Skills Clinic this Weekend!!!

This Saturday's Cohasset-to-the-Gravel Hill Climb Time Trial has been postponed to Saturday, October 31st due to David Albrecht's Skills Clinic happening this weekend! Please see Skills Clinic itinerary below. We held this Clinic last year and it was a BLAST - everyone learned something new, and it will definitely help your riding well into the future. Hope to see you out there!!!

Saturday - October 24th:
Location: Marsh High School – (east parking lot)
Time: Saturday, October 24th - 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM
Bring: Helmets are required, otherwise bring your bike, lunch, sturdy wheels and a sense of adventure.
Fee: None, but at sign in you can make a donation to the Chico Cyclist Care Fund which benefits area cyclist who have been seriously injured.

Exercise 1: (basic bike handling – approximately 1 ½ hours starting at 9:00 AM)
Riding no hands, Phinney and Walden turns, steering with hips, emergency braking, slalom, track stands, slow speed turns, figure eights, cornering 2 by 2 and 3 by 3.
Challenge: Safe pedal contact while turning
Exercise 2: (race skills – approximately 1 ½ hours starting at 10:30 AM)
Looking behind, pushing another rider, leaning on others, handlebar contact, throwing elbows, bottle hand ups, mussette (reach) handups, the madison throw.
Challenge: Front / Rear wheel contact (on the grass)
Exercise 3: (maneuverability – approximately 1 ½ hours starting at noon) Extreme weight shifts, moving front and back wheels independently, side stepping, wheel batting, k-turns, curb hopping and obstacle jumping, picking up items while riding.
Challenge: Obstacle course
Optional event: Last man standing (approximately 1 hour starting at 1:30 PM)
Want to help?
We still need extra mussettes (or a reasonable similarity) and volunteers to do hand-ups in a mock feed zone.
Contact David at grafix_plus@hotmail.com if you want to help out, otherwise we hope to see you there!

Sunday - October 25th:
Location: One mile recreation area
Time: Sunday, October 25th - Departs 9:00 AM. Instruction begins after the descent of Keefer road and ends when you choose. (The ride will fork into two groups near river road, the shorter group will head back to Chico and the longer group will continue for about 3 ½ hours of total ride time)
Bring: Helmets are required, otherwise bring whatever you normally would for a 2-4 hour ride.
Fee: None, but at the start you can make a donation to the Chico Cyclist Care Fund which benefits area cyclist who have been seriously injured.
Exercise: Finding the draft, single and double pacelines, echelons and assorted riding formations as time and conditions permit. Instruction to be combined with the Sunday LSD group ride. Pace will average 18-20 MPH with a no rider left behind policy. (These rides are about technique and base miles, not speed).

Rodney.............