Challenge your Boundaries
Getting off the tarmac and into the mud
In partnership with the Snowdonia National Park Authority, Sport Wales, Disability Sport Wales and Forestry Commission Wales, the aim of the Discover Dolgellau ‘Challenge your Boundaries’ project is to develop and promote adaptive mountain biking as a sport in the Southern Snowdonia region of Wales, and to show that adaptive MTB is a means by which active people with disabilities can regain access to the mountain wilderness, or simply experience it for the first time.
The project, based at the Coed y Brenin mountain bike trail centre just outside Dolgellau, will provide equipment and opportunities for the coaching and development of riders with a disability to a point where they can make independent or at least semi-independent journeys off-road.
All adaptive MTB riders will need to pass through a half-day accreditation process before they are able to take out ‘Challenge your Boundaries’ bikes without one of the project's leaders. The accreditation process will show riders how to operate the equipment, describe the limits of where the rider may take the bike, and will make sure riders can deal with simple trail-side repairs like mending a puncture. It will also establish that, in the event of a minor crash (yes, they probably will happen now and again!), the rider can right the bike and get back on it.
Once accredited, riders may book and take out equipment whenever it is available, for a rental fee (currently £25). There is no charge for attending scheduled accreditation sessions (which will be listed on the Challenge your Boundaries Facebook page), but there is the same rental fee for use of the bike.
The project also offers training for existing mountain bike leaders who would like to include adaptive riders within their groups.
Contact
The challenge your Boundaries Project is being led by Graham and Jacky O’Hanlon:
Contact Tel. 01341 430628 or Email
Challenge your Boundaries is on Facebook.
Links
Footage of adaptive bikes on the MinorTaur trail can be seen here:
Info about disabled activities in the Mawddach Estuary area can be found here:
More information about adaptive mountain biking can be found here:
Rider accreditation:-
Monday 13th February 2012
Sunday 4th March 2012
Monday 2nd April 2012
Sunday 13th May 2012
Friday 8th June 2012
In partnership with the Snowdonia National Park Authority, Sport Wales, Disability Sport Wales and Forestry Commission Wales, the aim of the Discover Dolgellau ‘Challenge your Boundaries’ project is to develop and promote adaptive mountain biking as a sport in the Southern Snowdonia region of Wales, and to show that adaptive MTB is a means by which active people with disabilities can regain access to the mountain wilderness, or simply experience it for the first time.
The project, based at the Coed y Brenin mountain bike trail centre just outside Dolgellau, will provide equipment and opportunities for the coaching and development of riders with a disability to a point where they can make independent or at least semi-independent journeys off-road.
All adaptive MTB riders will need to pass through a half-day accreditation process before they are able to take out ‘Challenge your Boundaries’ bikes without one of the project's leaders. The accreditation process will show riders how to operate the equipment, describe the limits of where the rider may take the bike, and will make sure riders can deal with simple trail-side repairs like mending a puncture. It will also establish that, in the event of a minor crash (yes, they probably will happen now and again!), the rider can right the bike and get back on it.
Once accredited, riders may book and take out equipment whenever it is available, for a rental fee (currently £25). There is no charge for attending scheduled accreditation sessions (which will be listed on the Challenge your Boundaries Facebook page), but there is the same rental fee for use of the bike.
The project also offers training for existing mountain bike leaders who would like to include adaptive riders within their groups.
Contact
The challenge your Boundaries Project is being led by Graham and Jacky O’Hanlon:
Contact Tel. 01341 430628 or Email
Challenge your Boundaries is on Facebook.
Links
Footage of adaptive bikes on the MinorTaur trail can be seen here:
Info about disabled activities in the Mawddach Estuary area can be found here:
More information about adaptive mountain biking can be found here:
Rider accreditation:-
Monday 13th February 2012
Sunday 4th March 2012
Monday 2nd April 2012
Sunday 13th May 2012
Friday 8th June 2012
Momentum Rides:-
Saturday 24th March 2012
Sunday 27th May 2012
Saturday 14th July 2012
Sunday 4th November 2012
Sunday 27th May 2012
Saturday 14th July 2012
Sunday 4th November 2012
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