Saturday 27 May 2017

27th May Go Ride & Youth Ride

Go Ride
Another well attended session today with seventeen riders signing on.  No photographic evidence though, so you will have to take my word for it!  I did actually take a photo of the torrential rain that we had just prior to the session, but with hindsight it's not that interesting ;-)

All the surfaces were very wet though, so before we started we talked about what effect that has on bike handling, braking etc.

After a quick warm-up drill of "Peel the Banana" we moved onto some group riding skills, including riding close and in contact with other riders.

After lots of of concentration the riders needed a blast, Andrew and I ran a couple of Australian Pursuit races with our group.  The key techniques for this race are good cornering and accelerating on the straights.  The riders were very evenly matched so after a few initial catches, we declared a draw before everyone was completely exhausted.

Meanwhile Calvin was still working with the older riders on riding effectively as a team; hopefully we'll get to see this in action at our next Go Ride Racing event on 24th June.

Youth Ride

A challenging ride today, slightly shorter but more hilly and appropriately named Ups and Downs.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/21417860

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