GGCC Club Ride details for Sunday 5th June 2016 - North 60 miles - VARIATION ON ROUTE
DUE TO NO COFFEE AND CAKES WE CAN TRY A VARIATION TO A ROUTE - suggestion is that we keep to coffee and cakes format and do ride with NO stops and all get together at the end of the ride and have our Coffee and Cakes / Drink / Food at West Bar **or anywhere you want at end of ride. Means we are staying to same format.
This week we will head North out towards Stepps, Kilsyth, towards Lennoxtown onto The Crow Road and ALL THE WAY OVER THE CROW ROAD to Fintry, then onto Kilearn before hitting the A81 and heading back towards Strathblane, and then normal route into town.
**SHORTCUTS -
1 - Available at Crow Road and go straight onto Strathblane
2 - In via Balmore Road and Possil
Please make sure you are familiar with the route prior to Sundays ride.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/12599720
Please meet under the McLennan Arch on the green for an 8:30am sharp start.
Could the ride leaders please all chip in and help where they can and make sure the run goes as smoothly as possible?
Can ride leaders assist with new rider briefings, M-check, group allocation, first aid pack check and any other areas of focus that enable to ride to go without a hitch?
Please remember your money for coffee / food / drink for whatever stop we decide at the end or the extended ride.
If any new riders come along, can folk buddy up where possible?
We will go through some basic safety, group riding etiquette and group riding technique, first aid and basic bike maintenance before we set off so that everyone stays safe and knows exactly what’s happening on the ride.
For those of you who are first aid trained and have been issued first aid pack, can you please bring these along on Sunday (and each run you attend)
Weather is to be dry, sunny and calm with a less than 5% chance of any rain. 12 degrees rising to around 17 degrees as the morning goes on, with a 7mph NE wind gusting to 16 mph.
We will split into STEADY, CHALLENGE , CHEEKY CHALLENGE and RACE PACE
Everyone takes the same route so if you choose the wrong group or get dropped from the faster groups, there will always be a group coming up that you can join. All groups work together at the start until the group is in a rhythm.
An idea of the pace each group should ride @ are -
Steady IS steady at about 14 -16mph
Challenge should stretch you at around 16mph - 18mph
Cheeky Challenge is 18 - 20 mph
Race Pace is above 20mph for consistent periods of time
We will stop and split into groups at the Crowood Hotel, regroup at the Quarry and possible 1 further agreed point in the ride, so efforts are more consistent and as 1 group arrives the previous group sets off so we minimize waiting around.
**GROUPS STAY TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER AND DO NOT DROP ANYONE - this is an extended ride and the aim is to promote group riding and bunch riding and stay safe without isolating anyone. We don't want another unfortunate incident like Brians
**Speeds quoted are an overall average and the groups may be faster and slower at certain points throughout the ride.
**Please remember to communicate within your group. If you get split due to junctions, traffic, roundabouts then get back together. If you get split as someone is dropping off the pace then that rider steps down a group, (or steps up if going through to hard)
**If you need to ask the group to slow up, we would suggest you step down as you may be in the wrong group
Pick you group carefully and remember that steady is the only group that holds back and does not drop anyone.
**Please remember tubes, pump, levers, multitool and also please ensure your bike is in good working order, oiled, lubed, maintained and clean**
See you all Sunday.