For those of you wanting to try out crit racing, this is your best chance. Janna and others will be holding a half hour clinic prior to the Crit #1 race at 630pm. Online pre registration will assist us in getting numbers set.  There is NO COST to the clinic. Come give it a try! CRIT Series brought to you by COAL CITY CYCLES

Tomorrow is the first Monday Night Ride of the season! For a quick recap on the Monday Night Rides please read this link. Where: NIC (Ice Center) Parking Lot Cost: FREE Time: Ride DEPARTS at 6pm sharp. Do not be taking your bike off the rack at 559pm unless you like to play catch up. Speed: 20-24km/hr, no hammering. This ride is about getting people comfortable in a group setting.

Please have your MIVA Membership complete for 2016. Cycling BC: you may ride two 'freebies' prior to taking out your license. Please bring the Trial Ride Release of Liability Waiver with you to hand to the ride leader (Mike). He won't have any with him, and has had to turn people away in the past. Print, sign, put in your rear pocket :)

SPONSORED BY KIYO SPA!

The TT clinic will take place prior to our first time trial of the season on Thursday April 14th, at 530pm. The 15k TT#1 will start at 630pm. Don Gillmore has assisted many time trialists to becoming substantially faster through advice and minor tweaks. Some of the things that will be covered:

Postioning

• Crank Length
• Pelvic Rotation
• SMP Saddles

Technique

 (there would be bullet points below, if Wordpress worked right :) )

• Cadence
• Gearing
• Crank length
• Allocation of effort on rolling terrain
• Starts and turns
•  Climbing - seated in aero position - saddles again
•  Descents
  In addition to this, Don has provided a few places that people can go online to read up on pertinent info. These articles linked below would be helpful to read prior to the clinic. As Don says, "For me, getting low and comfortable on the bike has been dependent on saddle choice, and I've spent years and well over a grand on saddles to home in on what works. That's where it starts actually.  I remember the frustration when I hadn't found a saddle that worked, then finding better and better ones over the years.  At the same time, others, like those two bike fitters, have come up with similar findings" :
  About SMP Saddles
  Steve Hogg is a renowned Australian bike fitter.  He has an excellent writeup on SMP saddles
  Colby Pearce is "Steve Hogg certified" and has a similar take on SMP saddles. The second link on SMP saddles was actually the precursor to the SMP Primer that I wanted people to read

  

Spring Challenge 50k/100k! Register here https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=65424&owner=0 $10 per person, anyone and everyone welcome (don't need CycBC or MIVA membership, just come ride) Timing will be via your Strava (so stay on the course!) times post race Start Finish at White Sails Brewing 50k starts at 10am Route here 100k starts at 8am Route here Noon-ish finish for all at White Sails, MIVA will provide platters.