Marla Streb
March 30th, 2005 by Tim GrahlMarla Streb, the good lookin’ mtb racer, has partnered up with BetterRide to put on a mountain bike skills clinic in Fruitia, CO from April 29 through May 1. Gene Hamilton founded BetterRide “to provide structured, professional mountain bike skills coaching to cyclists of all ages and skill levels.” He has been coaching 16 years and will be more effective then ever teamed up with Marla.
You can read more about Marla Streb at her website and she has recently started a blog so her fans can keep up with her quest to become the 2005 Singlespeed World Champion. Also, she has agreed to do an interview with us so we are working on the questions to ask right now. If you have any questions you would like us to ask, just leave them in the comments.






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Questions for Marla:
-Suggestions for an XC racer to improve their descending skills
-How to get over the ‘mortality complex’ and downhill faster
-Turning skills: when to countersteer and lean the bike over, vs when to try and keep the bike upright and lean the body
-general tips on descending faster. How to hold your head, where to scan, how far ahead. how to look for best places to brake, etc.
thanks