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*Upcoming Away Rides:* Jan 19 Red/Gold/Orange Santa Barbara
*Upcoming Event:*
December 16, 3-6pm will be the annual CVC holiday party at the Twisted Oak
Local rides- Saturday December 8th @8:30 am Ride Leader Route Miles Climb (ft.) Map Red Taylor Mully/piuma 42.5 4,528 https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29001990 805-390-2200 dn stunt/Mully Orange Doug Mully/Stunt 41 4,231 https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29005427 323-806-2002 dn Piuma/Mully Gold Lisa Lynn 35 2,251 https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29008259 818-535-0862 Potrero Sunday December 9th @9:00 am Ride Leader Route Miles Climb (ft.) Map Black Taylor Hidden Vly 45 2,705 https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28398077 805-390-2200 Santa Rosa/Erbes Red TBD Grimes 40 2,587 https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29009208 start ahead of go Out and Back G.O. Alfonzo Grimes 40 2,587 https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29009208 978-394-7318 Out and Back Social Kay LIndero 23.5 1,468 https://ridewithgps.com/routes/5963530 818-419-1172 Lakeview/Kanan
Question of the Week: Why don’t we forget how to ride a bike?
Most of us learn how to ride a bike during childhood.
Our memories let us down in so many instances, such as remembering the name of a place or a person we once knew or where we put our keys. So how is it that we can ride a bicycle when we haven’t done so in years?
Skills such as playing an instrument or riding a bicycle are, anchored in a separate system, called procedural memory. As its name implies, this type of memory is responsible for performance.
Even with traumatic brain injury the procedural memory system is hardly ever compromised.
Simple sequences of movements are internalized, even far in the past, and are typically preserved for a lifetime. Or as the saying goes, it’s “just like riding a bicycle.”
*When riding with us:*
· wear helmets and ensure your bike is in good working order
· stay in bike lanes and no more than two abreast on them; single file otherwise
· not overlap wheels
· descend carefully! Look out for debris, animals, potholes, tight bends, and slick spots
· pass slower riders on the left
· ride predictably: signal when changing lines and call out hazards
· avoid bunching up
· respect all traffic rules and the rights of motor vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians
· Inclement weather policy: In the interest of safety, whenever it is either actively raining or the ride route has wet roads, it is our club policy to cancel a club ride. Club members may still choose to meet and ride in these conditions; however, the ride will not be considered an official club ride.