Go Ride Interclub at Cyclopark 21st September 2013

Road team, Polly, Toni, Sophia, Hope and Ellen

This was a great fun day of racing, just a few pictures to give you a flavour of the day, full results and more pictures to follow

MTB team, Cameron, Kirsty & Luke

There were loads of riders

Spot the jelly babies!!

Our lucky four leaf clover

Saturday 14th September - New Year at KVK

Today was our first session back after the summer break.  We kicked off with a ride up Col de Coldharbour, we had to add a loop as these guys are really motoring now.  Back to Westwood in double quick time, all ready for our afternoon session at Stocks Green.

Fifteen riders signed on for today's session, the focus was "useful skills".  Kicked off with one of our old favourites; saddle push.  We managed to incorporate all skills levels by getting our older riders to perform the technique backwards with the wrong hand - they found it tricky to start with but picked it up quickly enough.  We followed on with some bottle techniques, favourite game turned out to be passing and collecting bottles randomly from parents and helpers dotted around the playground.

After the session a few riders had a go at riding on the rollers, I'm sure they will all have mastered this before too long.

Fantastic day spent with the KVK, a year of hard work on their part is really showing now with fitness and skills levels improving all the time.  Well done guys, looking forward to another great year.

Sorry no photos today I forgot!

POSTCARDS FROM KENT VELO KIDS

Not sure if Damian made it but Luke and Toni certainly did!
On top of the Col D'Aubisque in the Pyrenees

Victoria cycled in Sardinia with her family

They travelled 200 miles by bike

KVKer in Holland, part of a 500km trip

KVKer at Brands Hatch for a Lions Charity Ride



Hope and Ellen at the zoo in France

On the way to the town in France



Ellen avoiding the mud in France

A bike trip to a French market for Ellen and Hope

The Col de Penshurst non stop for Luke and Toni

Isaac at Bluestone in Pembrokeshire

Saundersfoot beach in Pembrokeshire

Power Pack 20th July

Unfortunately I couldn't make Powerpack this weekend but I bumped into one of the coaches this week who confirmed that he'd seen our "nippy girls", guess he must have been talking about Lottie, Ellen and Hope.  Well done girls, keep up the good work!

Saturday 6th July

Four of our young riders tackled the Col de Mote this morning, we found a cool shady patch of grass to recover on at the top.  Road re-surfacing meant we had the top loop to ourselves before we headed back for the descent and back to Stocks Green. Back at school riders tested the propulsion properties of their water bottles.

Well done to Luke for his first ascent of Col de Mote.

Picture to follow.

Later that afternoon we headed down to the school to set out a mountain bike course using all the equipment we have. Starting on the field the course headed towards the north end through the trees, then into and out of the willow shelter.  Further down the field a set of tight bends preceded a turn before the adventure play equipment where Jacob had created a chicane section.  Finally riders were guided around the tyres and back to the start.

After a couple of warm up laps, we ran three events on the course, an individual time trial, a mass start race and a handicap race.  All the riders did amazingly with a good range of podium positions.

Pictures to follow.

Saturday 13th July

Morning ride out with Damian and Jacob

A group of six riders made the most of the fine weather to tackle the Col de Coldharbour on Saturday morning.  The group stuck together well on the ascent, with no stops required.  A brief break to take on water and it was on to the rough stuff.  With the sun beating down it was hot work and all were glad of the shade when the trail reached the woods.  Another bumpy ride over the rock hard “muddy field” and it was onto the bridleway for the dry and dusty climb back up  to the road before an excellent descent, with the riders lined out like the pro peleton descending a true Pyrenean Col.  

 

Well done all, particularly Sophia for a strong performance on her first Col de Coldharbour.

Saturday 29th June 2013

I headed over the Kent College Summer Fayre this morning with Polly to run some taster sessions for the children there.  It was a successful session and lots of interest in KVK from the parents.

Meanwhile back in Hildenborough it was business as usual, Viv and Damian stepped in to lead the ride and this is Damian's ride report:

A small but select group of four riders met at Westwood to make the most of the fine weather and tackle the Col de Coldharbour.  Congratulations to Hope for her first non-stop ascent (it just shows what regular riding can do to improve performance) and to Ellen who looked strong despite spending Friday evening at Cyclopark racing.   It was  pleasure to find the off road sections dry and the pace was good.  A fallen tree across the path halted progress briefly before the riders swooped down the trail into the “muddy” field, which was not muddy at all, but rock hard and more like the cobbles of Belgium; fortunately no ones teeth fell out!!  A steady cycle up the bridleway and it was back onto the road for a speedy descent down the Col and back to Westwood.

 

Well done everyone and many thanks to Viv for stepping in to lead the ride.