A club ride is so much more than a number of people setting off at the same time to ride the same route.
The committee has had many discussions about how best to support our club ride structure so everyone can have
a safe and enjoyable experience on public roads.
As
the clocks change and we switch to winter riding mode, we’ve decided to
offer something a little different and hopefully interesting and
enjoyable too on Sunday 25th October
.
In
this session we’ll look at how and why good group riding etiquette
allows a group of strangers to function
effectively together and discuss (and hopefully understand) the
challenges that make it difficult to do in the first place and to
sustain over long periods of time.
The
session will be led by long-time club member Tim Williams. Tim is a
professional coach with a wealth of coaching and riding experience. He
hasn’t kept a record
of how many miles or hours of group riding he’s done with the club over
the last four decades but it is quite a lot, and he has experience of
all our groups and supporting people of all abilities and cycling
interests
What’s the plan?
This is open to all club run riders but we sense it will be of most interest to GT/ ST and Inters so this will be the only formal club run for these groups on that day
48 places available
Date: Sunday 25th October
Location: Each group meets at Addenbrookes at 9am and rides to the Mixing Shed, we will set the route/ distance nearer the time but a relatively direct route to arrive by 10.30 latest
Food/Drink: available on arrival in a private room (roll, cake and drink) £7 paid in advance
Session led by Tim of approx. 1 hour
Ride back - in groups aiming to take on board the points from the session
Back in Cambridge by 2pm
Sign-up details to follow.