I’ve really benefited from Ryan’s structured lessons and practice. My riding had plateaued for a number of years, but Ryan’s courses have helped me develop core skills that are translating into advances on the trail.

Through practicing the lessons of the Baseline Balance course I can now track-stand with my nose downhill, rock to maintain my balance, and hop to navigate small ledges. Tomorrow, I’m going to practice hopping up a nearby flight of stairs! Ryan’s lessons are well thought out and provide a clear path for skill progression. If you have questions, he reads them carefully and responds with detailed feedback and encouragement. Invest in yourself and your riding skills like you do in your bike – it’s well worth the effort!

Taking the Baseline Balance Skills course has expanded the foundation of my slow speed bike handling skills, and has set me up for improved trail riding and enhanced fun. Ryan’s methods are very logical and progressive, and his responses to questions and comments on the lessons are incredibly insightful. I’ve taken both his 30 Day Wheelie Challenge and Baseline Balance skills courses, and his feedback has helped guide me through the sticking points I’ve faced. Highly recommended.

You have no idea how much I have anticipated this clinic. I am very nearly obsessing about the things I have learned from your teaching in the short time I have been following you. You are easily the best teacher I ever tried to learn from, and I mean that!

I was tired of lacking the skills I needed to ride technical trails, and balance was one of those things that was always elusive.  Ryan’s Baseline Balance course was my ticket to learn how to trackstand, ratchet, and negotiate technical moves in slow motion.
 These skills are tough to master and there is always more to it than you think, but Ryan’s course makes it simple and a blast to learn.  The benefit is HUGE, and will help your riding in so many exciting ways.  It certainly helped mine!  And the cost is less than a new front tire for your bike and unlike that tire, this investment will keep on giving. 

Trust me, when the day comes that you clean a section and don’t dab while all your riding buddies are scratching their heads in disbelief, you can then tell them about your secret weapon: Ryan Leech’s Baseline Balance Course.

The Baseline Balance course, in my opinion, is a must for everyone. That course has helped me to clean obstacles that have plagued me since I started mountain biking. And of course the ability to do a perfect track stand is great!

When I saw the trials riding sequence in The Collective’s 2006 MTB video release entitled “Roam,” I was compelled to find out more about Ryan Leech. When I found his web site, I struck gold. He offered an instructional DVD entitled “Mastering the Art of Trials.”

And who constituted his target audience? He was reaching out to Mountain Bikers looking to gain a technical edge on the trail. The first skills he introduced were the baseline balance skills. Naturally, each had a brief section. Nine years later, he created a curriculum to teach those skills. I trusted Ryan, in that this wasn’t just a re-hash of what was portrayed in the DVD. It turns out there is way more that he reveals in this course. I am enjoying all of it, and am looking forward to the day that I can finesse my way up those technical climbs, without putting a foot down.