Samuel Yang, national elite mountain biker, currently ranked 1st in Singapore and
6th in Asia has made Singapore proud by clinching the champion trophy for the recent
Penang International Mountain Bike Race and Kiara Mountain Bike Carnival 2004.

Samuel then went on to take 6th place in the Asian Mountain Bike Championship 2004
held in Puerto Princesa, the Philippines in October this year, competiting against some of
the finest mountain bikers in this continent from Japan, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Thailand, Iran, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Brunei.

For the holiday months of November and December 2004,Samuel will be conducting a series
of Mountain Bike Improvement Bike Clinics to give back to the sport of mountain biking
which he feels very passionate about. These clinics held at Bukit Timah Biketrail, are aimed at
both beginner and advance mountain bikers who want to improve their mountain biking skills
at one of Singapore's toughest off-road mountain bike terrains.

Available Courses
Beginners Course (4 sessions of 3 hrs each; total of 12 hours)
1. Bike introduction
2. Basic bike position of descending
3. Basic bike position of ascending
4. Mounting onto bike and dismounting
5. Safely carrying bike
6. Safely pushing of bike
Pre-requisite : Must be able to ride easy off-road terrain at e.g. Pulau Ubin.

Advance Course (4 sessions of 3 hr each; total of 12 hours)
1. Above 6 topics
2. Log hop / Bunny hop
3. Off-chamber riding
4. Trackstand
Pre-requisite : Must be able to ride at more difficult off-road terrain at e.g. Bukit Timah.

Available Dates
Each course will be conducted only if there is a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 students
who have signed up for the course.

Each group of students will attend 2 consecutive weeks (on Friday and Sunday) on the
following available dates, subject to instructor’s schedule.
Fridays (Nov - 5,12,19,26 / Dec 3,10,17)
Sundays (Nov 7,14,21,28 / Dec 5,11*,19)
* held on Sat due to Big Bike Bash on Sun

Time Schedule
7.45 am – registration and form filling
8.00 am – course begins
11.00 am – course ends
(Please be considerate to those who are early….and come on time! Also, don’t forget to
have a full breakfast before you come for the course! Drink plenty of liquids to hydrate yourself.)