Northern California - Update: Group class... new dates!

EDIT: Hard details:

What: Cycling Skills Clinic - including climbing,descending, group riding, high and low speed handling skills, and fun (I'll request he talk about bumping wheels in a paceline)

When: June 8th, 8:30 - 11:30 (can be 8-11 if you prefer)

Meet at 8:30am at The Bicycle Outfitter (Fremont Ave and Foothill Expwy - address in invitation -website is down)

Where: The hills and dales around Los Altos and Stevens Canyon.

Itinerary: mailed to particpants upon registration or via PDF before the event (preference?)

Cost: $50 via paypal invitation

The last day to sign up is Wednesday, June 4th at midnight, PST.

So please PM me your email address if you are interested so I can have Matt send you the invite!

Thanks!
Gary

Voted for June 8th, only because some want to do Sequoia Century on June 1st.

I really want to do this but the only date I can't make is June 1 (I'll be in Buttonwillow). Either June 8th or 28th is fine for me.

I really want to do this but the only date I can't make is June 1 (I'll be in Buttonwillow). Either June 8th or 28th is fine for me.

Track Day? :ride:

Track Day? :ride:

Yup. But in a nice safe car with a cage; you guys on bikes are a lot more fearless than me. :)

Just a side note, I'm not sure who is planning on it, but the Tour De Cure is on June 8th this year :-P sillly events keep showing up

Sorry if this was answered already, but is this class all day?

Yup. But in a nice safe car with a cage; you guys on bikes are a lot more fearless than me. :)

Speed Ventures?

Speed Ventures?

Yup. Are you going?

Sorry if this was answered already, but is this class all day?

When I took it last year it was only about 3 hours. But worth every minute!

Well... it doesn't sound like there will ever be a "good" day for everyone so what ever day gets the most votes I'll have him do it on that day. :)

kster - what kind of car will you be driving? Never been to Buttonwillow though. Wish I had my old car and $$ to do track days still!

Gee3, after a few close calls with my daily driver, I bought a 1995 Miata a few years back. It keeps costs down (tires & brakes last a long time) and I don't have to worry about how I'll get to work on monday.

Yup. Are you going?

I promised my wife no track days until I get a cage in my car. Those dang things ain't cheap and then the install!

Sorry for the thread hijack.

Man, I can go on forever about the fun of track days and how much I miss those days...

But back on topic...

I found out that the cost will be $50/ea. It's usually about $70/ea so we're getting a pretty good discount.

So far the 8th is in the lead... I'll give it a few more days before I close the polls!

Thanks to everyone so far! And if you can't make it we can always do it again later on in the year!

Gary

Where will the class be held? Torn between this one and the velogirls bike skills 101 clinic.

Where will the class be held? Torn between this one and the velogirls bike skills 101 clinic.

Most likely it will be down in the Los Altos area (near the Chain Reaction bike shop). I haven't worked out the full details with Matt yet but we may be heading up Stevens Canyon, Mt. Eden and Montebello (not all the way up).

For those interested can you please PM me your email addresses? Or email me at gary(dot)lee@hud(dot)gov. My home computer crashed so my work email is probably the fastest and easiest way to get in touch with me.

And the start time will be either 8 or 8:30 since it'll probably be really warm if we get too close to noon. And the class will be about 3 hours long. Worth every minute, imo. :)

At the end of this week or early next week I'll close the poll and hammer out the details.

Feel free to email or PM me with any questions or concerns.

Thanks!
Gary

Can we get a breakdown of what skills will be taught like the list Lorri had (I guess the thread about her class was deleted)?

Say Thanks to Gee3!!

I was wondering how to say thank you to the organizer of this class when it dawned on me that it was sitting right in front of my nose!

If you want to show your appreciation for Gary having put this all together, then why not sponsor him on his MS ride (the link is in his signature). I'm going to do that right now!

:thumb:

Say Thanks to Gee3!!

I was wondering how to say thank you to the organizer of this class when it dawned on me that it was sitting right in front of my nose!

If you want to show your appreciation for Gary having put this all together, then why not sponsor him on his MS ride (the link is in his signature). I'm going to do that right now!

:thumb:

WOW! Thanks LanceMach!!!! I really appreciate this! But I must say... I"m doing it for selfish reasons. I don't want to take the class by myself! hahaha! ;)

Henry... I hope to get the exact details sorted out with Matt by next week. At that time I'll let everyone know the exact details!

Thanks for everyone's patience!!

TTYL,
Gary

Okay. It looks like June 8th is the date.

For those interested, if you hadn't done so yet please pm me your email address so I can have Matt send you the invitation for the class on his website.

