Bike like a Girl!
My friend Nils sent me a link to the New England Bicycle Club (NEBC) and pointed out that there’s a Tuesday night ride for Women that focuses on paceline skills. Cool.
The first Tuesday was a washout … too much rain. But the following week I went and did the “beginner” ride. It was great.
The course is just shy of 21 miles and it’s rolling hills at most. Our group was smallish and it was some good riding. It’s similar to the route I ride on Saturday mornings with Quad Cycles … it’s nice to know your way around! A couple of the women were not in the same physical shape and so we did have a bit of a split in terms of speed, but all-in-all it was really good.
Toward the end of the ride we made our way back to the MinuteMan Bike Path and we ran into another NEBC women’s team rider. (I guess we were meant to have two ride leaders but one couldn’t make it.) Three of us joined the new leader and she did paceline (the leader dropping off the top of the line and falling in at the rear) drills with us the last handful of miles back to Lexington Center. That worked out really well.
I really want to get back out there tonight, and Sandy and Anna have said they want to join, but who knows what the weather will do. Fingers crossed!
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