ASSESSMENT SHEET - Level (2)
Personal Equipment
- Suitable cycling attire for level 2 area and prevailing weather conditions.
- Cycle: size, condition, suitability for L2 terrain.
- Spares & Tools: Basic requirements catered for with consideration given to L2 terrain.
- Food and drink: consideration shown for personal energy/hydration requirements
Route planning, mapwork & Navigation
- Understanding of different maps, scales and their suitability for ATB
- Ability to plan a suitable L2 route
- Interpret a given route
- Interpret ground conditions from map.
- General use of map during ride
- Use of map & compass
- Use of cycle computer
- Map memory & ability to navigate while riding (avoiding frequent navigation stops)
Personal Riding skills
- Road riding: Adherence to “The Highway code”
- Trail etiquette: Consideration for other users and conservation
- Braking: Safe and correct use of brakes.
- Gears: Correct use of gear selection.
- Pedal Kick: Lift front wheel clear of ground.
- Track Stand: Hold balance for 5-10 seconds
- Front Wheel lift: Lift front wheel over 15cm high object
- Hopping: stationary hop with both wheels clear of ground turning or side movement
- Bunny Hop: 7.5cm high object
- Drop off: Up to 50cm in height
- Speed Jump: 7.5cm high object
- Medium up hill climbing: Short slopes of up to 30o
- Medium down hill descents: short descents of between 30o & 45o
- Obstacles: Roots, logs 12- 15cm and “ruts” can be cleared without posing a problem.
- Cornering: Correct technique through switch back corners.
- General Impression: overall impression of riding skills
Overall
- General impression of candidates personal ability to ride L2 terrain (personal fitness, confidence, enthusiasm for ATB, combination of all skills to give flow to ride, etc).
ASSESSMENT SHEET - Level (1)
Personal Equipment
- Suitable cycling attire for L1 area and prevailing weather conditions.
- Cycle: size, condition, suitability for L1 terrain.
- Spares & Tools: Basic requirements catered for with consideration given to L1 terrain.
- Food and drink: consideration shown for personal energy/hydration requirements
Route planning, mapwork & Navigation
- Understanding of different maps, scales and their suitability for ATB
- Ability to plan a suitable L1 route Interpret a given route
- Interpret ground conditions from map.
- General use of map during ride
- Use of map
- Use of cycle computer
- Map memory & ability to navigate while riding (avoiding frequent navigation stops)
Personal Riding skills
- Road riding: Adherence to “The Highway code”
- Trail etiquette: Consideration for other users and conservation
- Braking: Safe and correct use of brakes.
- Gears: Correct use of gear selection.
- Pedal Kick: Lift front wheel clear of ground.
- Track Stand: Hold balance for up to 5 seconds
- Front Wheel lift: Lift front wheel over 10cm high object
- Bunny Hop: Show beginnings
- Drop off: Up to 15cm in height
- Speed Jump: N/A
- Medium up hill climbing: Short slopes of up to 20o
- Medium down hill descents: short descents of up to 30o
- Obstacles: Most small obstacles such as roots, logs under 12cm
- and "ruts" can be cleared without posing much of a problem.
- Cornering: Inside pedal up, weight on outside foot, knee pointing into corner, wide entrance hitting apex and accelerating on exit
- General Impression: overall impression of riding skills
Overall
- General impression of candidates personal ability to ride L1 terrain (personal fitness, confidence, enthusiasm for ATB, combination of all skills to give flow to ride, etc).