Sedona Events 1st and 2nd weekend in March - Sign up for March 9th now

Upcoming Sessions:

     March 2nd and 3rd at Sedona MTB Festival (free)

March 9th: Sedona MTB Skills Clinic + Yoga

$160, limit 6, details and sign up below

co-ed March 2nd and 3rd Sedona MTB Festival (free)

Huge thanks to Osprey Packs for sponsoring the Sedona rides again!! The first year of the festival I was the only one providing clinics and it caught on, last year there were many skills clinics and sessions to choose from. I will be bringing two other Durango coaches with me again, Lee Pausan and Ziggy Lanman were fun to work with last year and allowed us to split into manageable sized groups.

co-ed March 9th Sedona MTB Skills Clinic w/ Yoga ($160)

Join Womens Radical Pursuits along with retired Professional MTB Racer and Coach Krista Rust for a soulful and fun day of Mountain Biking and Yoga. The combination of Learning New MTB Skills, Practicing Yoga, Fun Group Rides, and connecting with other like-minded riders will leave you inspired, challenged, and rejuvenated while also having a blast exploring the beautiful MTB trails Sedona, AZ has to offer!

Price: $160 see sign up below

Limit: 6 participants co-ed

Dates: March 9th

Location: Bike and Bean 30 Bell Rock Plaza, Sedona, AZ 86351

Times: 9am-2pm (4pm unofficially)

Fun group ride post clinic, officially not part of the event so you can feel free to leave at any time, group ride will probably end at 4pm.

MTB Skill Level: Intermediate skill level riders looking to develop skills, please contact Krista with questions. k_rust@yahoo.com

Skill Development
As much as we can get to, please let me know what you want to work on. There will be a follow-up clinic in April to build on what we learn here:

• Technical climbing
• Braking
• Cornering and maintaining momentum
• Drops
• Wheel lifts
• Bike body separation
• Driving from the feet
• Loading and unloading, pumping, used to pop from one corner to another or to change direction in the air
• Flow
• Sighting, Choosing lines
• Unweighting to float over rocks
• Loading
• Switchbacks
• Drops
• Trackstand, buy time to access the obstacle or when someone stalls in front of you

Schedule:

9am Meet at Bike and Bean   (possibly 7am, if there is interest in a pre-ride yoga session)

Register Here:

Clinic Options

Yoga and MTB Group Skills $160.00 USD One-on-one skills coaching per hour $50.00 USD 3-4Hour Group Skills Clinic $100.00 USD

City

Sedona Durango Phoenix Moab Cortez

Interested in additional yoga?

7am session late afternoon session just stick with the in-bike-clothes noon session

Name of Attendee:

Able to wheelie drop off curb?

Co-ed Clinics

It's Clinic Time!

Email/Text/Call for additional info: 

k_rust@yahoo.com

678-491-0791

Krista's Durango, CO Private Clinics

Register Here

One-on-One Lessons: $50/hr

Two-Person Lesson: $75/hr
Group $85 for 3-4 hour session, max 6 attendees

If in Durango, just email text or call

Duncan riding Starr Pass

Clinic Options

One-on-one clinic per hour $50.00 USD Party-of-two clinic per hour $75.00 USD Cornering 3-4 hour group $85.00 USD Rocks 3-4 hour group $85.00 USD Oct 16th Group 9am $85.00 USD Oct 16th Group 1:30pm $85.00 USD

City

Tucson Phoenix Sedona

Name(Attendee)/Date/Time/Trail

Able to wheelie-drop off curb?

Recent Feedback

Phil Panipinto: Great mtb clinic with today! I'm a better rider then I was this morning, thanks Krista! 

....follow-up text: "Strava says you made me faster.  PRs on descents today which is remarkable since prev PRs were in hero dirt. 😎"     

Jeff Fox: You will love it! I got to do an afternoon clinic with Krista in Tucson a few weeks ago and she helped me tremendously with advanced technical skills. By the end of the day I was riding really hard stuff that I didn't think i ever would.

Thanks Krista Rust for the awesome skills clinic! Pretty amazing to go from walking down lower Milagrosa to comfortably riding the whole thing after just a couple of hours of fundamentals. Just goes to show that even us "old dogs" can pick up a trick or two from someone that really knows what they are doing.

Bettina Mills: Skills Clinic with Krista Rust at Milagrosa in Tucson--spent the afternoon learning to ride my bike more effectively, not only for enduro-style riding, but also to improve my XC skills. It was awesome! Can't wait to learn more from Krista. Hoping to get more QOMs this way.

Re: Sedona Festival: Fantastic clinic!!!! So much good info and guidance with attention to my individual level ! Imparted with a cheerful and encouraging manner. DO THIS!!!!!

Two Wheel Jones

Travis Jones

March 12 · 

Riding stuff that I usually walk. Thanks to Krista Rust for a great MTB clinic.

Recent Group Clinics

March 12th-13th  *FULL*

"Rocks" clinics 

March 4-6th 

Sedona MTB Festival (http://sedonamtbfestival.com/)

          Tips and Tricks Schedule

          Saturday
          1pm     Suspension setup and tuning explained by Diaz Suspension Design
          2pm     Cornering
          3pm     Wheel-lift
          4pm     Drops

          Sunday
          1pm     Suspension setup and tuning explained by Diaz Suspension Design
          2pm     Pumping, loading, unloading, momentum
          3pm     Rocks
          4pm     Q and A/Happy Hour

Recent Private Clinics - select what works for you

- Visiting Town. Three international travelers (two men and a woman of various skill levels) wanted to hit the ground running when they flew into town. They requested a basic trail overview and route recommendations in addition to a 3-hour a day skills session on various trails.  Skill work in the morning and more riding on their own in the afternoon, they were in town for four days and made the most of it.

