by Web Admin | Sep 2, 2016 | Young Volunteering, Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner, Volunteering
Are you an active British Cycling Young Volunteer between the age of 14 and 18 years? Would you like to build on and develop your leadership and volunteering skills further? Are you keen on a fully funded residential weekend away at the prestigious Loughborough...
by Web Admin | Sep 2, 2016 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner, Fun Corner
The 10th of September 2016 promises to be a superb day learning mountain bike skills from the very best. Our friends over at Summit MTB Club are hosting a very special session with Slipstreamers MTB Coaches at Lotts Wood near Amersham, with our Club VP Jenny Copnall,...
by Web Admin | Jul 20, 2016 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner, Fun Corner
As part of our ongoing commitment to encourage cycling in a fun and safe environment, the Hillingdon Slipstreamers have partnered with Hillingdon Council to deliver FREE cycling sessions to residents and visitors to the borough for a period of 5 weeks throughout the...
by Dave George | Jun 21, 2016 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
By a stroke of fortune, we have managed to secure circuit availability for four Thursday night sessions starting 23rd June. Within these sessions, we will focus on tactical aspects by way of of some coach led racing activities, but also some interval training to help...
by Web Admin | Jun 3, 2016 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
Early morning performance sessions were introduced at the start of 2015 for senior riders 12+ to get in some extra stamina, endurance and fitness training. This programme has been a great success, and we are now looking to open these sessions up to more members....
by Web Admin | May 27, 2016 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
Hot off the heels of our track session at the Olympic velodrome on the 20th February, we have been offered another slot and now have a confirmed date of 25th June 2016 from 8am – 10am for a Slipstreamers visit to Lee Valley Velodrome. If you missed the slot in...
by Web Admin | Apr 1, 2016 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
You may not be aware, but the Slipstreamers awards programme of Bronze, Silver and Gold is the envy of many other Go-Ride clubs across the country. The coaching syllabus allows us to constantly monitor and evaluate rider progress against a set of repeatable outcomes...
by Web Admin | Apr 1, 2016 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner, Fun Corner
It’s holiday time again, and for those of you looking for some fun activities on your bikes to keep you active and get you out the house, look no further. As usual, there is lots on, and British Cycling are putting on a few activities to keep you busy and...
by Web Admin | Feb 12, 2016 | Young Volunteering, Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner, Volunteering
If you are 14+ (or thereabouts), have you considered joining the British Cycling Young Volunteer award scheme, further details of which can be found on the BC website here? The programme helps you learn the fundamentals of volunteering through loads of practical and...
by Web Admin | Feb 12, 2016 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
Many of you will recall Brunel University’s College of Health and Life Sciences, Division of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences reached out to Slipstreamers to help out with their study on bicycle fit for children. Members who got involved found the experience...
by Dave George | Jan 7, 2016 | Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
We held the first of our 2016 workshops on Monday January 4th – and what a way to start the year! For this workshop, we had the pleasure of welcoming Julie Hawker along as guest speaker. Julie is a registered Nutritional Therapist and gave everyone the facts on...
by Dave George | Dec 14, 2015 | Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
Last Monday was the second week of Turbo sessions designed by the attendees – this time the Boys. The session started with Ralph presenting details of the Performance Pathway, and what it means in the context of rider development. During the session, first hand...
by Dave George | Dec 1, 2015 | Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
Last night was the 4th in our Monday night workshop series. Previously, we had covered “Setting Your Compass”, “Goal Setting” and “Components of Fitness”. If you missed the Components of Fitness workshop, watch out for the video in...
by Dave George | Nov 6, 2015 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
Monday Night Workshops start again this year on Monday 9th November – a lot earlier than we did earlier this year. We will open the clubhouse at 18:45 to allow you time to sign-on and set up your turbo. No need to book in advance, just turn up with: A notebook...
by Web Admin | Oct 23, 2015 | Young Volunteering, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner, Volunteering
We currently have over 70 volunteers who dedicate their spare time to the club and the development of each and every Slipstreamer, and without whom the club cannot function. But we cannot do it alone, and amongst the adults are another group of volunteers who, as part...
by Web Admin | Oct 22, 2015 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
We’ve previously written about a study that Brunel University are currently running on bicycle fit for children. Click here to read more about this. Brunel are now looking for another 15 participants who are 8 years and under, with an inside leg length less than...
by Web Admin | Aug 19, 2015 | Event Features, Special Reports, Slipstreamers in Action, Training & Education, Circuit/ Road
On the 6th & 7th of August 2015, a number of Slipstreamers joined professional cyclist and Team Sky rider, Ian Stannard, at his regular and very popular kids’ camp in Milton Keynes. Wisdom was shared, new skills were learned, and most important of all FUN...
by Dave George | Aug 16, 2015 | Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner, Time Trials
During the August Time Trial practice, Duncan was out taking some excellent photographs [visit the Gallery to see these] that captured the rider’s position on the bike. This has been a very useful exercise, as it allows you to compare your own position with what...
by Web Admin | Jul 17, 2015 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
We have been approached by researchers at Brunel University’s College of Health and Life Sciences, Division of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences; who are currently running a study on bicycle fit for children. For the past two years, the team have been...
by Dave George | Jun 29, 2015 | Important Announcements, Training & Education
For all those that have signed up for the visit to the Sports Science Lab at St Mary’s on July 4th, here are the details. The University is situated here: St Mary’s University, Twickenham Waldegrave Rd Twickenham, Greater London TW1 4SX Please plan to...
