it takes a tribe
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Mission
To mentor, coach and train 13 year old to U23 racers to be their best selves through year round dirt focussed cycling including gravel, cyclocross and mountain biking while utilizing weight training plans, group rides and personal goal setting.
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vision
To create a fun and positive team environment whereby student athletes can find community, be challenged to be their best and given the tools and attention needed to excel to the next level of bike racing and life performance.
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about
My passion is to take athletes from the Boise and across the nation and help them make big strides in their racing performance by offering year round training, coaching and tools. Qualifying athletes for TRIBE Local are racers focussed on gaining fitness for NICA season. TRIBE Regional will have decided they really love competitive cycling as their main sport and are 13-23 year olds in the Boise area. TRIBE National racers will be experienced racers who are ready to test themselves against the best in the Nation at USAC races and USXC series.
Mtb, gravel, CX.
This team will be focussed on XC mountain bike, gravel, enduro and cyclocross racing. We will ride roads occasionally but prioritize dirt. Outside of NICA races, the Local/Regional team will be encouraged to enter the Bogus Community Series, Waffle Cross, Twisted Turtle, Bogus Hill Climb and other regional events! Athletes will cover their own race entry fees for any and all events. Our National team is focussed on Jr National USAC series, on site coach support will be provided. (Racing families will split travel food & lodging costs incurred by coach for races over 6hr drive). We are excited to attend a “bucket list” event each season that is less about performance and more about soaking in the cycling culture of a multi day event. Think Sea Otter Classic, Moab Rocks or Downieville Classic kind of weekend!
coaching
Founder and Head coach, Ben Biggerstaff is a NICA L3 certified, USAC L3 Coach and has been competing in cycling for around 20 years with podium finishes in both local and national level races. Ben will be participating in most of the training rides with athletes along with other volunteer coaches who will lead other ability based pods of athletes. Other times athletes may ride together without a coach or another adult volunteer coach (all leaders will be background checked and complete safe sport training online or NICA equivalent).
We are different
What makes this team different than others? This is a team with a local, regional and national expression with personal attention given to each rider and their goals. We introduce athletes to training with power data, heart rate zones and weight training, all essential for maximizing training while preventing over training. Some athletes may be at a stage where simply increasing their volume will be the focus. Others who have higher volume will be introduced to structured intervals. We seek to keep a balance of fun and structure, volume and intervals. We want cycling to be a lifelong love for these athletes. Community is very important to us. Therefore, we make it a goal to connect socially off the bike once per month for a movie night, game night, education session etc. Our unique partnerships and sponsors will enable members access to sports science, sports psychology and nutrition experts to consult with and local pro racer’s valuable experience. Fill out application/waiver and email to tribeboise@gmail.com.
