About the Author

Mark Langton began riding mountain bikes in 1985 and quickly attained the rank of Expert, as well as a factory sponsorship from Yeti. In 1987 he joined the staff of Mountain Biking magazine and began teaching mountain bike skills for the Learning Tree University. For 15 years, he has been a personal mountain bike instructor and continues to conduct a skills class he created in 1992 for the Los Angeles-based mountain bike advocacy group, the Concerned Off-Road Bicyclists Association. (www.mountainbikeskills.com).