By Coach Andy Somerville

Learning how to ride better (and faster if that’s your goal) takes time, practice and commitment.

For riders serious about attaining new levels of confidence, performance and fun, there are two shortcuts to riding better, faster, or riding faster better:

Shortcut #1: Work with a skills coach

Shortcut #2: Add a RipRow to your regime

Here's a guest post from gentleman, shredder and RipRower Andy Somerville:

Believe me…I get it. The very notion that something (anything) is better than a new bike is sheer blasphemy. The whole bike buying process is wonderful. Reading reviews, playing with online bike configurators, ogling colors, fondling top tubes in the bike shop and finally rolling that shiny new steed out the door and onto dirt for the first time.

There’s just no feeling quite like the new bike buzz.