Our Youth Ride explored new territory this morning by heading towards Gover Hill and then taking two different routes to Plaxtol, returning via Ightham Mote. Both groups set a steady pace of 11.6mph and climbed either 800 or 1200ft. Everyone rode really well and the extra climbing forced people to access gears they don't usually bother with! We agreed it was a technically challenging route with lots of uphill right turn junctions, parked cars and buses to contend with as well as the usual floods and fallen branches. Great riding from everyone and no punctures!
Our Go Ride session built on the work we did last week on moving with our bikes. We split into two groups to work on mounting and dismounting. This gave less experienced riders plenty of time to get to grips with scooting whilst other progressed onto running dismounts and jump ons. Two mini circuits provided practise areas before our final CX style team relay.
The heavens opened to provide an authentic winter race feel and excellent riding from everyone made for two exciting races. Thanks to Paul our new Young Volunteer for the great photos.
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