Inspired by our recent exploration into the world of cyclocross racing and in preparation for our next trip to Bedgebury the focus of today's session was riding out of the saddle over varied terrain.
We kicked off with a little warm up on the Tight Turn Challenge, then split into two groups and used the banks at each end of the site to create a mini circuit to practise riding out of the saddle and cornering. I added a limbo bar at my end and Damian threw in some planks and pallets next to the stage to make things a little more challenging. We swapped ends and Damian did some wide sweeping corners with his group. I discovered that as the minimum age of our riders has fallen, some of them can actually fit in the willow tunnel now!
Time for a break before moving onto to mounting and dismounting practise, we set up some cones and tried using some hurdles for the first time. After some practise we set the riders off in head to head heats, pairs to start with and then fours. Several heats left the riders begging for mercy, so I made a note to definitely repeat this session again!
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| Heavy rain drove us into the shelter so we did a quick fire quiz on bike part names. |
We were having a break before moving onto our closing relay, when the heavens opened and we headed for the playground shelter. It really was very wet so we ended with a quick quiz naming parts of the bike. A great session with lots of skilful riding. See you again next week at Stocks Green for some more fun.
The Youth Ride looked as if it would be rained off, but Malcolm was keen, which made Ellen say she'd ride and basically shamed everyone else into saying they would too. We set off in heavy rain, it did clear briefly but basically it rained most of the time we were out, finally clearing as we hit the Chiddingstone Causeway, homeward bound. Great, fast ride with some big hills, thanks Malcolm for making us do it.
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| Whale + The Toys Hill Loop |
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