Glasgow Green Cycle Club

GGCC Club Run, Sunday 5th January 2020, North Clockwise - 48 Miles

2020 has arrived!!! We hope you all had a great time over the festive period, and this new year brings you all good health and happiness. Now is the time to get back on the bike and burn off all the food and drink consumed! So let's kick off with an old club favourite with a Boathouse coffee/hoagie stop.

We plan to head north this weekend towards Torrance, then Milngavie, Strathblane, The Crow Road and then onto Kilsyth to The Boathouse for coffee. We will then head back into town via Stepps.

* Please bring money for coffee & cake (or Hoagie!!) at the boathouse.

We will head out of town in groups of 10 before splitting into our paced groups at the usual roundabout just past the Asda at Robroyston

**GROUP LEADERS will be identified and nominated at Glasgow Green and a quick brief will be discussed for the ride ahead and agreed. At the split point before we move to paced groups, each group leader will get their respective group together and brief the group on the etiquette of the ride, what should and will happen and the format of the day so everyone in the group fully understands so everyone gets the most from the group they take part in.

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)

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT THE ROUTE PRIOR TO SUNDAYS RIDE.

https://connect.garmin.com/course/11532608

Forecast for Sunday morning is to be dry-ish with possibly the odd shower. Temperatures will be around 8 degrees, with a 12 mph SW wind gusting to 29mph.

We will split into STEADY, CHALLENGE, CHEEKY CHALLENGE & RACE PACE.

Please note that we will have a group leader in all groups taking responsibility for that group and that each group must carry a First Aid kit.

Groups should contain no more than 10 riders.

Steady is steady and usually sit between 14 – 16 mph average **NOBODY gets dropped**

Challenge should push your ability and sits about 16 - 18 mph average.

Cheeky Challenge is slightly faster and is around 18 - 20 mph.

Race pace is 20mph & above

 **PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ALL GROUPS STAY TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER - THIS IS A TRAINING / SOCIAL RIDE 

**these are the averages you should expect over the course of the ride in the above groups and there will be sections ridden faster and some slower depending on road profile and conditions

**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 really dropping off the pace then that rider steps down a group, (or steps up if going through to hard) **THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT SO BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING OR FEEL FRESH - Group Leaders may suggest a step up or down for the sake of the smoothness of the remaining group

**If you need to ask the group to slow up, we would suggest you step down as you may be in the wrong group

Please pick your group carefully and remember that all groups work together to promote group riding but steady is the only group that rides at the pace of the slowest rider and the other groups don't wait for dropped riders unless agreed amongst the group and riders on the day

**Please remember tubes, pump, levers, multitool and also please ensure your bike is in good working order, oiled, lubed, maintained **

Thanks from The Team @ GGCC