WHAT

With a max group size of six you’ll get one-on-one instruction and plenty of actual riding time in this hands-on, wheels-on-the-ground clinic focused on essential gravel cycling skills. Beginning with bike-body separation–a technique vital to absorbing bumps in the road and maintaining traction–we’ll practice riding over and around small obstacles and making slow speed tight radius turns in the safety of Comova’s flat gravel driveway.

Next we’ll head to Freezeout Flat in Duncans Mills where we can practice our skills with a little more speed on a 1-mile stretch of rolling gravel. We’ll use the start of the climb up to Islands in the Sky to learn seated climbing and how to dismount and restart in the middle of a climb. As a group we will decide whether we want to add additional skills, like controlled braking while descending, or head over to Willow Creek where we can practice what we’ve learned in a variety of gravel conditions.  

We’ll return to Comova’s Bike Barn for some social time and to wrap up the clinic with discussion about choosing equipment (e.g., tires, handlebars, stems and more), finding gravel routes, and anything else you have questions about.

WHO