Weekly Roundup

By Walden Velo Comment Closed

SOCIAL NIGHT - NEXT WEDNESDAY!

Hopefully you've seen the message from Ed this afternoon about the social night on 22nd November. In order to reserve the necessary number of tables/space, please complete the registration form and pay on RiderHQ before 22 November 2023.

Sign Up Here: https://www.riderhq.com/events/p/k4mk70f0/enter

INDOOR RIDES:

We're now running indoor training sessions on Zwift on Tuesday and Thursday evenings starting at 7pm, using the "club workout" facility. These will be intervals aimed at maintaining and building your fitness through the winter.

We will also offer Sunday morning sessions starting at 9am, for those who aren't able to join us in the square on Sunday mornings. These will be around two hours and will aim to have a different style of route each week.

Here's the link to the club: https://www.zwift.com/uk/clubs/dbb388c7-d184-4e8c-8fdd-f868777fd4ac/join

If you're having trouble getting set up, or if you've not been allowed into the Zwift club, please send an email to rides@waldenvelo.com.

SUNDAY RIDES:

Sunday rides will leave the Market Square at 8:30am, to help us start rides in the light and to account for (typically) worse conditions on the road. We will run four groups in total:

2 hour steadyAverage distance 32 miles at 15-16mph
2 hour tempoAverage distance 35 miles, at 17 - 18mph
3 hour steadyAverage distance 45 miles at 15 - 16mph
3 hour tempoAverage distance 50 miles at 17 - 18mph

This week we're following WR05; https://www.waldenvelo.com/wr5  , make sure you've got the most recent version of the route downloaded as there have been changes! 

MIDWEEK RIDE - WEDNESDAY MORNING

We offer midweek morning rides throughout the year, and these will cover around 35 miles in a two hour ride. After the ride there's opportunity to chat at Bicicletta over a drink. The route this week is MW5. https://www.waldenvelo.com/mid-week-rides/ 

MIDWEEK RIDE - FRIDAY MORNING

The route for Friday's ride will be MW6. https://www.waldenvelo.com/mid-week-rides/ 

We look forward to seeing you out on the road! 

Start of the winter season

By Walden Velo Comment Closed

WINTER SCHEDULE

The winter schedule starts this weekend, on Sunday 29th October, and sees a couple of changes:

  • Sunday rides will start at 8:30am, with fewer groups, and a reduction in the pace of all groups.
  • We will offer weeknight training sessions, hosted in the Zwift club. These will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays, meeting at 7pm

Riding through winter:

With winter riding come some additional challenges to be aware of:

  • Greater puncture risk: With wetter conditions more thorns and stones are on the road surface. Make sure you've got something to repair a puncture and know what to do with it!
  • Less grip: in the colder months we'll have less grip due to the cold and wet. Make sure to scrub off a little more speed than usual. If you've got space, a slightly wider tyre will help with grip.
  • We recommend that riders fit mudguards where possible, it reduces the cleaning and maintenance required and means that the rider behind you isn't getting sprayed as much!
  • Lights do help improve our visibility for drivers, but if you're going to use them please don't use day-flash modes. These are distracting to other riders in the group.

Sunday Rides:

Sunday rides will start an hour later than in the summer, leaving the Market Square at 8:30am, to help us start rides in the light and to account for (typically) worse conditions on the road. We will run four groups in total:

2 hour steadyAverage distance 32 miles at 15-16mph
2 hour tempoAverage distance 35 miles, at 17 - 18mph
3 hour steadyAverage distance 45 miles at 15 - 16mph
3 hour tempoAverage distance 50 miles at 17 - 18mph

 

EVENING INDOOR TRAINER SESSIONS

From the 31st October we'll be additionally running indoor training sessions on Zwift on Tuesday and Thursday evenings (starting at 7pm), using the "club workout" facility. We'll use Discord for chatter during the workout, the link to the Discord channel is in the Zwift link. Here's the link to the club: https://www.zwift.com/uk/clubs/dbb388c7-d184-4e8c-8fdd-f868777fd4ac/join 

More details will be available in the Zwift page. If you're having trouble getting set up, or if you've not been allowed into the Zwift club, please send an email to rides@waldenvelo.com.

 

SUNDAY RIDES

This week we're following WR02; https://www.waldenvelo.com/wr2/, make sure you've got the most recent version of the route downloaded as there have been changes!

 

MIDWEEK RIDE - WEDNESDAY MORNING

We offer midweek morning rides throughout the year, and these will cover around 35 miles in a two hour ride. After the ride there's opportunity to chat at Bicicletta over a drink. The route this week is MW9. https://www.waldenvelo.com/mid-week-rides/ 

 

MIDWEEK RIDE - FRIDAY MORNING

The route for Friday's ride will be MW3. https://www.waldenvelo.com/mid-week-rides/ 

We look forward to seeing you out on the road!