Given our beginner level, he scaled back this class from a full ride to a parking lot handling clinic with a shorter ride around the neighbourhood at the end.
We did a bunch of loops around the lot:
- Riding in a straight line
- Slalom around water bottles, getting ever tighter
- Turning within two parking spaces, then trying to get down to one space
Points of interest:
- Try not to ride in gears with the chain pulled crosswise
- When changing the front gears, do so when there isn't much pressure on the pedals, that is, before you go into a hill
- When turning, keep the inside pedal up
- You can apply pressure on the handlebars on the side going into the turn
- Break before a turn, not during, as this will pull you out of the turn
- When going over an obstacle, ease up on the front, then the rear of the bike
- Turn-arounds in races: instead of a perfect U, go in wide, then cut across while turning and come back out close to the pylon
Then we took an easy ride, single-file. We were supposed to stick together, but you know triathletes. Maybe Andrew can reign us is a bit more next time.
Route: www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5907449
--Distance: 13.6km
--Duration: 75mins + 45mins
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