Saturday 6/29 and Sunday 6/30 A Rides: Skills Days!

Hi all,

Everyone’s fitness seems to be coming along great now that we have reliably nice weather to train in, so now is the perfect time to do a little skills clinic to make sure we’re racing smart and safe this summer! This weekend’s A rides will focus on practicing skills that are necessary for safe and competitive racing. Two of our Domestic Elite Team riders, Pierre-Amaury Laforcade and Jon Wells will lead us through drills each day. More details below.

These skills clinics are open to all Alto Velo members who are interested in practicing race skills. If you aren’t yet a member you can become one today at https://www.bikereg.com/altovelo2024. If you’re comfortable rolling a paceline and occasionally bumping elbows, you should be fine, but please note that this is NOT a beginner course. If you are still new to group riding, please join us another weekend.

Saturday 6/29

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 8 a.m., Leave 8:10 a.m.

Plan: Bring sneakers to leave in my car at the start! We’ll begin with 2h of mostly continuous riding to practice pace lines, bump drills, and descents. Then we’ll head to a large parking lot to practice cornering, track stands, bunny hops, etc. Sneakers will be helpful for the low speed drills here so you don’t need to worry about unclipping.

Sunday 6/30

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 8 a.m., Leave 8:10 a.m.

Plan: We’ll ride over to Alviso and expect to arrive there around 9am. We’ll then divide into teams and do some practice races around the famous Alviso course. We’ll practice skills like handing up/taking a bottle while riding, executing a leadout, and attacking a group.

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Cameron