About Essential Cycles

Jaclyn is a former elite mountain biker and trials rider who still competes in trials moto and has represented Canada internationally. She's been coaching since 2012, spent a decade running youth and adult camps at WORCA, coached in the US with Sweetlines, and has been part of the NSMBA since 2009. She's also a VP with the Canada Pacific Trials Association.

Her coaching is about confidence as much as technique: helping riders of every level get past the mental blocks and ride the lines they've been walking. A former internationally certified personal trainer, she also turns wrenches, with years of mentoring from Geoff and Andrew.

Born in Tofino and now calling East Van home, Geoff is a self-professed bike nerd and daily rider with a deep love for the utilitarian beauty of all things bicycle. He's made his way as a musician, bike courier, cowboy, swing dancer, high-rise window cleaner and scuba diver, but above all else he considers himself a bike mechanic.

He has ridden and repaired just about everything: mountain and road, gravel and touring, commuters and cruisers, fixies and BMX, tall bikes and tandems, fat bikes, freak bikes, polo bikes and kids' bikes. Expect a thorough eye for detail and an honesty-first approach to repairs. As an instructor, he loves helping people understand the methods behind the mechanics.

Off the stand he's a multi-instrumentalist, makes his own clothes, obsesses over chess and studies the psychology of sleight of hand. He'll admit the wheels can be greased with baked goods, coffee, bubbly, beer, wine or deli meats.