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Rider2Leader 2025

This year we are relaunching the Rider2Leader (R2L) format, with exciting, progressive pilots aimed at increasing the diversity across mountain bike leaders and tutors. Further information and opportunities will be released as the year goes on, please keep an eye on our social media channels for all news relating to R2L!

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Women specific programmes

This year we will be delivering progressive Rider2Leader programmes that look to address some of the most frequent concerns we get from women looking to go into mountain bike leadership; namely a lack of confidence in technical components like navigation and trailside repairs and a fear they would be holding up the rest of the group when riding.

We know there are some awesome women out there who would make great leaders and we also know the more women we have out there leading, the more women will be inspired to take that challenge, its a domino effect and we want to accelerate that.

So this years women specific Rider2Leader programme is in 2 stages, delivering leaders from the outset at a grassroots level!

We will then support up to 8 of these women to take their leading to the next level with the traditional rider2leader course; 2 days of confidence building, misconception busting, supported workshops to upskill you in trailside repairs and navigation along with some cracking coaching from our amazing tutors and aspiring tutors.

And at the end of all of this, with your own personalised action plan, we hope you will have the confidence to take that next step and book onto a Level 2 training.

We cannot cover accommodation and lunches (simply to keep costs down and not everyone needs these) but we do offer coffee and cakes in the afternoon.

Dates and costs

Fundamentals of Mountain Bike Leadership Award at Comrie Croft

Dates: Tuesday 6th May and Wednesday 7th May 2025

Cost: £40 per person (to cover registration with British Cycling)

Further information: These two days will take you through the Fundamentals of Mountain Bike Leadership Award with 2 of our amazing tutors / aspiring tutors. The 2 days combine training and assessment.

Find out more information about the Fundamentals of Mountain Bike Leadership Award (FunMBL)

Accommodation and lunch is not included. For information on accommodation at Comrie, from eco-camping to the lodge and Nordic Kata's, see the link below - please book directly with the Croft but do wait until you have confirmation from us first.

Comrie Croft

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Click here for the Application Form

Fundamentals of Mountain Bike Leadership Award at Glenmore Lodge

Dates: Tuesday 26th May and Wednesday 27th May 2025

Cost: £40 per person (to cover registration with British Cycling)

Further information: These two days will take you through the Fundamentals of Mountain Bike Leadership Award with 2 of our amazing Tutors / aspiring Tutors. The 2 days combine training and assessment.

Find out more information about the Fundamentals of Mountain Bike Leadership Award (FunMBL)

Accommodation and lunch is not included. For information on accommodation at Glenmore Lodge please contact The Lodge directly but do wait until you have confirmation from us first.

Aviemore Accommodation, Outdoor Activity Experience | Glenmore Lodge

Click here for the Application Form

Rider2Leader confidence building workshops for aspiring Level 2 Leaders

Dates: Tuesday 9th and 10th September 2025

Cost: £25 per person

Further information: These two days will take you through the Level 2 Award syllabus. Designed specifically to raise confidence and support you into taking that next step in your leadership journey, our amazing tutors / aspiring tutors will design the workshops around your needs.

This workshop is open to those who have been through the FunMBL programme and also those looking to go directly into Level 2 with no previous qualifications, just an ability to ride most red grade trials at a trail centre and a love for leading those into more technical terrain than the FunMBL enables.

This course does not provide you with a qualification, they are designed to support you into taking that next step to Level 2 training with confidence.

More information on the Level 2 Mountain Bike Leadership Award

Click here for the Application Form

**COMING SOON** Rider2Leader for Adaptive Riders

These workshops will take on a similar format to the women specific workshops described above but are specifically for adaptive mountain bikers.

Supported by Neil from the Adaptive Riders Collective, please keep an eye on our socials if you are an adaptive mountain biker with aspirations to lead other riders and share the passion of off road cycling.

If you can, please consider donating to the Scottish MTB Heath Fund and help us with our work in this space. Thank you.

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**COMING SOON** Rider2Leader for support riders and leaders

Again taking on a similar format to the women specific workshops described above, these are specifically created for non-adaptive riders looking to support our small but amazing cohort of Adaptive Mountain Bike Leaders.

Supported by Neil from the Adaptive Riders Collective, please keep an eye on our socials if you are interested in this.

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If you can, please consider donating to the Scottish MTB Heath Fund and help us with our work in this space. Thank you.

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