature hamstring fatigue on extended steep climbs) In this case we managed to initially lower this stress with a T shape saddle (selle Italia L1) the wider, tighter radiused wings held the rider better than the Fabric. However we completely resolved the stress with an @sellesmpofficial Blaster with its tail rise. See the no hands picture, showing how the saddle improved postural stability at incline. On a bike used up/down steep gradients we also need to test the position for descending. This is largely about keeping the riders centre of mass into the feet whilst achieving neutral shoulder/arm extension for maximal control. Note the standing pictures, second one has the rider into underextension, and any forward shift of mass from hard braking or a drop off would be harder to manage as the shoulder cannot exert so much extension (foreward pushing) force in this position. The first 20mm longer position improved the riders shoulder strength and therefore control over the bike.

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Locations

Paulton Somerset

Extra

Although the education is 100% independent of any tool or parts manufacturer in the education some techniques and products will be demonstrated

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