Spider Mountain · Burnet, Texas · Austin & Central Texas
I run small-group mountain bike skills clinics at Spider Mountain, Texas's only lift-served bike park, plus coaching around Austin and summer clinics on the Oregon Coast. Real trails, real coaching, and a foundation that sticks long after the clinic ends.
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Skills Clinics · Spider Mountain, Texas
Pick a date, show up ready to ride. I keep groups small so every rider gets real attention. All levels welcome.
Two full days of coaching. Mornings are the important part. We build fundamentals: the hows, whens, and whys of body position, braking, vision, and cornering, and how to puzzle them together so you can handle anything the trail throws at you, from steeps to jumps. Afternoons we take it to the trail and put it into practice. Day 2 builds directly on day 1, and you'll leave armed with the tools, brain hacks, and drills to keep progressing long after the clinic ends.
Max 8 riders per clinic. No judgment, no rush.
2027 Spider Mountain Dates
Spider Mountain · Burnet, TX
$650 per person
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$650 per person · max 8
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Spider Mountain · Burnet, TX
$650 per person · max 8
Book This ClinicSecure card checkout. Prefer Venmo?
Spider Mountain · Burnet, TX
$650 per person · max 8
Book This ClinicSecure card checkout. Prefer Venmo?
Spider Mountain · Burnet, TX
$650 per person · max 8
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Questions? Rymrodriguez@gmail.com
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Also Coming
Summer clinic dates are coming soon. $600 per person. Email me to hear first.
Also Available
Fully personalized sessions available weekdays.
Southern Utah · December
Same small-group, fundamentals-first coaching, in the red rock of Southern Utah. One weekend only.
Southern Utah
$650 per person · max 8 · Sat & Sun
Meeting location: TBD. Booked riders get the spot by email.
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From the Clinics
“We definitely enjoyed the clinic, learned lots of new stuff. Really appreciate you guys putting everything together and cheers to the awesome class mates!!”
“Overall well structured couple of days and I feel like I learned a lot.”
“Fantastic weekend! Great coaching. Learned a ton. Got to ride with cool dudes, new friends and yes got that last lap lesson down. LOL. Keep shredding everyone!”
“These sets of Fundamental Training Skills were completely out of my scope and I am re-inventing the way I ride. I already took a lap in some of my local Harlingen trails and practiced the far vision over and over again. This led me to see new lines and bumps that I never saw before. It is like I am riding a new trail.. Freaking Awesome!!!”
“One day with Ryan on the Pacifica trails and I had to give him a huge tip haha! What he did for helping to understand the physics and technique and how to utilize them so I quit crashing on sections I was scared of to riding them in COMPLETE control was a blast. Thanks Ryan again can’t recommend him enough!”
Austin & Greater Austin
Not a Spider Mountain weekend? I'm also available for booking around Austin and the greater Austin area: private coaching, small groups, and sessions for friends, clubs, teams, and bike shops.
Same approach as the clinics: flat-ground drills to build the fundamentals, then trail time to put them to work. Tell me where you ride and what you want to fix, and we'll build the day around it.
1-on-1 coaching is $400 per day on weekdays. For groups, tell me the size and I'll quote it.
Email Me Your DatesThe Philosophy
Two days gives us enough time to actually break down bad habits and rebuild from the ground up, not just patch over them. We work through skills individually first, then puzzle them back together, rewiring how your brain processes the trail and laying a new foundation underneath your riding. That foundation is what keeps paying off long after the clinic ends, and it's what lets you break through plateaus and keep progressing on your own, with confidence.
While shorter coaching sessions can offer some benefit, in my experience and observation, they generally don't offer that same deeper, longer-lasting value.
This isn't a cookie cutter clinic. It's a deep dive into how you ride and your bike set up. A lot of what I teach comes from my mentor, Gene Hamilton, who I learned from early in my pro DH racing career. He's coached alongside some of the world's greats, like Greg Minnaar and Cody Kelley.
All of the skills and foundation I teach are the same ones I rely on myself, whether I'm riding the gnarliest tech rock slabs at Tour De Gnar in Squamish, coaching Red Bull Rampage riders through the steepest ridges in Utah, racing around the world, or just ripping laps at the local bike park with total control and having fun.
About Me
I'm a USA Dh National Champion, and I've ridden at events like Tour De Gnar, Flat Out Days, and Freeride Fiesta. I'm PMBIA certified through Whistler Bike Park.
I've coached riders in Guatemala, Texas, California, Utah, Washington, and now right here on the Oregon Coast. My approach is the same everywhere I go: small groups, focused skills, and a no-ego environment.
In summer I'm on the Oregon Coast, just outside Pacific City, where we are building and riding the Buzzard Butte MTB trail system: everything from green flow trails to gnarly loamers with steep root sections. It's a great place to learn and progress with surreal ocean views.
Do not be intimidated. This mountain bike skills clinic is perfect for beginner and intermediate riders, and it will also help advanced racers shave time off their race runs.
Winter and spring clinics are held at Spider Mountain in Burnet, Texas, the only lift-served mountain bike park in the state, and I'm available for coaching around Austin. See Spider Mountain clinic dates →
Student Perk
Every Rad MTB Skills clinic student gets an exclusive 10% discount on Propain mountain bikes.
More From the Road
Coaching Around the World
Coaching a group clinic above the highlands of Guatemala
On The Trail
A few recent rides, from the Oregon Coast loamers to gnarlier terrain abroad.
Buzzard Butte, Oregon
Buzzard Butte sits just outside Pacific City on the Oregon Coast, close enough for a weekend trip from most of the Pacific Northwest, with a beach town to land in when you're done riding. Here's roughly what the drive looks like from nearby hubs:
Drive times are estimates and vary with traffic and season. Plenty of riders make a weekend of it, riding both clinic days and exploring the coast in between.
FAQ
Buzzard Butte is a growing mountain bike trail system just outside Pacific City on the Oregon Coast, part of the broader Tillamook County trail network in the Pacific Northwest.
Yes, clinics at Buzzard Butte draw riders from across the Pacific Northwest, including Washington and Idaho, not just Oregon.
Plenty of Bend riders make the ~4 hour drive out for a weekend clinic. It's a different riding style than Central Oregon's high desert trails, and a good excuse for a coast trip while you're at it.
It's small-group, hands-on mountain bike coaching focused on fundamentals: body position, braking, vision, and cornering, run over a 2-day weekend format at Buzzard Butte.
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