He and his wife and partner Nandi were racking their brains, trying to find daylight.įast forward three months after initial lockdown, the Black community was suffering yet another major blow with the death of George Floyd. Clients turned off the lights and put their marketing spend on hold as they laid off staff. And Chuck didn’t know where the next project was coming from. For Chad, clients halted hiring talent and contracts that were freshly signed were now being retracted. The first few months of Covid were terrifying.
On line, Chain Reaction gives 10 percent off to British cycling members and Cotswold Outdoor has 15 percent off for CTC members.At Group Rides, I Was Treated Like I Didn’t Exist Many bike shops offer discounts either to members of associated clubs or to members of the CTC or British Cycling, organisations that many club members also join. It’s a bit circular, as they’re mostly the skills you need to ride in a group, such as warning of hazards and following a wheel, but anything that teaches you finer bike control is a good thing. Riding with a club is a good way to learn useful road skills.
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These can be a high-speed on-road ‘chain gang’ more structured sessions on an off-highway circuit or a room full of turbo trainers at a gym or community centre.īeing able to tap into coaching expertise is a big advantage of a club, whether your aim is to get into racing, take it more seriously or just to move up from Silver to Gold standard in your favourite sportive. TrainingĪ club track day can be the cheapest way to have a go at velodrome riding ( CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 P_Dean (link is external) (link is external) (link is external) (link is external))Īs mentioned above many clubs run training sessions. This usually doesn’t apply to chaingangs, though, but the incentive of not getting dropped is a great inspiration to dig deep into your reserves. If you’ve over-reached a bit, and the ride turns out to be further than you can manage comfortably, you’ll get help in the form of a wheel to follow or even a helping hand up hills. Fitter riders might get a bit frisky on hills, but they’ll wait for the group to reassemble at the top. You should have spares, tools, food and drink with you anyway, but if you suffer a significant mechanical the chances are there’ll be someone in the group to fix it.Ī well-run clubrun will usually have a ‘no rider left behind’ policy.
You might like riding alone, and that’s fine, but club rides give you the chance to chat while you whizz along, and they’re one of those rare social situations where you won’t be considered odd for wittering on about bikes.īeing in a group is also invaluable if things go wrong. When the weather turns cold, having clubmates to ride with can help maintain your motivation ( CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 reid.neureiter (link is external) (link is external) (link is external) (link is external)) That was kinda fun, but the 23mm tyres I was on weren’t really suitable for trail riding.Ĭlub ride leaders are expected to keep a ride on suitable roads, which means knowing the back lanes and quieter B roads, so a clubrun is a great way to add to your repertoire of rides and get a feel for an area. New roads and routesįed up of repeating the same old rides every time? There are plenty of Google Maps-based routing sites and apps that can help you find a new ride, but that can be a bit hit-and-miss - I once ended up on a byway following a route generated by CycleStreets.
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For example, Chippenham Wheelers, one of the UK’s largest clubs, has five clubruns each weekend for different fitness levels, a Wednesday evening time trial every week during the summer, audax rides, training sessions at Castle Combe circuit and lots more. The larger the club, the more varied its activities are likely to be. Others are centred on racing, while your local CTC group will likely be dedicated to pootling around the most obscure lanes the ride leader can find to connect pubs and cafes. Some clubs are just about riding the Sunday club ride is the focus of the club’s activities. VC Walcot hill climb.jpg, by (CC BY-NC 2.0 Anthony Grimley)Ĭlubs have personalities so finding one that matches your interests is a great way to meet like-minded riders.
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