Youth Ride
Another good turnout for Youth Ride this morning and a choice of two routes for our young riders; 12 or 20 miles. We all headed out towards Ightham Mote for Col de Mote before either turning round or continuing on towards Plaxtol before returning to Stocks Green. A lovely sunny morning but with a few punctures and and one unscheduled dismount ;-) |
| We all met at the top of Col de Mote - riders enjoying a snack & drink int he sunshine |
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| Hope and Nico back at Stocks Green |
Go Ride and Quick Start
Yet another sunny afternoon for Go Ride. Ten riders signed on for Quick Start for me , Michele & Claire, while regulars Bailey, Harry, William, Kieran & Hope rode out with Damian, Hannah, Luke & Jacob.
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| My riders made lots of progress today; they are really starting to get the hang of riding in control. They really enjoyed the mirror game where they had to use all their skill to control their pace to match their partner. They all managed to high five down the channel. |
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| The kids would happily have played jail break all afternoon but Mums and Dads wanted to go home!
Meanwhile.................Damian and the others rode out........
The plan this week was to again tackle the Col de Coldharbour but this time, in a break with tradition, to do so in reverse. As with the best laid plans, it was scuppered by the unexpected; a puncture shouldn't have caused a problem (even if it did involve three separate thorns) but a very stubborn tyre and then a brake balance issue caused quite a delay and whilst the riders enjoyed the rest (and the impromptu sweet stop) it did mean that there wasn't enough time to do the whole circuit. However we got across the bumpy field and up the hill into the woods before turning round and enjoying the speedy descent, but after two crossing of the bumpy field everyone was feeling the effects and were glad to get back onto the relative smoothness of the track (avoiding the pot holes) and the luxury of the road. Some good descending of Coldharbour as a group saw us back just in time. Well done to Kieran, Harry, Bailey, and William (making his first appearance on a KVK ride out) and to Luke, Hannah and Jacob for helping. Sorry no photos again this week (note to self - must do better job of taking photographs)
Sunday Ride
Katie joined Damian, myself, Calvin, Hannah and Polly on Sunday morning for a longer ride (34 miles 2700ft of climbing). We are hoping that this ride will eventually bridge the gap between KVK and the adult sections of the club. A lovely ride with only one puncture.
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| Hannah seems to be attracting punctures this weekend |
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| Back at Hilden - even Calvin was tired by the end. |
- Friday 22nd May - Spring in the Park Round 3 - We wish all our riders good luck.
- Saturday 23rd May - Youth Ride - Stocks Green School 9.30am Road Bikes Only
- Go Ride & Quick Start 1,45pm sign on.
- Sunday 24th May - PowerPack at Cyclopark - 10am - 12 noon
- Club Cluster session at LV Velodrome - 3 - 6pm - fully booked
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