How My Son Conquered His MTB Fear

Seven days, two thousand miles and countless hours on the bike later, we've turned my son Teegan into a mountain biker! Time on the bike and repetition have been the biggest factors getting him comfortable and confident on two wheels. Along the way, we've had to manage expectations (for both of us) and the biggest mistakes I've made are accidentally putting him in over his head on technical terrain and selecting trails that required a bit more climbing than he's used to. But we're slowly figuring things out as we go along!

In this episode of the roadtrip, we cruise from Bentonville to Durango - putting the mountains in mountain biking. We also realize that Moab is just a few hours up the road, so we ride there, too. The punishing schedule of the roadtrip finally catches up with us, and we have to call an unscheduled rest day - which thankfully lines up with Arches National Park!

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0:00 - Learn To MTB In One Week
2:00 - Durango
4:16 - Moab
6:17 - Sunrise Slickrock Session

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[Teracis]

Lets go!!! This is such a good series, I'm learning so much about how I can improve teaching my family and keep them interested, that and just generally enjoying your videos and seeing Teegan's progression!
The hard lessons are hard but seeing the self reflection you're doing on it is great too Aaron, we could all take a page from your book I think.

[MTBQandA]

Making memories and being able to document it is something you guys will be able to look back on and enjoy!

[ifitrollsrideit]

I'm really enjoying this little series. The whole father son adventure is really cool. I want to do this journey with my Dad!

(...my Dad is actually in his 80s and when asked said he'd much rather have a nice cup of tea and a sit down. I still want to go to Moab though.)

[douglaskaye]

So glad your family bonding included mountain biking. Doing stuff together will last a lifetime

[junka]

Yep, when you're not used to long distance riding, or harsh terrain, it will sap your energy very quickly but you got some great footage and the scenery is spectacular.

[YTOnlineReviews]

Such a amazing series But be safe when ride buddy.
god bless you and your son.

[saefeasf]

Nice Series!
Most important requirement: The will to learn it 🙂

[McGamerYT]

i am 11 years old this series learned me a lot of thing s i just started mtb like 6 months ago now i cant do it because i have a broken bike

[ZauxieMoto]

Hey super rider, i recently found your channel and all the tips n tricks are super helpful!
Quick question do you have riding videos where you ride trails and brake them down as you go down them? Like thought process what you look for in terrain what you do in certain events?

Thank you for the videos much love from The Netherlands!

[TejasMTB]

You missed turkey mountain in Tulsa and spider mountain in Texas! Great series though!!

[sapinva]

You have another 30 day challenge lined up for December?

[Yoda-emmt]

Hey Super rider love your vids and i mean this in a positive way Teagan reminds me of myself 50 years ago yep i, m old ish ha ha i was a super skinny veagan kid with great cardio fittness but almost no muscle it made it really hard to ride tech stuff in control i, m not saying go to the gym but eating good quality meat and doing calesenics every day turned me into a totally differant person on and off the bike please dont take this comment as hate i love your teaching methods 👍from down under .

[Chris.Dawson]

Are you guys coming to Boise or the eagle bike park??

[repenning]

just wondering, why did you not take your son on a MTB tour earlier?

[DHMenace]

Seen you drove right through Tulsa why didn't you hit turkey mountain?

[g_mack]

Is Tegan a ween fan or are you a ween fan?


Or am I a ween fan?

😂😂