Club News

• The Annual HC will be managed as a normal club  group ride on October 18th, to keep within BC guidelines for Covid-19 and event liability insurance on club rides
• The ride is only open to members, that take part in the group ride
• There will be no, on-course timekeeping, or Marshalling, timings will be as per Strava for the Walden Velo club group
• Specific ride routes that incorporate the ‘Cup’s Grove Climb’ Strava segment, will be communicated
• All speed group routes cover the same route to the start of the climb
• 19/18s Group leaders to stagger groups to leave at 3 minute intervals from 7:30 am
• 16/17 rides to leave at 7:40, Group leaders to stagger groups to leave at 3 minute intervals
• Please remember to bring your ‘race face’ to any photo opportunities
• Alas there will be no campervan doling out sausage rolls this year
• We aim to host a virtual club ‘sausage roll van’ communications event – lookout for the invite

Pre-event guidance:

• Anyone who wishes their time to be visible, please ensure that you have a Strava account and that you’ve joined the Club Strava group https://www.strava.com/clubs/walden-velo
• Anyone without a Garmin or other device can use Strava on their phone to capture their ride, a  free version is available from the app stores
• Please familiarise yourselves with the course and make yourself aware where the hill climb is!
• If you have a premium account you can ‘favourite’ the segment on Strava, so you'll get live segment updates on your device
• Normal Ride guidelines and Covid-19 safety guidelines still apply
• Be prepared for the extra responsibilities of starting rides at intervals and riding the HC at intervals, should you be asked to lead a group of six

Distance	Ride With GPS	Garmin Connect
45km
60km
68km