Date: Monday November 23rd

Time: 9:30am to 2:00pm

Location: Meet at Sunshine Bikes in Fairfax

Who: This ride is designed for riders who have ridden in our beginner FXCC groups or ridden in our younger after school groups and are up for a long bike ride.

On this Thanksgiving break ride, we’re hoping to get in an big day on our bikes. We will be meeting at Sunshine Bikes at 9:30am and, depending on trail conditions, trying to make it to the top of Loma Alta.

This will be longer than our normal after school rides so, please bring a lunch and lots of extra food.

Please go over your riders bike with them 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, a spare tube, lots of food, plenty of water and lights. Also, I recommend a light wind beaker or rain jacket (when appropriate) that can be carried in a pocket. 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.

All participant parents 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!

*If it will be raining, we will need to cancel, postpone or shorten this ride.