Again here are the quick tentative details:

Date: Sunday, June 8th
Time: 8-8:30am (also TBD)
Cost: $50 (about $20 less than normal prices)
Location: still TBD but around the Los Altos area
Class: Climbing and Descending with some Speed Skills thrown in as well.
Skill level: anyone, including newbies (or those not quite in top shape, like me!)

So far kster and ifox have contacted me with their emails. :thumb:

So please get me your info by this week so we can get everything nailed down!

Thanks again for everyone's patience and participation! It'll be a fun class that I think everyone that participates, no matter what skill level, will be able to take something good away from it.!

Gary

What are "Speed Skills"?

Can we also cover how to recover from 'bumping wheels' in a paceline?

What are "Speed Skills"?

Henry, I believe it's how to go fast safely and efficiently. Matt had the description on his site but the clinic already passed so it's not up anymore. So I'll get the info from Matt and let everyone know.


kster - I'm sure he'll be up to teach us almost anything. I'll let him know you suggested that. :)

Thanks!

Can we also cover how to recover from 'bumping wheels' in a paceline?

+1

Okay, here are the details form Matt:

(Should I make a separate post?)

What: Cycling Skills Clinic - including climbing,descending, group riding, high and low speed handling
skills, and fun (I'll request he talk about bumping wheels in a paceline)
When: June 8th, 8:30 - 11:30 (can be 8-11 if you prefer)
Meet at 8:30am at The Bicycle Outfitter (Fremont Ave and Foothill Expwy - address in invitation -website is
down)
Where: The hills and dales around Los Altos and Stevens Canyon.
Itinerary: mailed to particpants upon registration or via PDF before the event (preference?)
Cost: $50 via paypal invitation



So far I have about 6 people who pm's me their email addresses. If you re interested please let me know so I can have Matt send the invite via his website.

Thanks again for everyone's support!

Gary

I'd prefer 8:30 am start.

I agree... It gives me a little bit of extra leeway to get up and going in the morning! (read: 4mo old baby doesn't let us sleep through the night!) :)

Anyone else interested? :)

Gary

Gary,

I got the email, but there's no link to PayPal. Is there another one coming out or do we bring cash?

The e-mail I received this morning had a "PayPal" button for payment (I sent the $50).

yup, found it. Should not forget to load the images :)

Cool! I'll be paying for my spot in just a second! Did Matt send you guys the itinerary as well? If not, let me know and I'll forward it on to you guys! :)

Thanks again! See you next week!

Gary

yes, I got itinerary from Matt.

The e-mail I received this morning had a "PayPal" button for payment (I sent the $50).

I can't find the Paypal button in my email. Is there some setting in Hotmail that could be blocking it?

EDIT: Duh, I was looking at the wrong email. I found it in the first one. Sending payment now.

I was getting the red X's where the pics were and one of them was the Paypal link! I had to right click and show/download the stuff to see the paypal link. So you weren't the only one on that boat! haha! :thumb:

Thanks again everyone! I'll see you on Sunday!!
Gary

Gary,

How many people are going to the class? Just curious.

Gary,

How many people are going to the class? Just curious.

It looks like there'll be 5 or 6 people so far. Hopefully everyone that sent me their email addy has signed up. :)

Gary

I want to say thanks you to Gary for organizing this fabulous event and to Coach Matt for providing lots of valuable information. And to everyone who showed up :).

Thanks guys!

It was great meeting everyone today. Thank you Gary and Matt!

It was great meeting everyone today. Thank you Gary and Matt!

+1

(I think that's the correct forum-speak :))

Yer all a bunch of young punks! I bet your knees don't even hurt today (I gotta find more time to practice hills).

Sucks getting old, but it sure as hell beats the alternative!

I had a great time and enjoyed meeting all of you.

Thanks again, Gary, for pulling this together.

Thanks to everyone for coming out! I'm glad everyone had a good time and was able to take some valuable knowledge home.

If anyone is up to do it again later this year just let me know or contact Matt. As you can tell I still have a lot to learn. <cough, cough... bad skills taking those S-turns at [any] speed!!> hahaha! It was my lack of experience at taking turns at speed and that pesky "fear" thing!! There was so much to take in that it was difficult to put it all in play without thiking too much about everything else. Sensory overload for this relative newbie! Doh!

And hopefully the other Gary is doing good after his slight mishap.

I'm sorry Andy had to take off after only about an hour but when the pregnant wife calls you gotta go!

Thanks again to everyone that was able to come out. It was good putting faces to the screen names! And thanks again to Matt for teaching the class. What's cool is that now that he knows you guys you can pick his brain on anything and take advantage of those discounts he can get on bike stuff! :thumb:

Gary

Since I forgot my camera in the car and Lance was the only one with his, hopefully he can post up some pics. Maybe in a seperate thread... <shrugs?> :)