Glasgow Green Cycle Club

GGCC Club Ride details for Sunday 1st November 2015 - North 48 miles - Anti clockwise.

This week we will head North out towards Stepps, Kilsyth, towards Lennoxtown onto The Crow Road then have coffee at The Kirkhouse, before heading back in via Milgavie and Torrance.

Coffee and cakes next week when Debbie is back.

Please make sure you are familiar with the route prior to Sundays ride.

https://connect.garmin.com/course/5418590#

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 £2 for coffee which we will be collected once we get to the Kirkhouse. The Kirkhouse has been called and arranged and are expecting us all and jugs of coffee and tea will be waiting for us.  

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 cloudy but dry with only a 10% chance of rain. 11 degrees with a SW wind of 5mph gusting to 10mph so looking like a nice morning and maybe a last chance to ride the good bikes!

We will split into STEADY, CHALLENGE and CHEEKY CHALLENGE
During the Autumn and winter months we concentrate on group riding and more steady miles so Race Pace joins Cheeky Challenge

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.

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

We will stop and regroup at the Quarry and the coffee stop only so efforts are more consistent and as 1 group arrives the previous group sets off so we minimize waiting around. 

**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 all the team @ GGCC