Saturday 5th November Club Cluster Go Ride at Cyclopark

This weekend we were invited to take part in a Go Ride Club Cluster session at Cyclopark, organised by resident BC coach Jimmy McCormack and ably assisted by club coaches from Woolwich CC.  After a slightly hectic start we headed down to the bottom oval via the mountain bike trails before splitting into smaller groups to work on an essential cyclocross skill; mounting and dismounting.  Following on from that Jimmy gave the riders a sneak preview of some sections of the Regional Cyclocross course that has started to take shape at the park.  This also involved dodging riders from Club Cyclopark who were busy with their road session.  Great to see so many young people enjoying riding their bikes, even though it was extremely cold!

Towards the end of the session riders split into groups again and tackled some different sections of gradient, the older riders paid a visit to the Cyclopark equivalent of Big Bob at Herne Hill, maybe Towering Tina??  The session finished with a two team relay race, before we regrouped as the KVK and refuelled on jam doughnuts, kindly sourced by Michele.  Thanks to all the coaches and riders who made the session possible.  Next Club Club Go Ride session at Cyclopark will be Saturday 3rd December.  It should have a choice of MTB or Road sessions.