by Dr Dave
Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:54 am
Many years ago the club used to run a weekly evening training ride. This used 3 relatively safe courses of around 25 miles and would attract maybe 8-10 riders each week. Now that the chaingang is coming to an end for the season it has been suggested that we could run a Tuesday evening training ride instead and that this could run over the winter as both a midweek leg-stretcher and perhaps a means of maintaining the Tuesday evening so that next Spring there might be more riders keen to transition to the chaingang - thus invigorating it and maintaining a club institution.
This training ride would be a STEADY paced ride and NOT a 'Thrash'. It should be inclusive with stronger riders perhaps using their fitness to spend more time on the front NOT ramping up the speed. Lights and mudguards -when appropriate - are a must.
It may be that this isn't a viable idea but a few people have suggested they would be keen - proper road riding with your club-mates has to be better than the turbo (unless it's really cold and pouring down).
The plan is to meet for the first ride at 6.30pm at the Knavesmire pub on Tuesday 17th for a loop out via Acaster and thence to Tadcaster and back. The original routes IIRC were:
1. Tadcaster - original meet Cycle Heaven (suggest now Knavesmire)
2. Bossall, Buttercrambe - original meet 'Pete's Bench' - aka York end of Stockton Lane
3. Farlington - I forget where the meet was, can Rob O advise - also re route?
These were undertaken in rotation each week. The basic idea is to get the rides started and we can then gauge interest and if necessary tweak the concept/routes.
This training ride would be a STEADY paced ride and NOT a 'Thrash'. It should be inclusive with stronger riders perhaps using their fitness to spend more time on the front NOT ramping up the speed. Lights and mudguards -when appropriate - are a must.
It may be that this isn't a viable idea but a few people have suggested they would be keen - proper road riding with your club-mates has to be better than the turbo (unless it's really cold and pouring down).
The plan is to meet for the first ride at 6.30pm at the Knavesmire pub on Tuesday 17th for a loop out via Acaster and thence to Tadcaster and back. The original routes IIRC were:
1. Tadcaster - original meet Cycle Heaven (suggest now Knavesmire)
2. Bossall, Buttercrambe - original meet 'Pete's Bench' - aka York end of Stockton Lane
3. Farlington - I forget where the meet was, can Rob O advise - also re route?
These were undertaken in rotation each week. The basic idea is to get the rides started and we can then gauge interest and if necessary tweak the concept/routes.
Keep pedalling!