Everything Adventure - Chris Birch
Adventure Rider Radio
Canoe West Media
4.9 • 915 Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Chris Birch returns to Adventure Rider Radio with insights from his brand-new Everything Adventure video training series. This is a deep dive into how adventure riding and training have evolved in the last five years. Chris explains why fundamentals like bike setup and body position matter more than flashy skills, how modern ADV bike design is changing the way we ride, and why so much of what riders learn in a course is quickly forgotten. From fitness as the hidden limiter, to the “fun tokens” mindset, to the balance between digital and in-person training, Chris shares practical lessons and fresh perspectives every rider can take to the trail.
About Chris Birch:
Chris Birch is one of the most sought-after off-road coaches in the world. With over 35 years of riding experience, he has competed at the highest levels and coached thousands of riders across the globe. Known for his relatable teaching style, Chris focuses on explaining why techniques work, not just telling riders what to do. Through his Say No To Slow coaching program, he helps adventure and enduro riders build skills, confidence, and control on the bike.
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| 0:00.0 | You know when you take a course, like you're going to a riding school, it's kind of like drinking |
| 0:05.0 | from a fire hose. You're out there on your bike for the riding school. You're focused. You're |
| 0:09.3 | trying to keep up. And by the time it's over, you learn a ton. But here's the problem. Within a few |
| 0:14.6 | days, most of what you were taught is already gone. Psychologists have been measuring this since |
| 0:19.9 | like the 1800s. and it turns out that we |
| 0:22.6 | actually forget the majority of what we've learned unless we go back and reinforce it. And just think |
| 0:28.4 | about how most of us actually take a course. It's usually a weekend. You come home, you unpack, |
| 0:34.4 | Monday you're back at work. Maybe you think about it a week later, and then |
| 0:37.7 | finally get out to ride maybe two weeks or a month later, by then, chances are you've forgotten |
| 0:43.0 | 70 to 80% of what you learned. That really stuck in my head when I was talking to Chris |
| 0:49.3 | Birch about his brand new training series, because the question is, what if you could carry a reinforcement around |
| 0:56.5 | in your pocket? What if instead of trying to remember a tip from a course you took like a month |
| 1:01.1 | ago, you can actually bring it up right there on the trail, step by step. Today, Chris and I are |
| 1:07.9 | going to dig into that idea. And it takes us to some unexpected places. |
| 1:12.0 | We're going to talk about how adventure bikes themselves have changed just in recent years in ways that affect the very techniques that we use. |
| 1:18.7 | We also get into some fundamentals that most riders either overlook or just get wrong. |
| 1:23.6 | And Chris also shares a perspective on what really holds riders back that you might not expect. |
| 1:29.7 | I'm Jim Martin. This is Adventure Rider Radio. Stay with us. We got a good one for you. |
| 1:39.0 | I'm Sam Manick. |
| 1:39.9 | Matt, Simon, Simon, Haynieperos, Jocelyn, Snowe, Simon Thomas, Lisa Jarvis, Graham Jarvis How to get rid of. Jocelyn Snow. Tony Bowman. Simon Thomas. |
| 1:44.3 | Lisa Thomas. |
| 1:45.0 | Graham Jarvis. |
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