With spring in the air, we’re looking forward to some great mountain biking. Our rides this month will be designed to be engaging without overwhelming our less experienced riders. With our green hills and warmer days, this should be a great month to be outdoors. This month we will be focusing on building up our endurance, working toward being able to tackle sustained uphills and riding cooperatively in a group.

Before our rides, please go over your rider’s bike and address any mechanical issues that may cause problems on the trail. Also, please help your student pack all of their cycling gear including their helmet, bike gloves, lots of food, and plenty of water. Light weight knee pads, elbow pads and protective eyewear are, also, recommended. For riders who are allergic to poison oak, a single use packet (or reusable small container) of Tecnu is another great thing to pack.

We ask any participant who has recently tested positive for Covid-19, having recently taken fever reducing medication or reporting symptoms that could come from Covid-19, to please follow our state Covid guidelines in planning their return to our group.

All parents of participating minors need to go to the parent portion of the CDC website and familiarize themselves with the available CDC concussion information. Concussions can and do happen during mountain biking. Sometimes symptoms will take hours or days to become apparent. It is important that we are all prepared. https://www.cdc.gov/headsup/pdfs/youthsports/parents_eng.pdf

Thanks!

Ride Dates: May 6th, 13th and 20th

Ride Times: 3:05 to 5:45

Meeting Location: We offer a pickup at Wade Thomas at 3:05pm. If you have a rider from another school, you are welcome to meet us at our local trailheads so that your rider can join in.

Who: 2nd through 5th grade girls (The bulk of our group is made up of 2nd graders, so strong, experienced 4th and 5th graders may be better served riding with one of our other groups. Parents are more than welcome to join but will need to fill out a waiver before our ride)

*If we need to cancel rides because of poor air quality, weather or other reasons, make up rides will be offered on Thursdays of the same week.