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What is the best mtb upgrade? A dropper seat? Two rings in front, or just one? A new frame with updated geometry? Or maybe a brand new bike, with bigger wheels and all the new bits everyone is talking about?<\/p>\n
Well, all that and none of it. The best investment is upgrading your own skills. Learning those good habits that can make an average bike a proper tool for enjoyment. Mountain biking is about equipment, but it is a lot about proper technique.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
A mtb instructor qualified in Austria, with special training for kids workshops, Mihai Constantenec is coming over in May to share his experience in years of racing, guiding, teaching mountain biking. Here’s what’s on the menu:<\/p>\n
For some of us learning the mtb skills is an organic process. We learn by doing, by trying, by falling. Small steps evolution. (We’ve been there, so we know.)<\/p>\n
Others, however, might not have the time for taking things slowly. Or maybe they are just smarter, realizing that this whole process can be shortened significantly. Or they want to invest in their kids skills, as they do when they send them for swimming sessions, on\u00a0ski camps\u00a0or\u00a0for piano lessons. Maybe they want to team up with fellow mountain biking enthusiasts, to share the joy of riding a bike up the mountain on rocky trails\u00a0or\u00a0over roots, in sunshine or rain, through dust or mud.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n
For\u00a0all this people we planned two weekends of mountain biking technical workshops: May 20-22 and May 27-29, at Conacul \u0218imonean, a pension\u00a0near Bran Castle with good accommodation and delicious home-made food. Friends and families are welcome, there are a lot of hiking options or visits to Bran Castle. (On request mountainguide.ro<\/a> can organize more serious hiking trips.)<\/p>\n Program:<\/p>\n Friday:<\/strong><\/p>\n S\u00e2mb\u0103t\u0103:<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday:<\/strong><\/p>\n We’ll take lots of photos and we’ll film the activities so we can all brag about later on Facebook!<\/p>\n The program and the exercises will be adapted to the specifics of the group.<\/p>\n The price per person is 690 RON and it includes the workshops, the guiding (there will be two guides for bigger groups), accommodation in double rooms and food according to the program. Soft drinks and alcoholic drinks not included. The single supplement is 90 RON.<\/p>\n We have a special offer for couples or families: only one person will pay the full price of 690 RON, the rest (partner, husband-wife, child) will only pay a 290 RON supplement, not matter if they will participate in the mtb workshop or not. A single family cant not use more than one of the two available appartments or a double room.<\/p>\n You can choose the May 20-22 weekend or the May 27-29 weekend. The pension has 7 double rooms and two apartments. The rule is first come, first served. Closing time for booking is end of April.<\/p>\n The workshop is organized by Step by Step Agency SRL, an outdoor adventures tourism agency from Bra\u0219ov (www.mountainguide.ro<\/a>). Booking confirmation is done after full payment (bank transfer or on-line credit card payment available).<\/p>\n You can subscribe to one of the two camps by emailing us at contact@mtbtours.ro or at contact @mountainguide.ro, or on the Facebook event page (May 20-22 here\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/208990476140214\/<\/a>, or May 27-29 here\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/232191233803181\/<\/a>). We’ll get back with payment details and all other required information.<\/p>\n Looking forward to hear from you!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May 20-22 or May 27-29 2016 two nights accommodation with all corresponding meals mtb technical exercises and short rides in Bran Country special offers for couples and families What is the best mtb upgrade? A dropper seat? Two rings in front, or just one? A new frame with updated geometry? Or maybe a brand new… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[137,39,162,194,38,27,164,193,40,165,187,192],"class_list":["post-7784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ads","tag-bran","tag-bucegi","tag-camp","tag-instruire","tag-mountain-biking","tag-mtb","tag-pregatire","tag-seminar","tag-simon","tag-tehnica","tag-training","tag-workshop"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtbtours.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtbtours.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtbtours.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtbtours.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtbtours.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtbtours.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtbtours.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtbtours.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtbtours.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtbtours.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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