Cycling Clinics
I will be teaching some clinics in various cycling disciplines. hese will be skills clinics, helping riders learn basic/intermediate skills to be more comfortable in new cycling situations. We will not talk about much about training, diet, etc. Clinics will generally be in groups of 2, on different weekdays. Riders can benefit from doing both clinics, though some material will be repetitive, the practice will be good. If we have basically the same batch of riders for both clinics we will work on a few more advanced topics on the second clinic. 8
If you are interested please sign up online, if less than 3 riders signed up, clinics will not happen.
Here
is the schedule and info (note there were some typos in the first draft, corrected now):
Road Criterium Clinics (also good for general road riders who want to improve skills):
8/5 and 8/19 Wednesdays 6:00PM
At Balloon Fiesta Park same as the TNCs. A joint production with Doghouse Racing.
Major topics:
Bike Fit
Sitting on the bike, staying loose
Drafting
Cornering
On bike practice drills
Sprinting
Rider specific help and questions
Signup here
List of signed up riders
MTB Clinics:
8/20 Thursday Canceled just too hot still at 5:30
9/5 Saturday 10:00AM Cienega Group Area.
10/11 Sunday 10:00AM Cienega Group Area.
Major topics:
Bike Fit, tire pressure, suspension setup
Sitting on the bike, staying loose, floating
Riding uphill
Riding downhill
Cornering
Drafting
Feeding
On bike practice drills
Sprinting (maybe)
Rider specific help and questions
Signup here
List of signed up riders
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Cyclocross Clinics:
9/10 Thursday 5:30PM (beginner) 9/12 Saturday 9:30AM (beginner) and 9/16 Wednesday 5:30PM (intermediate-advanced)
Roosevelt Park.
Major topics:
Bike Fit, tire pressure
Sitting on the bike, staying loose, floating
Dismounting/remounting
Carrying the bike
Riding uphill
Riding downhill
Cornering
Drafting
On bike practice drills
Rider specific help and questions
Intermediate clinic will be concerned with bunnyhopping, advanced dismounting and rider specific help and questions
Minimum 4 riders, maximum 20 riders. Minimum must be reached by 11PM the night before the night before the clinic. Cost: $25, $15 for riders 23 and under. About 70-90 mins depending on light.
Signup here
List of signed up riders
Gravel Clinic:
Sunday 9/13 1PM Sabino Canyon Tr Parking Lot. Will last about 2hrs.
Major topics:
Bike Fit, tire pressure, tire size
Sitting on the bike, staying loose, floating
Navigation
Riding uphill
Riding downhill
Cornering
Drafting
Feeding
On bike practice drills
Rider specific help and questions
Signup here
List of signed up riders
So who are you, and how are you qualified to teach cycling clinics?
I got my first real road bike at 16 in the Summer if 86, and 6 weeks later rode it from the East Coast to Kentucky on my own, and did my first race in that fall. I got a MTB a year later and did some cyclocross and MTB races on it in the fall of 87. I have been racing pretty much continuously sice then, on road, cross, and MTB. Even though gravel was not a thing then, I was known ending up riding my road bike on dirt roads a lot, to the point which some of the local writers didn't like to go on rides with me. I raced MTB cat 1 and cat 2 on road and cyclocross. I was never a super gifted cyclists as far as raw speed went. I was ok. Racing with elite level riders without being as fast as them taught me to home and maximize my skills, to go as fast as I could with the motor I had. I think this makes me especially qualified to teach skills clinics. Cycling competitively, or just trying to finish rides that are pushing your abilities, is a game of conserving energy. The purpose of these clinics is to teach other riders how improve at playing that game.
Me in the spring of 1988, Mae Simmons Park, Lubbock, TX, note the vintage NORBA sticker
Me, Fiesta Cross, 2024