-Two groups!

Last year the rides were targeted for women, but attended my a mixed group. This year we'll have two groups. We'll have a women's group that is aimed at women road riders who are interested in learning more about road riding in a structured format. Each week we will explore a different topic with guided practice time, feedback and coaching on how to improve.

We will also have an "open" group for the guys. Women are welcome to ride with this group as well. The open group will be more loosely structured, but will still have a focus on the topic of the week. The idea will be practice time rather than instruction. The pace of this ride will be faster than the women's group, and it is expected that participants have a basic knowledge of group riding. A working knowledge of our local geography might be a good idea too, just in case the pace is faster than you anticipated. Since this part of the ride is brand new, it's hard to say what the pace will be like, so stay tuned.

Occasionally, when the topic permits, we will mix the groups. An example would be for race tactics where it's fun to have a mixed group to make the teamwork more interesting.

-Topics

The topics for this spring will be similar to those we used last spring, because these are the fundamentals of good riding. We realized that by mid-summer last year, our topics had gotten fairly sophisticated, which made it harder for newcomers to join our group. So this year, at least once every

4-6 weeks, we'll have an introductory topic that will allow for new riders to come over and check out these rides.

-Meeting time and location

We will meet at 6:00 PM at Rocky Mountain Roasters on *Mendenhall*, next to the Ridge Downtown, between Black and Bozeman. There is a large parking lot where we will assemble, but that is private parking. If you are driving to the ride, there is a public lot on the south side of Mendenhall.

Below are the topics for the next 5 weeks.