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    Training Day With Chris Birch

    Well I thought I'd better give myself as much of a chance as possible to get around the course at the City Scramble, so I decided to do one of Chris' Training days and boy was I impressed with what I learnt. We started off with the basics and then went for a ride to practice those, and then did a few obstacles similiar to what will be found on the course.

    All I can say is anyone wanting to vastly improve their bike skills needs to do some coaching with him. From basic just going round, practicing, getting faster in the turns to as advanced as you want.

    An awesome day.

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    I see on Silver Bullet that Chris is doing training the day just before the Top Trail Rider enduro in Taupo. This is how he describes the class
    It sounds awesome!


    An introduction to Enduro racing with five time NZ Champ Chris Birch. We will go through how to prepare your bike and body, riding techniques to save energy and go faster, how an enduro works and explanation of the rules. How to best got about the day. Learn the tricks that might take years to work out! This is the day before the Taupo TTR enduro

    Contact: Chris Birch chris@birchy.co.nz 021748240
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    Retired- just some guy with a few bikes......

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    Yeah the boy has some serious skills!
    He's pretty stunning on a mountain bike too!
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    were u guys out at woodhill today? think i saw ya haha
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    Quote Originally Posted by Boosted View Post
    were u guys out at woodhill today? think i saw ya haha
    Yep great place I even managed to face plant into a tree in the trail ride/obstacle course area.

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    hahahaha good one yeh i was in the white hiace with couriers online
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    Quote Originally Posted by Boosted View Post
    hahahaha good one yeh i was in the white hiace with couriers online
    You better be careful or you may get to like the place LOL.
    Heard the bikes over the chainsaw.

    A Birch session would see you go to a better place than the MX track

    You have a lesson with Chris and I'll scribe the new track into mortality for you.

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    haha yeh might have to do that then and yeh ill be back again for sure, i am liking the place more and more
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    Have just done a 2 hour training session with Chris with me on my R1200GS. I can finally blast down gravel roads with ease. Highly recommended
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    Hey ChrisKTM (If you're around) any news on that women's coaching day thing you're doing? I emailed about it a while back, just wondering if there's a date yet
    Edit: If that's not happening anymore are there any AK coaching sessions on the cards?

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    Hi

    I'm really struggling to find a venue that is not a muddy bog at the moment. To be totally honest I have been a bit distracted of late but I'll get onto it and sort something out!

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    Quote Originally Posted by chrisktm View Post
    Hi

    I'm really struggling to find a venue that is not a muddy bog at the moment. To be totally honest I have been a bit distracted of late but I'll get onto it and sort something out!
    If you held one in Welly Chris (or nearby) I'd be super keen to attend! I've heard all sorts of fabulous things about your training

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    Quote Originally Posted by SpikedPunch View Post
    Hey ChrisKTM (If you're around) any news on that women's coaching day thing you're doing? I emailed about it a while back, just wondering if there's a date yet
    Edit: If that's not happening anymore are there any AK coaching sessions on the cards?
    Me & Rachel had been thinking of doing one (well she's all keen, i'm a tad nervous as i hate pple watching me lol) but we were thinking of waiting for summer

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    Quote Originally Posted by chrisktm View Post
    Hi

    I'm really struggling to find a venue that is not a muddy bog at the moment. To be totally honest I have been a bit distracted of late but I'll get onto it and sort something out!
    Ha, fair enough on all counts! Looking forward to it!

    Quote Originally Posted by L Rider
    Me & Rachel had been thinking of doing one (well she's all keen, i'm a tad nervous as i hate pple watching me lol) but we were thinking of waiting for summer
    Sweet There's probably enough of us we could just do a KB one, girls or mixed...Then all embarrassing moments are between friends at least Anyway, what's worse than having people watch you do mistakes is when noone sees you do something cool!

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    Quote Originally Posted by SpikedPunch View Post

    Sweet There's probably enough of us we could just do a KB one, girls or mixed...Then all embarrassing moments are between friends at least Anyway, what's worse than having people watch you do mistakes is when noone sees you do something cool!
    Sounds like a plan stan. I'll just need plenty of warning of when as I'm gonna be a solo parent for a while so will need to suss out a place for the kids for the day

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