INCREASED
PERFORMANCE
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Cycling with Moore Performance caters for a wide range of abilities, with our primary focus on safety, fun and performance. We utilise many popular routes around Sydney’s east and Centennial Park in addition to longer rides north and south bound. We strive to get a balance between individual tailored sessions and group rides to keep things fun.
Weekly Timetable
Whether you are just starting out, race competitively, training for triathlon or just love cycling. From Tuesdays through to Sundays Moore Performance has ride options to cater for your ability.
Weekday Rides
Saturday Rides
Sunday Rides
Please Note: Generally new riders will not start on a weekend ride, unless their experience and fitness ability is already established. You must attend either the Tuesday or Thursday ride to be assessed by a Moore Performance coach. This will ensure you meet the minimum safety requirements.
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The Rides
Squad Programs
P1 - RACE
Ride type: Drop. Our fastest cyclists. This group can maintain a fast effort for the duration of the ride and will come home fast.
Expectations: Self Sufficient (both nutrition and mechanical e.g. able to repair a puncture). Suitable for experienced riders.
Weekday rides: If dropped or a mechanical occurs, you will make your own way back to coffee.
Weekend rides: If dropped (if possible turn early), regroup at suitable location.
P2 - PACE
Ride type: Solid ride. Experienced riders e.g. who have the ability to hang on the back of our P1 group, but might find it hard to do the work on the front of P1.
Expectations: Self Sufficient (both nutrition and mechanical e.g. able to repair a puncture). Suitable for intermediate to advanced cyclists.
Weekday rides: If dropped or a mechanical occurs, a co-rider may stop to assist.
Weekend rides: If dropped (suggest turn early), regroup at suitable location e.g. Sutherland servo for safe return to coffee.
P3 - CHASE
Ride type: Tempo ride. Skilled riders who have been riding for a while but may not want to 'push' the pace..
Expectations: Suitable for intermediate riders.
Weekday rides: If dropped or a mechanical occurs, a co-rider will stop to assist.
Weekend rides: If dropped (suggest turn early), regroup at Sutho servo for safe return to coffee.
P4 - NO DROP
Ride type: No Drop, more regrouping at set points. Our "No Drop" program is for those newer cyclists who are still looking to increase their ride distance while still developing their skills and fitness. Or for those more experience riders that want a more social paced ride.
Expectations: Suitable for all skill levels.
Weekday rides: If dropped or a mechanical occurs, all co-rider will stop to assist.
KEY PRINCIPLES
FOR RIDES
By Moore Performance
There will be a pre selected ‘Ride Captain’ on the squad rides. The designated ‘Ride Captain’ is in charge of the ride and people must respect the Captain’s calls. Their number one focus is to make sure that the ride is as safe as possible. Generally the Ride Captain will sit on the back of the group and make calls from there. However may sometimes control the group from the front.
Generally there will be a short ride briefing before the ride rolls out. It is important that riders turn up a couple of minutes early and be ready to listen to the ride brief so we can roll out on time. Rides will vary session to session so it is important to listen to the brief.
Safety is very important to us at Moore Performance, so for this reason we will ride in “paced” based groups or break down to event focused groups to ensure that people riding within their ability and doing the correct rides towards their goals.
If the group leaving the meeting point isn’t too big, then all groups may roll out together, but then we split into sub groups at a given point e.g. after the Airport Tunnel.
Our rides out of the park start at a nice steady (Endurance) pace which is relative to the group and speed generally will increase through the ride. Depending on how the ride is going, the ride Captain may have to make ‘on the spot’ changes to original plan.
“We leave no man behind” Meaning, if you have a flat, have a bad day or have an accident, you won’t be left alone. Similarly, when someone in your pack has a problem, don’t ride off and leave them.
There are many different ways to ride within a pack, and groups are generally organised in either single file or two-by-two. The peleton take turns (called “pulls”) at the front before peeling off to the side and re-joining the group at the rear. By doing this, the peloton cuts efficiently through wind and stays together in a predictable pack.
The Ride Captain will decide which method and frequency of rolling the pack will use. It maybe that the pack will use different methods during one ride due to either safety, road conditions and/or training specific reasons.
We may at times operate a “gate” system, which the ride captain will confirm during the ride. The Riders in the “gate” are generally the stronger riders within that group and they take turns on the front, while riders behind the gate will benefit from being towed along for the ride. The gate may be used for the entirety or part of the ride, but it will give the slightly slower riders the opportunity to push right to the end of the session.
IMPORTANT TIPS FOR RIDERS
- DO wear a helmet.
- DO carry appropriate front and rear lights.
- DO ensure your bike is in good mechanical order.
- DO ride 2 abreast maximum.
- DO be alert to your surroundings and keep your head and eyes up.
- DO carry ID with you and emergency contact information.
- DON’T “half-wheel” or overlap the person riding beside you, as this will potentially result in others behind you doing the same thing. A very common cause of crashes.
- DON’T wear earphones.
- DON’T use aero-bars when bunch riding – you simply can’t get to your brakes fast enough.
- DON’T swarm around cars when approaching an intersection – think of the bunch as a single vehicle.
- DON’T leave a big gap to the rider in front – you will use more energy and possibly force your partner to get into a half-wheeling situation.