GGCC Club Ride details for Sunday 10th December 2017 - PLEASE READ
JOINT GGCC / RACC XMAS SOCIAL RIDE
Next week will be our official Xmas Decorate your Bike ride BUT this week we are joining are good friends at RACC to get another ride great ride in with these lads and lasses before the turn of the year to thanks to John Campbell and Dave Rodgers for arranging!
The plan is to meet at Kaldis at 10am and do a choice of 2 routes -
30 mile route which is -
https://www.strava.com/routes/11310566
40 mile route which is -
https://www.strava.com/routes/11335584
I would suggest the 30 miler as we are planning on having lunch at Kaldis courtesy of Jeff at 12.
Soup, Pizza, Mini Sausage Rolls, Pasta and Christmas Mince Pies......all in for around £6 each.....you know its pretty much eat as much as you like!!
PLEASE NOTE - with us meeting at Kaldis at 10am there is an option to squeeze in a wee 10 miler before hand to get your miles in so let me know or any short route ideas welcome**
Please meet under the McLennan Arch on the green for an 8:30am sharp start. UNLESS YOU WANT TO GO STRAIGHT TO KALDIS FOR 10 BUT PLEASE POST BELOW AS MAY BE ICY AT 8.30?
Please can all groups work together and stay together, this is a training ride and not a race and working as a group will make you faster! Please work on group riding and ride in our standard D Rotation - outside lines moves faster than inside line. Can group leaders help with this where needed, thanks.
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?
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 cold and with wind chill may be -3, but only a 10% chance of rain, and 6 mph winds from the NE gusting to 13mph.
We will split into STEADY, CHALLENGE and CHEEKY CHALLENGE and work together as groups.
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
**Please try and ride to the overall speeds of the above guides.
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.
From The Team @ GGCC