- Intro to drops. This is something we can keep urban and quick, or include a ride. One client was headed back to Moab where her goal was to ride the Whole Enchilada without walking anything, we achieved that goal. 

Small drops are important even if you never want to "go off drops", it is all about weighting and driving the bike while keeping the front wheel light, a skill used in many situations. 

-Cornering. A XC client was gaining time in races on climbs but losing time in flat corners. Turns out his bike set up was not inspiring confidence and was making cornering more difficult. We also worked on weighting the bars to corner, weighting the tires enough for traction and looking through the turn, common things we all need to practice.  As soon as all this was put together correctly it made a huge difference, he was smooth, flowy, and able to save energy to pedal elsewhere, instead of out of each corner.

- Uphill Steep or Rocky Pitches. Many strong riders still have trouble getting up steep pitches that required proper body english (hips to bars), looking up, shifting weight, etc.

- Rocks. In Durango I like the Ridge, even just Blackdirt down has rocks to play on. Tucson and Sedona are great for rock work as well.

Ideally, we will have a specific focus for a private lesson. From the above examples I'd say drops and cornering first, uphill techy climbing next, then apply all that in rocky terrain.  But we should focus on what is the most appealing to you. 

Product Review 2014 Part 3 of 5, Power Bar Products and Mavic Gear (Shoes, Helmets, Gloves, Rain Jackets, Warm Riding Gear and Pedals)

Mavic Ride Gear: Anthony and I were lucky enough to use Mavic Notch helmets, Crossmax shoes, Crossmax XL pedals for all-mountain riding/enduro racing.  

We were also given rain jackets, road helmets, gloves, arm and leg warmers and XC Fury shoes. Yes we could have made do with just enduro gear, but it was REALLY nice to have more streamline gear for road riding. Especially since group road rides are basically underground road races.

Over the last two years we have both hit our heads hard enough to test the Notch helmets properly. They work!

Crossmax shoes are amazing for hike-a-biking and for transferring power in a race. 

For hike-a-bike, the stickiness of the rubber lets you scramble slick rock faces and if in sand or rubble the ankle cuffs keep debris out. 

When racing, they feel the same as the XC Fury, the top-of-the-line XC race shoe (now my "road shoe"). 


The only thing we ran into was that we wanted more ratchets on the retention. We couldn't always get the shoe as tight as we would have liked. Anthony got a size smaller then took his shoe to a ski boot shop, warmed the shoe (in a waterproof bag) in a crockpot of warm water then used a tool to stretch the toebox a bit, perfect.

Mavic wind and rain jackets are perfect, the Crossmax H20 Jacket  even has zippers which open to release more fabric creating space for wearing over an Osprey pack, even has routing for the hydration hose. The women's Cloud jacket is a great fit and takes up a tiny amount of space.

I don't actually run road pedals/shoes but use the Crossmax SL pedals on my road bike. Diaz ran Zxellium Elite road pedals. After a season of riding said he would prefer a little more retention which I would guess is available with the higher end pedals.

I really appreciate the support Powerbar has given over the last five years, stoked for more great snacks in 2015. PowerBar also provides snacks for my clinics which has been awesome!  

PowerBar Snacks: 

Favorites anytime snack: Chocolate Peanut Butter Wafers, Toffee Chocolate Chip Harvest Bar and Apple Cinnamon Crisp Harvest Bar (not pictured)

Favorite enduro race snack: Raspberry (no caffeine), Strawberry Banana (1x caffeine) and Cola (2x caffeine) Energy Blasts

Favorite race gel: Chocolate

Product Review 2014 Part 2 of 5, New Pop-top Camper Van

Now that I am living in Durango CO the big rig is for sale, please pass on to anyone who may be interested. Pictures and details HERE (or see tab above). Selling it for what is still owed on the mortgage.

New (little) rig!!!

Custom Camper Van: I was excited this year to design/buy a new (used) van.

Looking for the new van I called Tim at DenverFleet (recommended by my friend http://elfreakofromrico.blogspot.com/) to describe the van I was looking for, 4x4 or AWD, used, cargo, and something I can put a pop-top on. Within a week or two Tim found the perfect van, 2010 Chevy Express AWD cargo, I purchased it based on photos/emails only.




Tim drove the van to Derek at ColoradoCamperVan for the pop-top.  

Derek installed the most amazing 3.5 foot pop-top complete with bed cushions and stackable bed/ceiling platform, LED lighting, silent electric motor-driven pop-up control (with remote), three layer windows all around (1. opaque gray, 2. clear to see out but stay warm, and 3. a screen), a Fantastick fan and Yakima rails. He also insulted the floor and walls.

Upstairs/ Bed

Derek then trailered the van to pgiWRAPS.com. I was extremely impressed with the turnaround time and pricing on the wrap.  Time from first phone call to final design was about 2 days. 

Then a quick road trip from Durango to Denver Fleet to pick up the new (used) van!!

After installing two D31M Optima blue top auxiliary batteries in parallel, a 160amp isolator, two small invertors, more LED lighting, an amazing ARB 50 quart fridge, and curtains with custom KingCage Ti curtain rods, we were ready to hit the road.

Retriving vehcles after pre-riding Big Mountain Enduro Crested Butte Ultra Enduro



Big rig is for sale, please pass on to anyone who may be interested. Pictures and details here: 
http://kristapark.blogspot.com/p/itasca-horizon-40-40ad-diesel-pusher.html