Hello to all.  We will continue our road sessions for a few more weeks, covering our involvement in the Durham Big Rides. 

The session this week will be about starting, accelerating and stopping, with variations for our different age/ability groups.

Hope that everyone has had a really good Summer!  Looking forward to enjoying the rest of it with the club, so see you all on Saturday.

Tony Hodgson

On behalf of Jon Bateman:

This Saturday, we've got a few things to do whilst the sausages and burgers are burning (sorry, cooking).  A
bike tune-up session is planned - so coaches should bring tools and
lubes, plus a track pump and turbo trainer or bike stand if you have
them.

Riders will need their bikes (yes) a multi-tool, your "preferred
lubricant" (mine's a pint) - such as WD40 or other well-known product. 
Bring some rags - one for dirt and one for polishing. 

The club has been donated five pairs of brand new shoes by Specialist Cycles in Meadowfield, Durham.  The sizes are small to medium adult, as follows: 

Dear all, details of this session are now attached. Please note that we have some Go-Ride sessions for the youngest as the content of the main session is too advanced for them.  Youngest riders will practise group techniques though! 

Based on feedback from coaches, we will do more work on observing your position in a bunch or a line, negotiating moving around and helping team mates.  Throw in taking shelter and picking up bottles malarkey and we should be busy for most of the morning. We'll use bibs to identify riders.

It's back to cornering this week folks.  Cornering is one of the most useful techniques to get right, because in a long ride or race with a lot of corners, it can add up to a big saving in energy!

Ian Murray has written the session and will be lead coach, with Sarfraz and Alex assisting.  For the advanced riders, I hope that John Davidson will lead a practical ride over to the Lumley circuit to enable our older riders to develop their cornering in a bunch situation.