Training Rides

Interested in joining us for a ride? Before you do, please review our membership requirements.

All rides leave from the parking lot of Wilson Park
in Carrboro, unless otherwise noted.

Format: Changes from weekend to weekend depending on upcoming races and time of year.
- In spring and summer, we do intervals, attack and chase, hill workouts, etc.
- In fall, we transition to the off season: some pacelines, some sprints, some hills (but nothing structured) as opportunities arise with the terrain.
- In winter, the Saturday ride becomes longer, with some sections of “fun effort” mixed in: we continue to do some hills and sprints and fun things to keep a
  bit of sharpness, but it’s mostly steady riding.
Start time: 8:00am in the Summer (starting 1st Sat. in May)
9:00am the rest of the year (starting 1st Sat in Oct)

Format: 2½ to 3 hours saddle time.
- In winter, Sunday becomes “fixed-gear day.” Bring out your fixed-gear bike to work on leg speed and sport-specific strength training. Freewheels,
  of course, are welcome on the fixed-gear ride, but are encouraged to do the ride in a gear that closely matches that of the fixed-gears. Also, if you
  are on a freewheel, please relinquish pacemaking to someone on a fixed-gear, and be aware that it is more difficult for fixed-gear riders to continually
  respond to speed changes — specifically, try not to coast!
Start time: 8:00am in the Summer (starting 1st Sun. in May)
9:00am the rest of the year (starting 1st Sun. in Oct)

Monday easy rides (held in conjunction with The Clean Machine)

Format: varies. Depending on the time of year, we do sprint rides, skills clinics, cyclocross training, etc.
Sprint rides during the season– a series of 8 sprint lines with rest/recovery between them.
Time/day: Thursdays at 6:00 p.m.