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• ABC Weekday Rides for December 2018

  • Start
    04 December 2018
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  • End
    27 December 2018
  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Generals Highway Corridor park

  
  Please note the new start time - 10 AM

  Tuesday

  No Ride on Christmas Day, December 25th! 

  10:00 AM sharp at Generals Highway Corridor park right across from the Renaissance Festival, following a 27 mile route and the 902 Group rides about 22 miles. Please be ready to ride 5 minutes before start time. For more information contact David Bleil at dfbleil@verizon.net or John Richardson at jjrichardson2@msn.com. 
  

  
  Thursday

  10:00 AM sharp at Generals Highway Corridor park right across from the Renaissance Festival, following a 27 and 22 mile routes. See Tuesday's description for details.

  
  

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• STOP, SWAP AND SAVE

  • When
    10 February 2019
  • Location
    Westminster, MD

  
  

  What a great 2018 SWAP ! Even a little rain, lots of mud and a few parking hiccups couldn't dampen everyone's spirits. We had our biggest and best event ever! Consumers cleared out three ATMs this year and took advantage of thousands upon thousands of great deals. Thanks again to all our volunteers, vendors and consumers that made this another fantastic year. We couldn't do it without all of you! If you missed out in 2018, make sure to put the 2019 SWAP on your calendar now... February 10th, 2019.
  

  For more information visit the event website: http://www.stopswapandsave.com/

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• Return of the Wednesday Evening Rides

  • When
    13 March 2019
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    see description

  
  Weather permitting, the Wednesday Evening Rides will start on March 13th for the 2019 season. 

  5:00 PM at the Dixon Aircraft Observation Area parking lot: Jim Van Horn and Len Jones will lead the North County Wednesday Evening ride. Make sure your bike has working lights! Distance will be about 25 miles at a reasonable pace. Click here to contact the ride leaders.

  5:00 PM at the Davidsonville Park (not the park & ride): Tina McDermott will lead a 22 mile ride on the South County Wednesday Evening route, but starting at a new location to shorten the ride. 14-15 MPH; no drop. Make sure your bike has working lights! Cue sheet. Contact Tina: tinasbike@gmail.com

  
  

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• ABC Bicycle Handling Skills Workshop - registration not open yet

  • When
    11 May 2019
  •  
    9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Kinder Farm Park, Visitors Center
  • Spaces left
    20

  Currently this workshop is in proposed status; once we have commitments from the coaches we will open registration. 

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  ABC hosting a bicycle handling skills workshop; no classroom required! Space is limited to 20 people. Cost: $40 per person. Rain date is Sunday, May 12th - in the event of rain on both days the event will be cancelled and registration fees will be refunded.

  Participation in this event is open to the public. 
  

  This half-day workshop will focus on bike handling skills at low speed for practice and confidence building. If conditions permit we will also do grass drills. 

  Workshop location: Kinder Farm Park Visitor's Center

  Our instructors are USAC Coach BJ Basham and USAC Coach James Schaefer.

  ABC contact for this event is James Edison at james.edison@yahoo.com 
  

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  Parking lot drills

  • cornering
    
  • cornering in tandem, including riders shifting inside to outside
    
  • bunny hops
    
  • pick up cone or water bottle and placing it on other side of bike
    
  • slow speed turns inside 1 parking space, figure 8 turns inside 2 parking spaces
    
  • braking 
    

  Grass drills

  • bump 'n go
    
  • pick up cone or water bottle (if we haven't done it above)
    
  • riding in pairs w/handlebars touching or hand on partner's shoulder
    
  • how slow can u go race
    
  • last cyclist in the ring: this exercise eliminates riders if they fall, put a foot down or ride out of the circle - and the circle shrinks as the # of riders drops
    

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  Agenda

  9 AM: Introduction

  9:15 AM: Parking Lot drills

  11:30 AM: Lunch to be brought to workshop (ABC will provide lunch) 

  12 PM: Grass drills (conditions permitting)  

  1:15 PM: Wrap up

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