6. The clubman
6. The clubman
This one is your ‘true’ training camp type. They know the score, they’ve done it before, they can hang onto the fast guys and give a pasting to the slow guys. They’ll pick and choose which group they ride with and generally get more out of a week away than most of the other types.
Most training camp aficionados will eventually gravitate towards #6 (apart from #5), while #2 is an even more experienced form of this type, he’s gravitated past #6 into #2.
The clubman will also enjoy a couple of good evening visit to the local watering holes while you’re away, while also treating the daily rides as serious training and the rest of the camp as their annual warm weather social event with riders they’ve literally known since they were teenagers.
If you’re a newbie and you get in with a good group of clubmen, they’ll open up a number of opportunities for rides to you, provide evening entertainment and cement yourself into the bizarre world of bike culture in a week-long crash course (not literally).
This article was first published on Spokey Dokey.
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