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Escarpment Magaz ine Summer 2012
Kofman’s picks include “the epic” ride from Duntroon to Georgian
Peaks or, like Amanda, up Pretty River into 3 Stage. Her road routes
are chosen to include Scenic Caves Road and Grey Road 19.
If you’re a dedicated triathlete like I am (read: type A+) you know that
nothing spells fitness like hill repeats! My favourite ride with a good steep
uphill starts upGrey Road 19, left on 2
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line, up the gravel road, repeat
gravel road hill(s), then into the trails for some fun before I call it quits.
On the skinny tires nothing hurts more than riding up Scenic Caves
Road. If you want to continue after that, head out to highway 2 taking
a left to find a few more hills and then turning back on Grey Road 19
or 31 to eventually find a downhill home.
Then there’s the good old brick workout. Brick meaning some combi-
nation of back-to-back swim-bike-run to help your body adapt to the de-
mands of triathlon. To get the full off-road experience, I will often park
my car close enough to the trail head so that I can quickly throw my
bike in the car, switch shoes, then head back out on the trail for my run.
The most challenging part of this workout is dealing with the fact that
while everyone else is finished their ride and are cracking beers and/or
looking at me like I’m crazy, I am changing into short-shorts, slipping
on my runners, and trying to force my legs to turnover!
There is plenty of exploring to be done up here but remember that riding
with a group makes the cycling experience a much more positive one.
Lucky for us a handful of very skilled and passionate riders have rein-
carnated the Collingwood Cycling Club. Their immediate success re-
flects not only the growing numbers of cyclists in the area but also what
the club has to offer.
Group rides leave from Fishers Fields five days aweek and are organized
to meet everyone’s riding needs and abilities. The rides not only provide
camaraderie but piece of mind knowing that you are safer riding in a
group and that you will not end up alone, very far from home, one CO2
or energy bar short of making it back without a taxi.
It is also important that we support our local cycling groups because
they work to ensure positive growth and protection of our sport within
the community.
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