Start Riding To Your Full
Potential With The Most Experienced Coach
In The Sport,
Gene Hamilton

“I took your course in San Diego way back when I was mid 60’s.  I am now 77 and still riding. I just won the  F 75-79 Masters XC National Championship in Winter Park. 

Your course was the most valuable help I had ever received in improving my mtn biking.  I appreciate the emails you send out on improving riding.  I try to do what you suggest.”

– Wendy J Skean

“We have just gotten back from an awesome trip of downhill riding in Boulder City, Nevada.

As a team, we had been talking about heading out there to do a skills camp with Gene Hamilton (www.betterride.net) for quite some time: over the New Year we got the chance to do just that. We arranged to meet up with Gene in Boulder on the 29th for a one-on-one, three-day, Go-Ride team coaching session… boy were we in for a surprise.

In the past, when we had talked about doing this camp, we had no idea what to expect. It was a “Gene is a very smart guy and a damn good rider, but most of us already beat him at every race… what does he know that we don’t?” type thing.  And to tell the truth, he knows a lot that we don’t.

The guy is genius; in just that one camp he completely revised all of our racing skills. From pumping to cornering, vision to breathing, course inspection to eating right… he didn’t miss a beat. Never have we learned so many applicable techniques to mountain biking than riding with Gene for that one three-day span. We here at Go-Ride would like to give Gene a big thank you; you don’t know how much you have helped us.”

– Go-Ride Team
Go-Ride.com

Thanks Coach Gene for your time the last 2 days! Your coaching is spot on! I’m so lucky to have had the chance to spend this time learning from the most passionate mountain biker out there – one who cares about the sport and all the techniques that go into it! Total respect! That’s all I have to say! If anyone is questioning or “thinking” about signing up for his camp- DON’T , just do! Thank you Gene!!!!

– Gretchen Wavro

Gene, The first thing I did was buy some cones. My drive way is pretty steep so can do switch backs there. My pedal wheelies are coming along. Yesterday I had a bit of a breakthrough ride with my vision. On a ride with some small drop offs I realized by using the vision technique I was more balanced, more comfortable and jumped further without trying.

That was the best clinic I have ever done. Thanks for the reading list. I’ve read a number of those books but I now have more to read.

– Don Leet

Phenomenal coaching: obviously technical aspects of riding your bike but also holding each student accountable for their own success!
Gene is a tell it like it is kind of person with a very positive view on sports and life.
I did drills tonight after a crappy day at work and it helped center me and improve my track stand.

– Rachael Schiebler

A couple of years ago, I took a Mountain Bike Camp with Gene at my husband’s urging. I had some reservations about going because I was a very new rider and did not even know the correct terminology for things. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to get the full benefit of the program, or would get pushed into things I was not ready for. I did not want to be the slow person holding everyone back either. I am happy to say that that was not my experience. Gene did a wonderful job teaching foundational riding skills in a way that was accessible to everyone.

I am so impressed with Gene’s coaching because I’ve had bad experiences before and this one was amazingly positive.

My riding has improved greatly because I am no longer trying to follow a series of mysterious cues with no understanding of the principles behind them. My confidence is higher, and I actually enjoy riding more!I would recommend Gene’s camps to anyone!

– Jami Bailey

Gene is a Legend… if you have the chance to be one of his students I highly recommend it.. safe and FAST riding everyone!

– Tim Tran

Best MTB skills camp ever!! Great instruction, drills and on trail practice. This camp lasts much longer than the three days you attend!!

– Tim Gagnon

I could not have been more pleased.

The camps are skills-progression by design — which makes all the sense in the world. There is no sink-or-swim goin on here. No attainment by luck. No pushing to your point of failure.
It’s about learning/re-learning core skills that really really help. SOME of the skills were opposed to what I’d been taught or had habituated on my own. NONE of the skills were out reach. ALL the skills resulted in immediate improvement and greater enjoyment of my riding. ALL the skills will require continued practice.

For me, this was an excellent and absolutely worth-my-time mtb camp. Highly recommended.

– Gabrielle

Thanks again for putting on the camp in Asheville last weekend.  I definitely have more confidence now and finally know what and how to practice to continue improving.

I went and rode some of my favorite trails today.  Funny thing happened, after going through the camp, those trails are now BORING !!  I can already see I’ll be taking on more challenging trails and enjoying the ride even more.

Dave McKnight
Aug 2020

I found your site by Googling mountain bike body position.  Your mountain bike skill articles, emails, and videos are the best skills coaching that I have found online. Mountain biking is now my favorite hobby and the skills that I have learned from your website and Youtube are part of the reason why it’s my favorite hobby.

– John Dyer
August 2020

Just completed an incredible weekend in Moab Utah attending a mountain biking skills course led by Gene Hamilton, founder of #betterride.

I can’t say enough great things about this experience. Gene’s way of imparting knowledge is with the heart of a teacher and takes a step by step approach so that you’re not being hooked up to a fire hose of information.

Each set of instruction was broken down and then taught incrementally with practice sessions in between.

Now it’s up to me and the other students to practice and improve.

Hard coming back to reality when you get to hike and bike in a place that looks like a never ending postcard. Thanks again Gene!

– Stephen Fullerton

“Can’t thank you enough for the opportunity to learn from such a carefully put-together curriculum and your depth of experience.
I am so excited to incubate these skills for the next few weeks and emerge from this cocoon a more capable butterfly!
I felt like I was stuck as a rider, but now feel very empowered to know what I can practice for life-long improvement.
Thank you for this restored sense of discovery and play! I can’t wait.”

– Natalie Hernandes

They (the engineers) were also quite impressed with the improvements.  On memorized sections of trail that have super limited pedaling, I’m consistently over 20% faster and far more confident. Pretty awesome.

– Blanton Unger
Kenda Tires

“You are the master communicator, dissecting the concept all the way to the how and why of practical application. I got so much out of taking one of your clinics; you raised my riding from poor to competent. Thanks so much.”

– Hank Schiffman