Saturday 3rd October Go Ride & Youth Ride

Go Ride - Twenty nine riders signed on this morning which makes it our busiest regular Go Ride session since we started in 2012.  Very exciting to see lots of new riders alongside our regulars and of course for our more experienced teenagers to have the opportunity to help out!

We ran out of time we were having so much fun!

All our riders were on site today, we split into two groups to work on MTB skills, mainly focussing on body position; the older riders experimented with the effect of shifting their weight around to try and get their bikes on, off and over various obstacles while my group focussed on some core techniques including riding out of the saddle and ducking down low to get under the limbo bar.  We finished the session with a giant obstacle course which included planks, see saws and pallets.  Lots of extra helping hands made it possible to station marshals at all the tricky points allowing all the riders to have a go.

Youth Ride

This is still a challenging turnaround after Go Ride but once again we did it! Seven riders signed on for Youth Ride with two routes to choose from: In Search of Henry VIII 22 miles and in Search of Sidney 14 miles. With no incidents or accidents we made good progress, the Henry VIII ers clocked just over 17 mph.  Both rides took in Grove Road in Penshurst we've found to be both an excellent training hill and a good indication of fitness and progress.

Next Week Saturday 10th October - Go Ride sign on 9.15am, Youth Ride 11.30am - contact Damian to sign on dwilkes@winterscott.co.uk