How to Dress for Singletrack Mountain Biking

For those warm summer days on the saddle, ventilation and moisture transport is essential. Light weight clothing which rapidly pulls the sweat away will prevent overheating and make sure you stay cool and comfortable. Being a technical demanding sport, it’s also important to have flexible clothes that don’t decrease your moving range. With a baggier fit you’ve also secured room for protection underneath. If you’re hitting narrow trails in the woods or swampy areas, we suggest a long sleeve shirt to keep small branches and unwanted bugs.

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You don’t have to rewind many years to find a time where biking was considered a summer’s only activity.  Thanks to our functional layering system, this is no longer the case:

Start out with a comfortable baselayer to pull moisture away from the body. We recommend both our super baselayer in polyester and wool baselayer made of merino wool: while both fibers will make sure you stay warm even when wet, the polyester fibers dry quicker and holds less moisture than merino wool, but will feel colder in the process. Follow up with one or two mid-layers to keep you warm – these can easily be added/removed to adjust to the weather and activity level. The outer layer should be a wind and water proof shell product with high breathability and functional ventilation options to transport heat and moisture. Top it off with a packable insulation layer to throw on when taking a lunch or when the cold starts to creep.

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Offering a wide variety of weather and temperature, the shifting conditions of spring and fall require durable, flexible and versatile clothing. We recommend wind protective yet breathable shorts or pants with good ventilation options combined with breathable shirt. A high back waist with silicon grip will keep you pants or shorts in place and prevent an exposed slip on your back. By always bringing waterproof, breathable and compressible outer layers you’re ready to face whatever wet surprise mother nature throws at you.

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Setting out on an 8-hour on your two wheeler requires preparation. This is our essentials:

- Extra bike tube/foam

- Small pump or CO2 inflator

- Bike puncture repair kit (with tire levers)

- Mini toolkit consisting of a torx keys and pliers

- Some good ‘ol tape

- First aid kit

With this and some basic improvisation skills you can fix almost anything on the go.