{"id":2565,"date":"2019-09-10T15:56:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T14:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/?p=2565"},"modified":"2019-09-10T15:56:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T14:56:49","slug":"quad-biking-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/quad-biking-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Quad Biking &#8211; What you need to know!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>These purpose built off-road machines can conquer all terrains  and they really come into their own when you head off to the beaten track.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They&#8217;re perfect for tearing across open countryside and tackling specially designed off-road courses. These four wheeled beasts may be more at home on a farm but they are the perfect combination of speed and off-road ability. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/en\/quad-biking\/near\/me?activity_id=3\">sites across the UK and Ireland<\/a> with a range of tracks packed with tricky off-road obstacles, including plenty of mud, water and impossibly steep hills. So if you want to experience some mud churning mayhem there&#8217;s an endless amount of fun to be had on a high speed quad bike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-7-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-7-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-7-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-7-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-7-573x300.png 573w, https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-7.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Interesting facts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first all terrain vehicles were very different from modern quad bikes and they originally had six wheels instead of four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world record for the longest jump on a quad bike was set in 2000 when an Australian rider jumped over 14 cars covering a distance of 134ft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specially designed high speed quad bikes are used for racing over purpose built off-road tracks packed with jumps and bumps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-4-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2569\" data-link=\"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2569\" class=\"wp-image-2569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-4-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-4-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-4-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-4-573x300.png 573w, https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-4.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-12-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2570\" data-link=\"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2570\" class=\"wp-image-2570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-12-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-12-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-12-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-12-573x300.png 573w, https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QN-12.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dress in suitable old clothing for the weather on the day. If you are cold or overheat it will spoil your experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When riding a quad you need to be &#8216;rider active&#8217; which means that you must shift your body weight when manoeuvering the bike through turns, on hills and crossing obstacles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perfect rider control is achieved by correct posture, a relaxed, responsive body and being ready to go with the movement of the quad and gripping with your knees when required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These purpose built off-road machines can conquer all terrains and they really come into their own when you head off to the beaten track.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/quad-biking-what-you-need-to-know\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Quad Biking &#8211; What you need to know!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[476,142,333,701,1],"tags":[42,706],"class_list":["post-2565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-driving-experiences","category-extreme-sports","category-quad-biking","category-stag-organising","category-uncategorised","tag-quad-biking","tag-tipsandhints"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2565"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2574,"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565\/revisions\/2574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}