Australian Mountain Bike

SURVIVING WINTER AND THE GREAT INDOORS

In most places around Australia, we are blessed with warm temperatures and trails which remain clear and rideable year-round, with the most significant barrier to entry being short days. There is no reason to completely hang up your mountain bike this winter, read on to find out how the crew at AMB stays fit and sane during the winter, and our tips for training indoors.

INDOOR TRAINING

When the weather sucks and trails are wet, spending some quality time on the indoor trainer can be a huge benefit to your riding. Equally, when your outside movements are restricted for health reasons, you can still get a solid workout inside, and have some fun doing so.

“I think mountain bikers are actually ideal indoor training candidates, as backwards as that may seem,” says Jonathan Lee, the Communications Director at TrainerRoad. “The reason is, road cyclists can conveniently work structured training into their chosen form of riding, but that’s not the case for mountain bikers.”

“Trying to do a

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