EVCC has partnered with TCR Bike Shop/Fitness to offer customized cycling skills courses for our members this summer.
The Level 2 course will help intermediate to advanced cyclists level up their road riding skills. The course will build on the fundamentals of bike handling and body positioning and focus on skills for group riding, drafting and pacing. These skills will help you ride further and faster, while keeping it fun and safe for you and the friends you ride with.
Dates - UPDATED SCHEDULE:
Four sessions — Thursdays, July 13, 20, and 27, and Aug 3
Time: 6:30 p.m. — 2 to 2.5 hours per session
Locations: Vary by week, see schedule below
Key skills:
- Hand signals and communication on the road
- Braking, including emergency braking
- Body position and cornering
- Gearing and when to change gears
- Climbing and descending hills
- Eating and drinking on the bike
- Group riding: drafting, 1 up and 2 up riding, rotation and working as a group
- Pacing for climbing and the flats
- Use of data — power, HR, RPE and speed
Format:
Each session will begin with a warm up then move into introduction of skills and practice. We’ll wrap up with a short ride of 30 to 45 min where participants can put the new skills into practice. Coaches will continue to teach and provide feedback during the ride. We will use a mix of riding surfaces for instruction including grass fields, parking lots, bike paths and open roads.
Coaches:
This course is led by experienced TCR coaches, with a ratio of 1 coach per 8 participants.
- John Churchill - with a BSc in Kinesiology and extensive experience in endurance sports and racing, John is also a strength training coach and a leader in bike fitting
- Dan Peters - formerly Canada’s national cycling team mechanic, Dan now brings to TCR a wealth of knowledge in aerodynamics pertaining to cycling, mechanics and bike fit
- To learn more, see: TCR Coach Bios
Cost: $90
Price includes a 10% subsidy paid by the club and the course is open to members only. This is an investment in developing member skills while enhancing the safety of our club rides.
Registration deadline: July 3
Course is full, but please add your name to the waitlist in case of cancellations.
Minimum/maximum participants and waitlist
- We require a minimum of 8 participants to run the course. Your fees will be fully refunded if the course is cancelled.
- If the course is full, please add your name to the waitlist to show your interest.
- We will open 8 more spaces if there is sufficient interest, to a maximum of 16 participants.
Full schedule of locations:
We want your feedback!
This is your chance to try out a new program that we are offering for the first time. We will be asking all participants for feedback at the end of the course to help us plan for next year.
