Today's ride was pretty sick, eight riders showed up even one from Kamloops!
Marty was kind enough to run a bike maintenance seminar, now everyone knows how to change a flat!
Mr. Evan Guthrie came and shared his wealth of knowledge with the group. We did some more handling drills at the KSS field (it smelt like sewage). Evan made the group experts at cyclocross dismounts.
Then we rode around in the old folk subdivision which is the perfect environment to practice what we learnt from the grass fields. Most old people waved and smiled at us while we respectively rolled by. However, when we started to leave the subdivision a grumpy old man started yelling at us and telling us to get out. Evan, being sick of people's ignorance for cyclists went to reason with the old man. The old man then waved his rake around. We went to DQ.
After DQ, I made Scott and Cam practice pace-lining while I was following them in my car down Lakeshore. It was pretty rough to start but then they got the hang of it and are now philosophers of pace-lining. We felt pretty pro. Scott was throwing his unneeded water bottles and warmers in the car like Lance. I really did feel like Johan Bruyneel today! Flick the hazards on behind cyclists and you get automatic respect from motorists, everyone was smiling and waving as they gave a generous space while passing by.
Another fun day at the office!
^^ As is states I came very close to a senior citizen swinging a rake at my face today, just trying to be and explain how were teaching young kids how to ride and feel comfortable out there, and guys like him make the kids nervous and cause crashes. He kept trying to swing his rake at me to convince me to leave, but I was making a point and he didn't want to hear it. Pretty interesting, most dangerous senior citizen encounter yet!
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