Girls Who Ride 5

Calling All Junior Girls at Canberra CC, Vikings CC and Canberra Off Road Cyclists.

Local elite riders Gracie Elvin, Chloe Hosking, Claudia Marcks and Eliza Smyth are going to host another Girls Who Ride bunch on Sunday the 14th of May 2023.

All junior girls riding with Canberra Cycling Club, Vikings Cycling Club and Canberra Off Road Cyclists are invited to sign up for the bunch.

Come and join your elite ride hosts for a one-hour bunch ride, followed by an essential post-ride café chat.

This is another great opportunity for junior girls to talk with the ride hosts about all things women’s cycling whether it be, road, track or MTB. Gracie has been back on the screens and podcasts, commentating on some of the world’s biggest races this year, Chloe has recently returned from racing at the very top of the Women’s World Tour and all of the hosts are continuing to support the junior girls here in Canberra. As always, there is no shortage of topics the junior girls can chat to the hosts about, be it cycling or whatever!

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Girls Who Ride is Back!

The ‘Girls Who Ride’ bunch ride is for competent U13-U19 girls, with the focus on bunch skills, fitness and most importantly, a safe social environment for mentoring, group conversation and good times, all under the leadership of our local experts and racers.

“We want to keep our young cyclists engaged in the sport for the long term and attract many more along the way. Canberra has a wealth of riches when it comes to experienced and successful cycling women. We hope that by running and growing this juniors’ bunch we can use these experienced women to help build development pathways for our junior girls, so that they stay in the sport for the long term, both to their and the sport’s benefit.”

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Ride Information

• Date: Sunday 14 May 2023
• Start Loc: National Museum of Australia car park, Acton
• Route: Anti-clockwise around lake (road/bikepath)
• Time: 0800am
• Finish: ~0900 (Cafe until 1015ish)
• Finish Loc: A cafe in Campbell (TBC)

Equipment

• Drop-bar road bike
• Australian standards approved helmet
• A warning device such as a bell
• Appropriate clothing, water bottle, puncture repair kit etc

We encourage all riders to wear their CCC, VCC, or CORC club kit.

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Registration

To manage our COVID record-keeping and participation reporting we require all participants to register via EntryBoss.

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Licences

An AusCycling Lifestyle (or better) licence is required to participate. Riders who hold other third party bicycle riding specific insurance (eg ACT Vets or Pedal Power) are welcome to attend.

If you don't hold a licence but would like to attend you can take out a free trial licence on the AusCycling website, or better yet, join the Canberra Cycling Club.

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Contact Information

Andrew Gordon - Andrew Gordon - kris.andy1@optusnet.com.au

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