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The Girl On A Bike at Desert Rose
The Girl On A Bike, Vanessa Ruck will be joining up with Patsy and Harry to host a number of rider courses in early April.
Based on our Stage 1 and Stage 2 core training content and taking place at one of our private venues in East Sussex we can tackle everything from the basics of body positioning and bike handling off road, through to hill ascents and descents, braking techniques, ruts, obstacles, off cambers and we may even move on to dropping in and out of streams and river crossings.
The Desert Rose Riding Academy use our fleet of late model Beta enduro bikes and we have a full supply of off road riding gear for you to use, so once signed up all you have to do is turn up and ride.
Places are limited, so sign up today
Vanessa and Desert Rose have some history. In July 2021 Vanessa took part in and got her finishers medal in the hard enduro madness that is Red Bull Romaniacs, with race assistance and logistics handled by Desert Rose Racing. September 2021 saw Vanessa join Patsy, Harry and Joe take part in the Qatar Desert Baja, a full on desert rallye, with road books, sand dunes and heat. It was hot, very hot and humid, just ask Harry how hot it was. Again rallye support and logistics was handled by Desert Rose Racing.
Vanessa is certainly not done with desert rallies, with her sights firmly set on taking part in the Dakar, she has signed up for The Tunisia Desert Challenge in April this year with race support and logistics provided by Desert Rose Racing.
- Paul King
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